1. 24-hour Emergency Number: 312-353-2318
U.S. EPA Region 5
Superfund Division
Emergency Response Branch
520 Lafayette RD N
St. Paul, Minnesota
24-hour Emergency Number:

2. Waste,Pesticides & Toxics
EPA Region 5
Regional Administrator
Air & Radiation
Water
Waste,Pesticides & Toxics
Planning & Management
Superfund
Classes of Chemical Agents
The military has classified chemical agents according to how they affect individuals, initially as either toxic or incapacitating, and then further by their specific actions on the individual.
You will note on this chart that there are four categories of toxic agents: a. Choking
b. Blister
c. Blood
d. Nerve
Under each category are the individual symbols for the agents we are going to discuss. There are many more agents that the ones we will address, but these are considered the most likely ones a terrorist might employ.
Although there may be specific incapacitating agents in various national inventories, we are not covering them in this course because their use by a terrorist is improbable.
Remedial 1
Remedial 2
Program Support
Emergency Response Branch

3. EPA Region 5 On-Scene Coordinators

4. EPA Region 5 Technical Assistance Contractor Support (START)
Minneapolis MN
Okemos,MI
Milwaukee,WI
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Cleveland, OH
Indianapolis,IN
St. Louis, MO
Cincinnati, OH

5. Roles and Responsibilities (OSC)
Respond to releases of oil and hazardous substances (NCP)
Assessment and management of removal activities under CERCLA and OPA 90
PDD 39 (support FBI & FEMA in WMD response)

6. NATIONAL CONTINGENCY PLAN (NCP)
Provides framework for response to releases of oil or hazardous materials
Designates on-scene coordinators
Integrates responses with state and local authorities or private organizations

7. NCP continued
Designates three types of removal actions to respond to hazardous material releases
Classic Emergencies - train derailments, transportation accidents, fires, chemical emergencies

8. NCP continued
Time-critical Removals - i.e. drum removals, soil excavations, abandoned manufacturing facilities

9. NCP continued
Non-time critical Removals - removals which can take a 6-month planning period; no imminent endangerment or threat of release present

10. Equipment Command Post Air monitoring equipment
Response time 2 hours to major cities
Level A/B/C Response Capability

11. Equipment

12. Equipment Detection Equipment M256 Chemical Agent Detector Kit
M8 Paper
M9 Paper
CAM and APD 2000 CW Detector
Draeger tubes
Bio Detection BTA Kits
PID/FID, CIG
Rad Meters
GPS

13. Contact Numbers U.S. EPA 24-hour Emergency (312) 353-2318
National Response Center
(800)