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effective response is precluded and impossible to achieve if emergency personnel are <br />thumbing through databases trying to figure out which hazardous materials are at a <br />given location and what the appropriate response precautions and protocols are for <br />the specific materials involved in a hazardous materials incident. <br /> <br />Specific inventory awareness means that for every site with hazardous materials of <br />sufficient toxicity, dispersal characteristics and quantities to pose a significant life <br />safety risk to on-site employees and nearby residents must be identified in advance. <br />Ideally, the Eugene/Springfield Metro Area should have detailed specific inventory <br />awareness of every significant fixed site in its jurisdiction. Similarly, each jurisdiction <br />should have specific inventory awareness of the most toxic, most common, large <br />voiume shipments of hazardous materials within and through the jurisdiction. For <br />each hazardous matedal deemed to pose a significant life safety threat, the necessary <br />chemical data, response protocols, initial isolation distances, protection distances for <br />small and large spi~ls, and all other data necessary for safe and effective response <br />should be compiled and readily available before incidents occur. <br /> <br /> Public Review Draft: October 12, 2004 14-14 <br /> <br /> <br />