Or. Admin. R. 340-141-0270 - Drill and Exercise Requirements for High Hazard Rail
Current through Register Vol. 60, No. 12, December 1, 2021
(1) All applicable contingency plans must
have a section that describes a plan for drills and exercises as described in
this rule.
(2) The exercises listed
in the plan must at a minimum include the following:
(a) An annual oil spill or release
notification exercise;
(b) A
triennial oil spill or release response tabletop exercise;
(c) A triennial oil spill or release response
functional exercise; and
(d) A
triennial full-scale, multiagency, multijurisdictional and multidisciplinary
oil spill containment and recovery equipment deployment exercise.
(e) The triennial drill may include the
executive summary from a National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program
(NPREP) report, which may be submitted to meet this requirement when the
exercise has been designed by the NPREP staff utilizing federal NPREP
requirements.
(3) Drills
and exercises listed in this plan may include NPREP objectives to meet federal
NPREP requirements.
(4) A record of
all drills and exercises designed to meet all Oregon requirements must be
available for inspection and accessible for DEQ to review.
(5) DEQ will review the degree to which the
specifications of the plan are implemented during the drill. Self-certification
under NPREP is allowed as long as DEQ is notified about the drill and
documentation of the drill can be provided. DEQ will endeavor to notify the
rail owner of the review results within 30 calendar days following the drill.
If DEQ finds deficiencies in the plan, DEQ will report those deficiencies to
the plan holder and require the plan holder to make specific amendments to the
plan.
(6) DEQ may require the plan
holder to publish an annual report on plan drills including a summary of
response times, active equipment and personnel use and recommendations for
improvement.
(7) In the event of an
actual spill, if DEQ reviews and evaluates the spill response and finds that
the spill events adequately test the plan, this may count as a required
exercise.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & ORS 468B.437
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468B.429, ORS 468B.300 - 468B.500 & ORS 453.392
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