Illinois Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27, 2024) |
TITLE35. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
PART725. INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES |
SUBPARTC. PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION |
§725.132. Required Equipment
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All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below:
a) An internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel;
b) A device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments, or State or local emergency response teams;
c) Portable fire extinguishers, fire control equipment (including special extinguishing equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control equipment and decontamination equipment; and
d) Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams or foam producing equipment or automatic sprinklers or water spray systems.
(Source: Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 6389, effective April 22, 2005)