Or. Admin. R. 340-141-0200 - Drills, Exercises, and Inspections
(1) DEQ may require plan holders of approved
plans to participate in one announced drill or one unannounced limited drill
annually.
(2) As a condition of
plan approval, DEQ may require that the plan holder successfully conduct drills
of the elements of a plan submitted for approval.
(3) Requirements under sections (1) and (2)
of this rule may be met:
(a) By drills led by
other state, local or federal authorities, if DEQ finds that the criteria for
drill execution and review equal or exceed those of DEQ;
(b) By drills initiated by the plan holder,
if DEQ participates, reviews and evaluates the drill, and if DEQ finds that the
drill adequately tests the plan; or
(c) By responses to actual spill events, if
DEQ participates, reviews and evaluates the spill response, and if DEQ finds
that the spill event adequately tests the plan.
(4) DEQ may excuse a primary response
contractor from full deployment participation in more than one drill if, in the
past 12 months, the primary response contractor has performed to DEQ's
satisfaction in a full deployment drill in an exercise listed in section (3) of
this rule or has satisfactorily responded to a significant spill event in
Oregon.
(5) DEQ may require the
facility or covered vessel owner or operator to participate in additional
drills beyond those required in section (1) of this rule if DEQ is not
satisfied with the adequacy of the plan or plan implementation during exercises
or spill response events.
(6) DEQ
will review the degree to which the specifications of the plan are implemented
during the drill. DEQ will endeavor to notify the facility or covered vessel
owner or operator 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 under requirements of OAR 340-141-0220.
(7) DEQ may publish an annual report on plan
drills, including a summary of response times, actual equipment and personnel
use, recommendations for plan requirement changes and industry response to
those recommendations.
(8) 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.
(9) DEQ may verify compliance with this
Division by unannounced inspections in accordance with ORS
468B.370.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & 468B.390
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468B.370 - 468B.380
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