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VI. SPILL CONTROL and SPILL REPORTING PROCEDURES SPILLS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES • MUST BE AVOIDED IN ALL CASES. What constitutes a spill? Any amount of petroleum products or hazardous substances that could directly enter Williams Fork River or the sewer system is a spill and must be reported to the Environmental Affairs Manager. Any petroleum product or hazardous substance that spills on the ground or other surface area must be likewise reported. Substances at the mill with a likelihood of spillage include diesel fuel, phosphorus pentasulfide, antifreeze, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), transformer coolant (PCB), Coherex, mill water, and tailing. DO .NOT USE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT. Any substance, with the exception of clean, untreated water, is a potential pollutant and should be reported to the Environmental Affairs Manager. FIRST RESPONSE TO SPILLED SUBSTANCES ALL employees must be familiar with the following procedures in ca3se an accidental spill should occur. 11) If possible, control the spread of the spilled material by constructing . small expedient earthen berms, pits, or absorbent material barriers between the spill and the nearest waterway (pond or creek). If the spill is a hazardous material, stay back from the edge of the spill .a safe distance unless you are wearing suitable protective clothing and are trained in hazardous materials response procedures. Notify the foreman in charge of the area, or in his absence notify any other foreman about the spill. The foreman will initiate cleanup procedures appropriate for the material that has spilled. Rocky Mountain Catastrophe (RMCAT) is available as a resource to assist with a cleanup. {Environmental personnel or management approval is needed to ask for a response.) RMCAT's phone number is 1-800-930-00'I 1. (2) If the spill is too large to be controlled or detained by small, expedient berms, immediately notify the supervisor in charge of the area, or any other supervisor {in his/her absence) who will contact the site environmental contact and his/her superintendent and initiate the: spill reporting procedures and commence control procedures for the spilled material. The Henderson Mill Incident Response Manual details a reporting procedure to assist operations personnel and their supervisors in determining the • regulatory implications of a spill. Before reporting a spill to the regulatory authorities, this manual should be consulted by the spill responder's supervisor. Page 16