§ 13-383. Standard form HMMP.

The standard form HMMP shall be submitted unless the facility qualifies as a minimal storage site. The HMMP shall include the following:

(1)

General information. The HMMP shall contain the occupancy use, the address of the facility and business phone number of applicant, the name and titles and emergency phone numbers of the primary response person and an alternate, the number of employees, number of shifts, hours of operation and principal business activity.

(2)

General facility description. The HMMP shall contain a map drawn at a legible scale and in a format and detail acceptable to the Fire Marshal. It shall show the location of all buildings and structures, chemical loading areas, parking lots, internal roads, storm and sewer drains, and shall specify the uses of adjacent properties. The Fire Marshal may require information as to the location of wells, floodplains, surface water bodies, and/or general land uses (schools, hospitals, institutions, residential areas) within one mile of the facility boundaries.

(3)

Facility storage map. The HMMP shall contain a facility storage map drawn at a legible scale for licensing and enforcement purposes. The facility storage map shall indicate the location of each hazardous materials storage facility, including all interior, exterior, and underground storage facilities, and access to such storage facilities. In addition, the map shall indicate the location of emergency equipment relative to each storage facility. For each storage facility, the map shall contain information as prescribed below:

a.

A floor plan to scale.

b.

The maximum quantities of each class of hazardous materials, including wastes, stored in each storage facility, the hazard class or classes of each storage facility.

c.

For all hazardous materials, including wastes, stored in each storage facility, the hazard class or classes of each storage facility.

d.

For tanks, the capacity limit of each tank and the hazardous material contained in each tank by general chemical name, common/trade name, major constituents for mixtures, United Nations (UN) or North America (NA) number, if available, and physical state.

(4)

A plan for separation of materials. The HMMP shall contain a description of the methods to be utilized to ensure separation and protection of stored hazardous materials from factors which may cause a fire or explosion, or the production of a flammable, toxic or poisonous gas, or the deterioration of the primary or secondary containment.

(5)

A monitoring program. The HMMP shall contain a description of the location, type, manufacturer specifications (if applicable), and suitability of monitoring methods to be used in each storage facility storing hazardous materials which are gases, liquids or solids at STP. It shall also specify the frequency of inspections of storage facilities which will be conducted by the permittee.

(6)

Recordkeeping forms. The HMMP shall contain an inspection check sheet or log designed to be used in conjunction with routine inspections. The check sheet or log shall provide for the recording of the date and time of inspection and, for monitoring activity, the date and time of any corrective action taken, the name of the inspector and the countersignature of the designated safety manager for the facility or the responsible official as designated in the HMMP.

(7)

Emergency equipment. The HMMP shall describe emergency equipment availability, testing and maintenance.

(8)

Variation in information.

a.

Additional information may be required for the HMMP where such information is deemed reasonably necessary by the Fire Marshal.

b.

Requirements for information in the HMMP may be waived where such information is not deemed reasonably necessary by the Fire Marshal.

c.

Whenever a permittee has submitted a plan which includes substantially the same information required for any component of the HMMP to any other public agency regulating hazardous materials, such plan may be submitted to the Fire Marshal in lieu of such component.

d.

Each HMMP shall provide for a designated facility safety manager, responsible for the HMMP.

(Code 1973, § 15-137; Code 1992, § 13-252; Ord. No. 912-G, § 1(13-252), 1-8-2009)