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EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN WHIRLWIND MINE PROCEDURE NO. WW-1 Revision No. 1 Replaces Procedure: N/A Page: 8 of 11 Revision Date: 03/09/08 Dated: N/A 2.2.3 Stage 2 Field Action A Stage 2 Field Action is a coordinated field response to an emergency situation by multiple personnel. A Stage 2 Field Action occurs when an emergency situation cannot be successfully resolved at the First Responder level. Stage 2 field actions consist of operations undertaken in the field by multiple personnel that are designed and implemented in order to control or abate an emergency situation. A coordinated Stage 2 field response operation will continue until the situation has been successfully resolved. Field Action: Operations General guidelines for responding to incidents that involve specific hazardous materials classes or accident scenarios are provided under Appendix B to this procedure. The specific course of action taken during a Stage 2 ,'Field Response Action will be determined by the ongoing incident evaluation. Rescue is the primary duty of any field response. Field Action: Specified Personnel Duties The Emergency Coordinator is the only member of the emergency response team who currently has specific duties listed in the Operations Phase section of the Emergency Response Plan. The Emergency Coordinator can be the initial First Responder or the person of higher authority who relieves the First Responder of Incident Command. The Mine Foreman will usually be the EmergencyCoordinator for the Whirlwind Mine facility. The Emergency Coordinator shall: • Act first and foremost to prevent unwarranted occupational and environmental exposures from occurring during emergency incidents involving hazardous materials. ¦ Monitor response activities and suspend any response activity that creates, or may create, an unwarranted exposure risk. • Oversee and coordinate all field response actions until the emergency situation is successfully resolved.. ¦ Perform an ongoing incident evaluation and determine an appropriate course of action for the response activity, in coordination with other relevant personnel. • Coordinate incident response activities with external emergency responders when they are deployed in the field. • Ensure that communications with the incident command post and off-site entities are maintained. • Ensure that the incident response action is provided with resources that are adequate to sustain the response activity. • Coordinate on-site response actions with off-site response activities. • Ensure that site response personnel are in a condition suitable for field operations, including the provision of proper PPE, sufficient quality and quantities of equipment, and adequate numbers of personnel for both operations and back-up. ENERGY FUELS RESOURCES HEALTH & SAFETY PROCEDURES