Precious Metals Recovery LLC RCRA Permit Application Dry Hills ...

1 CONTINGENCY PLAN
The purpose of this Contingency Plan is to establish procedures to minimize hazards to human
health and the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden
release of hazardous waste or constituents to air, soil, or surface water. This Contingency Plan
has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Standards for Owners and
Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities found in 40 CFR Part
264. This Plan is consistent with the Emergency Response Plan as required by the Nevada
Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP).
This Contingency Plan is for a proposed Treatment and Storage Facility (TSF), to be owned by
Precious Metals Recovery LLC (PMR), which will treat, store, and manage mercury and
mercury-bearing materials as describe in Section 1 of the Part B RCRA Permit Application.
PMR will maintain this Contingency Plan on-site at all times and carry out this plan in the event
of an actual emergency. There will be a primary emergency coordinator available at all times
who will be responsible for implementing and coordinating all emergency response measures
and making response decisions. This qualified person will either be the proposed TSF’s Manager
or a designated operator. The emergency coordinator will either be present at the facility or on
call and able to respond within a short amount of time. The emergency coordinator will be
thoroughly familiar with the contents of this Contingency Plan and will have absolute authority
to commit all available company resources as necessary to respond to an emergency situation.
The emergency coordinator will be the designated point-of-contact for local, county, and state
authorities. The list of personnel authorized to be an emergency coordinator is found in
Appendix 6-B.
In accordance with 40 CFR 264.54, the Contingency Plan will be reviewed and amended when
the applicable regulations or facility permits are revised: to improve responses to an emergency;
if there are changes to the facility; if the list of emergency coordinators changes; or the list of
emergency equipment changes.
2 POTENTIAL HAZARDS
Potential emergency situations have been identified in Table 1. Mitigating steps that have been
identified are listed along with each potential emergency.
Although mercury is not a flammable material and will be treated and stored in a facility that will
be constructed of non-flammable concrete blocks, the volatility of mercury during a fire is of
concern. For this reason, the proposed TSF is designed to minimize a fire hazard by limiting fuel
sources and isolating ignition sources. The potential for fire will be mitigated through the
engineered design of the facility to the highest level practical.
Contingency Plan App 6A-Page 1
JBR Environmental Consultants, Inc. March 2013