§2225 Decontamination and disposal standards and plans

Summary

The EPA must help state, local, and tribal governments get ready for, clean up after, and recover from an agricultural or food emergency. The EPA will work with the departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Agriculture to write and share clear cleanup and disposal rules for specific dangerous agents and animal diseases. Those agencies must also create example plans for washing people, gear, and buildings after an intentional contamination and for getting rid of large numbers of infected animals, plants, or food. The EPA and partners must run drills at least once a year to find plan weaknesses and, when possible, fold those drills into the national exercise program. After the drills, they must review and update the example plans at least every two years. They must set priorities based on the highest-risk agents, the ones that could cause the most economic damage, and the ones hardest to clean.