La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § V-1507

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-1507 - Security

A. General Requirements. The security system shall insure that site ingress and egress by the public is controlled and that employees are protected from hazards to health resulting from contact with extremely hazardous operations.

B. Perimeter Control. The natural or created barrier to site ingress or egress around the entire perimeter of the hazardous waste area shall be continuously patrolled or monitored. Equipment will be installed, as necessary, to keep birds and wildlife off the site.

C. Entry. Each entry through the perimeter barrier shall be manned at all hours. The entry should be opened by security personnel or by an electronic system (card, code, handprint, etc. or television monitor) acceptable to the administrative authority.

D. Alternate Means of Meeting Security Requirements. Any operator may petition the administrative authority for acceptance of equivalent alternative means of meeting the requirements of LAC 33:V.1507 in whole or in part. This shall be done through submission of proof that necessary procedures for the protection of health and property are provided by other means and that representatives of local fire and police departments, if any, are adequately informed of such means.

E. Perimeter Barrier. A constructed barrier shall enclose the entire hazardous waste site and shall have the capability to deny unauthorized or unknowing ingress or egress and to prevent entry by domestic livestock.

F. Perimeter Clear Zone. A clear, lighted path shall be constructed and maintained inside the perimeter barrier to permit patrol by vehicle or foot.

G. Required entry facilities include the following:

1. gate at each entry point equipped with secure locking device;

2. gate house for guard, or electromechanical equipment permitting controlled access; and

3. floodlighting at each entry to insure a well-lighted, safe, and secure area at night.

H. Emergency Response Facilities

1. Communications. An alarm system with controls accessible to each area of potential spill, explosion, or fire; telephone contact to each facility location; two-way radios for key personnel; and

2. Fire Control. Portable fire extinguishers, decontamination facilities, fire control equipment at incinerators, mixing and treatment vats; and other fire-hazard facilities and fire hydrants (with capacity as required by state fire code) located not more than 200 feet from each fire-hazard facility.

I. Safety Control Devices

1. Moving Equipment Barriers. Steel or concrete posts or barriers capable of stopping trucks or other equipment used on the site (at maximum expected speed) shall be installed to protect all hazardous waste above-ground pipelines, valves, or other containers located adjacent to roadways.

2. Personnel Barriers. Barriers shall be installed at all locations where employees or visitors normally come in contact with ponds, lagoons, incinerators, treatment facilities, and other high-hazard locations.

J. Exterior Lighting

1. All personnel barriers shall be lighted; all vehicle barriers shall have reflectors.

2. Entry gates shall be lighted (see LAC 33:V.1507.G.3).

3. Perimeter barriers shall be lighted (see LAC 33:V.1507.B).

K. Signs. A sign with the legend "Danger-Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out'' must be posted at each entrance to the active portion of a facility, and at other locations, in sufficient numbers to be seen from any approach to this active portion but in no case shall the spacing be greater than 200-foot intervals. The legend must be written in English and in any other language predominant in the area surrounding the facility, and must be legible from a distance of at least 25 feet. Existing signs with a legend other than "Danger-Unauthorized Personnel Keep Out'' may be used if the legend on the sign indicates that only authorized personnel are allowed to enter the active portion, and that entry onto the active portion can be dangerous.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § V-1507

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste, Hazardous Waste Division, LR 10:200 (March 1984), amended LR 18:1256 (November 1992).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2180 et seq.