Ohio Admin. Code 3750-20-78 - Execution of exercises
(A) The commission shall use a recurring
four-year exercise cycle which began on July 1, 1993. For purposes of this
rule, "year" means the state fiscal year.
(B) The commission, under division (B)(13) of
section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, and
each committee subject to the annual exercise of their chemical emergency
response and preparedness plan under divisions (A)(12) and (C) of section
3750.04 of the Revised Code
shall conduct a minimum of one full-scale exercise within each four-year
exercise cycle.
(C) An EOC, as
identified in the committee's chemical emergency response and preparedness plan
must be fully activated and evaluated a minimum of once within each four-year
exercise cycle.
(D) The commission
and each committee shall have the option of conducting a tabletop exercise,
functional exercise, or full-scale exercise, as defined in paragraphs (A)(1) to
(A)(3) of rule
3750-20-76 of
the Administrative Code to fulfill the requirement of an annual exercise the
remaining three years of each four-year exercise cycle.
(E) During each four-year exercise cycle, the
commission and each committee shall demonstrate at a minimum, all exercise
objectives identified in the OHM-EEM.
(F) During each four-year exercise cycle, the
commission and each committee shall follow all written procedures identified in
the OHM-EEM.
(G) No more than two
actual incidents may be used as an exercise during each four-year exercise
cycle.
(H) Each exercise of a
committee's plan according to division (B)(2)(b) of section
3750.02 of the Revised Code,
shall involve, in addition to local emergency response and medical personnel,
either a facility that is subject to the plan or a transporter of hazardous
materials as defined by regulations adopted under the "Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act" 88 Stat. 2156, 49 U.S.C. 1801 (1976), as amended. For
facility incidents, chemicals used in exercises can be any hazardous chemical
on site as defined under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84
Stat. 1590,
29
U.S.C. 651 as amended and the regulations
adopted under it. For transportation incidents, chemicals used in exercises
must be a regulated chemical cargo load governed by the "Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act."
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3750.02(B)(2)(a) &(b)
Rule Amplifies: 3750.04
Prior Effective Dates: 01/16/1991, 11/01/1993, 10/01/1998, 05/15/2004
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3750.02(B)(2)(a), 3750.02(B)(2)(b)
Rule Amplifies: 3750.04
Prior Effective Dates: 1/16/91, 11/1/93, 10/1/98, 5/15/04
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