Environmental Emergencies

Report release of any material that impacts public health or the environment, including chemicals and petroleum products. Be prepared with as much of the following information as possible:

• Responsible party (name of carrier, owner,operator or facility).
• Date/time (discovered/occurred).
• Location (address, cross street, mile marker).
• Material(s) (chemical, product, or common name).
• Quantity (estimated release/total).
• Hazards (extremely hazardous substance, placard, materials safety data sheet [MSDS]).
• Affected media/area (air, land or waterway, including threats to ditches, sewers, streams).
• Actions/notifications (evacuations,containment, contractor hired).
• Contacts on scene (responder cell phone number, responsible party, contractor, facility point of contact).
• Other useful information (truck DOT or rail car number, chemical UN ID number, MSDS, etc.).

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