Spill Plan Herbicide Log.pdf

B-D and HNF Herbicide Spill Plan

Emergency Spill Planning

Herbicide spills, incidents and accidents are addressed Chapter 60 of Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2109.14 Pesticide Use Management and Coordination Handbook. It is available for review at U.S. Forest Service offices.

Hazardous Material is an umbrella term that includes herbicides and all other hazardous chemicals, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances and oil. A hazardous materials emergency or oil spill is defined as any release or threat of release of a hazardous substance or petroleum product that presents an imminent and substantial risk of injury to health or the environment.

Required Equipment

Spill response equipment will be available in the immediate vicinity of all herbicide application operations, on vehicles used to transport herbicides and / or where spills are most likely to occur.

Recommended spill kit contents include the following, however modifications to spill kits may be made to consider actual herbicides being used, site conditions and logistical considerations.

1. Neoprene gloves

2. Unvented goggles

3. Respirators / air filters

4. Rubber boots

5. Coveralls or rain suit

6. Flagging or engineers tape

7. Dust pan

8. Shovel

9. Shop brush or broom

10. Polyethylene or plastic bags with ties or bucket(s)

11. Liquid detergent

12. Polyethylene or plastic tarp

13. Rope

14. Blank labels and pen

15. Fire extinguisher

16. 10-30 lbs absorbent or absorbent pads

17. Eye wash kit

18. Bleach

Material Safety Data Sheets and herbicide labels will be reviewed and carried with all personnel involved in the handling of herbicides.

Clean up of Herbicides

Minor Spills

1. Keep people away from spilled chemicals.

2. Rope off the area and flag it to warn people.

3. Do not leave unless someone is there to confine the spill and warn of the danger.

4. If the pesticide was spilled on anyone, wash it off immediately.

Confine the spill. If it starts to spread, dike it up with sand and soil or absorbents. Try to prevent the spilled material from reaching water. Absorbent material may be cat litter, absorbent pillows or pads, soil, sawdust, or absorbent clay to soak up the spill. If there is no danger to employees or the public, shovel or sweep contaminated material into a leak proof container for disposal.

Consult Dispatch and the Forest Hazardous Materials Coordinator on method of transportation and disposal.

Do not hose down the area, because this spreads the herbicide. Always work carefully and do not hurry. Control access to the area until the spill is completely cleaned up.

Major Spills

The cleanup of a major spill may be too difficult for you to handle, or you may not be sure of what to do. In either case, keep people away, give first aid if needed, and confine the spill. Then call Helena or Dispatch (449-5475) or Dillon Dispatch (683-3975) or 911 for assistance. Chemtrec stands for Chemical Transportation Emergency Center, a public service of the Manufacturing Chemicals Association; its offices are located in Washington D.C. Chemtrec provides immediate advice for those at the scene of emergencies. Chemtrec operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to receive calls for emergency assistance. For help in herbicide emergencies involving spills, leaks, fire, or explosions, call toll-free 800-424-9300 day or night. This number is for emergencies only.

If a major pesticide spill occurs on a highway, ask 911 or Dispatch to contact the highway patrol or the sheriff for help. Do not leave until responsible help arrives.

The local Montana Department of Agriculture Pesticide Specialist is Tonda Moon, who can be reached at (406) 329-1346.

Helena and Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Ecosystem Management System Environmental Emergency Plan

An Environmental Management System (EMS) was developed for the Forests and Grasslands of Region 1 that is compliant with the ISO 14001 International Standard. The intention of the EMS is to enable the Forests to identify important activities, products, and services with environmental interactions, and consistently provide environmental protection measures as well as achieve objectives for environmental performance. Element 4.4.7 of the ISO standards contains requirements for the creation of an EMS Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan.

Purpose. This plan outlines procedures for emergency awareness, preparation, and response with the purpose of preventing, minimizing and/or mitigating environmental impacts. The procedures listed provide a framework for proper response to emergency situations that occur and may have environmental impacts. The EMS Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan should be synchronized with the procedures of the Forest emergency plan that is created to focus on human safety and health.

Scope. This plan applies to emergency situations that could have significant environmental impacts to resources found on the Forest. Spills or discoveries of hazardous materials, and wildland fires are emergencies for which employees may lessen, mitigate, or prevent undesired environmental effects by taking prompt action as described in this plan.

The procedures outlined in this plan apply to activities conducted by Forest Service employees and volunteers, working for the Forests and Grasslands of Region One. Contractors and permittees follow emergency procedures as they are identified in the contract or permit, as appropriate.

EMERGENCY SPILLS/DISCOVERY DEFINITIONS

Hazardous Material – An umbrella term that includes hazardous chemicals, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances and petroleum products.

Emergency Hazardous Material Spill

Spills on Land: –For the purpose of this Emergency Response Plan, an emergency spill is defined as any release (spilling, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing into the environment) of a hazardous material or petroleum product in amounts greater than normal consumer quantities. For petroleum products, the emergency quantity is considered to be more than 25 gallons. For pesticide products, the emergency quantity is considered to be more than 5 gallons, concentrated or mixed.

Spills on Water: - All chemical and petroleum product spills that have entered or threaten to enter water bodies are an emergency spill and must be reported. A sheen on water caused by a spill would constitute an emergency.

Discovery – Locating an unknown substance of either unknown origin or unknown quantities, or both.

Example 1: A container, pail, or drum containing an unknown substance.

Example 2: An assortment of mixed small containers, labeled or unlabeled, that appear to have been used in a METH Lab.

Roles and Responsibilities

The responsibility of the employee(s) in the field is limited to collecting appropriate information when encountering an Emergency Hazardous Material Spill or Discovery, as defined above, and relaying it to dispatch immediately. If an employee does not know the emergency amount, then s/he should report it to Dispatch. Following is a list of the information that should be collected, if possible (“SPILL/DISCOVERY INFORMATION FORM”). However, it is more important to maintain personal safety and report in a timely manner than to collect all information.

Hazardous material spills and discoveries must be reported immediately to the following Emergency Contacts:

STEP FIRST EMERGENCY CONTACT

BACK-UP EMERGENCY

CONTACT

(if first contact not available)

Step 1 Employee or Volunteer - Contact Forest Dispatch

Forest Dispatch Office:

• Helena

Dispatch Center

(406) 449-6475

• Dillon Dispatch

(406) 683-3975

911 Operator:

• Phone # 911

Step 2 Forest Dispatch Contact Forest Haz Mat Coordinator

B-D Forest Haz Mat Coordinator:

• Tammy Clark

Work (406) 683-3990 Cell (406) 660-2751

Helena Forest Haz Mat Coordinator:

• Eric Barclay

Work (406) 495-3722 Cell (406) 214-1825

Regional Haz Mat Coordinator:

• Bob Kirkpatrick

Work (406) 329-3307 or

• Bob Wintergerst

Work (406) 329-3036

Step 3 Forest Haz Mat Coordinator Initiate Notification and Clean-up

Determine extent of emergency and make notifications.

Clean Up Contractor/Individuals

• Bob Kirkpatrick

Work (329-3307) and either:

• MCS Environmental

(406) 728-7755 or

• Envirocon Inc (303) 215-0187

Clean Up Contractor/Individuals

• Bob Wintergerst

Work (406) 329-3036 and either:

• MCS Environmental

(406) 728-7755 or

• Envirocon Inc (303) 215-0187

SPILL INFORMATION AND REPORTING FORM

1. Name of individual reporting spill:

Phone number:

2. Date and time of: Release/Discovery:

Reported:

Duration of release:

3. Location: (Include state, county, route, milepost, etc)

4. Chemical name:

a. Chemical identification number

b. Other chemical data Note: for transportation related incidents, this information may be available from the driver, placards on the vehicle, and/or shipping paper.

5. Noted characteristics of release(e.g. smell, fumes, etc)

6. Known health risks

7. Appropriate precaution if known

8. Source and cause of release

9. Number and type of injuries

10. Potential threat to health and environment

11. Estimate of quantity released: ______________gallons Quantity reaching water: __________________gallons

Name of affected watercourse and distance to source of spill:

12. For transportation incident, name and address of carrier:

Railcar or truck number:

Response Actions and Precautions

In addition to reporting an emergency spill to dispatch, employees should take the following actions and precautions.

Response Action:

Within limits, Forest Service employee(s) may provide necessary and immediate response actions until further direction is provided by the Forest Haz Mat Coordinator or Emergency Response personnel.

• Public warning and crowd control.

• Retrieval of appropriate information for reporting purposes.

• Additionally, and only after verification of the type of hazardous material involved and its associated hazards, a Forest Service employee(s) may take actions including:

i. Rescue of persons in imminent danger.

ii. Limited action to mitigate the consequences of the emergency, such as using a spill kit to contain a spill.

• Under no condition shall a Forest Service employee(s):

i. Place themselves or others in imminent danger.

ii. Perform or direct actions that will incur liability for the Forest Service.

If there is any question that the emergency may constitute a threat to personal safety, limit your response to public warning and reporting of the incident.

Precautions:

When approaching the scene of an accident involving any cargo, or other known or suspected hazardous materials emergency including oil spills:

• Approach incident from an upwind, uphill, upstream direction, if possible.

• Move and keep people away from the incident scene.

• Do not walk into or touch any spilled material.

• Avoid inhaling fumes, smoke, and vapors even if no hazardous materials are involved.

• Do not assume that gases or vapors are harmless because of lack of smell.

• Do not smoke, and remove all ignition sources.

NOTE: It is Forest Service policy NOT to use FS employees or equipment for "hands-on" cleanup of hazardous materials. Only trained personnel can contain spills within the limits of their training.

Corrective/Preventive Action Request Form

For any emergency spill or discovery, the Forest Haz Mat Coordinator fills out the Corrective/Preventive Action Request Form and submits it to the EMS Representative.

http://fsweb.r1.fs.fed.us/ems/check/4-5-3-nonconformity-etc/Form_4-5-3_Corrective_Action_Form.doc

Annually at the Management Review, the Forest Leadership Team reviews the response procedures and determines suggestions for improvement.

Spill/Discovery Training and Preparedness

Training

All employees will become aware of their responsibility to report hazardous materials spills during the annual EMS training.

Employees who either manage building facilities or transport or transfer hazardous materials or petroleum products will attend annual Spill Drill training.

Any operation that uses or transports fuel, oil, or pesticides has the potential for spills. The following are minimum requirements:

Material Safety Data Sheets:

• Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) shall be present for the chemical being used or transported. These are available from the manufacturer or over the internet.

Equipment/Machinery/Vehicles Carrying Auxiliary Fuel:

• Spill kits appropriate to type of spills that could take place must be present in vehicle and in equipment.

• Exemption: Timber Sale Purchasers and their employees or subcontractors follow timber sale contract provisions.

Stationary Fuel Storage and Dispensing Tanks:

• Spill kits appropriate to the volume of stored fuel must be present at points where fuel is dispensed.

Storage and Mixing Tanks for Pesticides:

• Spill kits appropriate to the maximum capacity of mixing tanks for pesticides must be present at points where material is batched or transferred from one tank to another.

• Spill kits appropriate to the volume and toxicity of material stored must be present where pesticides are stored.

2012 DAILY HERBICIDE APPLICATION RECORD Helena/Beaverhead-Dearlodge / Ranger Dist:____________

Business License # Name

Address City, State, Zip Phone

Circle / Fill-in Appropriate Response BEFORE spraying fill-in blocks 1-12. AFTER spraying start with block 18 and work your way back up to block 14

County MINERAL (10) Temp. R H. _____ *F _____ *RH

(1) Operator

Name (11) Wind speed /Direction (from)

____MPH (N, NE, E, SE,

S, SW, W, NW)

(2) Method Code

Manual Chem. (710), Mech. Chem. (720), Aerial Chem. (730)

(12) Pesticide (chart below) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

(3) Equipment Code

Handsprayer (711) Backpack (712)

Hand Spreader (714) Mobile Grnd Sprayer

(721) Aerial (731)

(13) Total lbs AI Applied

___ oz/128oz per gal * AI Rate/gal

= ____ lbs AI Applied

(of 1st pesticide identified in #12 above) ___ oz/128oz per gal * AI

Rate/gal

= ____ lbs AI Applied

(of 2nd pesticide identified in #12 above)

(4) Treatment Type Pesticide (P) (14) Total Oz.

Pesticide Applied

_____ oz

(1st pesticide from #12 above)

_____ oz

(2nd pesticide from #12 above)

(5) Weed (s) (*) (2 Primary

Species)

BRTE; CADR; CANU4;

CEDI3; CEMA4; CERE6;

CHJU; CHLE80; CIAR4;

CYOF; ECVU; EUES;

HIAU; HIPR; HYPE;

LIDA; LIVU2; PORE5;

SEJA; SIAL2; TAVU;

VETH

(15) Product Rate/Ac.

_____ oz/Ac

(1st pesticide

_____ oz/Ac

(2nd t pesticide

(6) Weed Stage Rosette Bud Flower Fall

(16) Area Treated (Ac.) _____ Ac.

(7) Site

Admin, Campgrnd, Forest, Irrigation ditch, Pasture, Rangeland, Right-of-

Way, Riparian, Trailhead

(17) Calibrated Volume (Gal Water/Ac.) _____ gal/Ac

(8) Date: ____/____/2012

(18) Total gallons

Applied (Diluent & Product)

_____ gal

(From flow meter or graduations on tank)

(9) Time

______ Start ______ Finish

BRTE = cheatgrass; CADR = white top; CANU4 = musk thistle;

CEDI3 = diffuse knapweed; CEMA4 = spotted knapweed; CERE6

= Russian knapweed; CHJU = rush skeletonweed; CHLE80 = oxeye daisy; CIAR4 = Canada thistle; CYOF = houndstongue; ECVU = blue weed; EUES = leafy spurge; HIAU = orange hawkweed; HIPR = meadow hawkweed; HYPE = St. Johnswort; LIDA = Dalmatian toadflax; LIVU2 = common toadflax; PORE5 = sulfur cinquefoil;

SEJA = tansy ragwort; SIAL2 = tumble mustard; TAVU = common tansy; VETH = mullein

Surfactant/Adjuvant:

Ingredient Type:

Rate Applied (oz/ac):

Product Name Manufacturer

EPA

Registration # Active Ingredient (AI) AI Rate

1 Tordon 22 K Dow 62719-6 Picloram 2 lb/gal 2 Milestone Dow 62719-519 Aminopyralid 2 lb/gal 3 Opti Amine Helena Chem. 5905-501 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid 3.8 lbs/gal 4 Weedar 64, 2, 4-D Amine 71368-1 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid 3.8 lbs/gal 5 24D Amine 4 Agrisolutions 1381-103 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid 3.8 lbs/gal 6 Transline Dow 62719-259 Clopyralid 3 lb/gal

Site Location:

Pg 2 Date ___________ FACTS ID: ________________ SITE ID: _____________________

SITE ID: _____________________

FACTS and Site ID to be filled in by Forest Service

TIME

TEMP/

RH

WIND

SP/DIR. LAT./LONG. REMARKS

Comments:

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