Emergency response team training at a plating facility

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May 23, 1989

Mr. Larry McHugh
Plating Department
E. H. Titchener & Company
[Recipient address omitted]
Dear Mr. McHugh:

This is in response to your inquiry of January 9, concerning the application of the emergency response provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) interim final standard for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (29 CFR 1910.120).

Emergency response training under 29 CFR 1910.120(l)(3) is applicable for emergency responses at sites other than hazardous waste cleanup sites (e.g., employers covered by 29 CFR 1910.120(a)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv)). Thus, 29 CFR 1910.120(l)(3) is applicable for the emergency response policy described in your letter and 24 hour training would be required. A copy of the standard is enclosed for your reference.

If you have further questions, please feel free to contact OSHA's New York Regional Office at:

Regional Administrator
U.S. Department of Labor - OSHA
201 Varick Street, Room 670
New York, New York 10014

Telephone: (212) 337-2325

I hope this information is helpful.

Sincerely,

Patricia K. Clark, Acting Director
Directorate of Compliance Programs
Enclosure

[Requester letter reproduced on OSHA page; omitted here.]