Facility owners and operators have been quick to realize the many benefits from having a single, integrated contingency plan versus having multiple, independent plans. For example, company phone lists and organization charts, agency contact and reporting information, and facility site diagrams are frequently used in various contingency plans. An integrated plan can eliminate the duplication that exists between multiple, independent plans.  By eliminating this redundancy, an ICP is smaller and easier to reproduce and to update than multiple, independent plans, which reduces expenditures.   Since there is only 1 emergency response plan for the site, the emergency responders only need to be trained on one plan, and they always know which plan to use in an emergency.  This leads to safer, better responses.

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