·
Provide adequate secondary containment for
oil or petroleum product storage and transfer areas to contain any releases;
and
·
Prepare and implement a written SPCC plan.
Federal
SPCC regulations require an SPCC Plan to be implemented for a facility if:
·
the facility could reasonably be expected
to discharge oil into navigable waters of the U.S. or adjoining shorelines, and
one of the following conditions is met:
·
the facility has more than 1,320 gallons
capacity of aboveground storage, or
·
the facility has more than 42,000 gallons
capacity of underground storage, and the underground storage tanks (USTs) are
not subject to federal UST regulations (40 CFR 280 or 281). All USTs in Maine
are covered by the federal UST regulations.
Purpose
of SPCC
Plans
Federal SPCC
regulations were
created under the authority of the Clean Water Act. Their stated purpose is
"to prevent oil discharges from reaching navigable waters of the United
States or adjoining shorelines".
SPCC Plan requirements are
intended to promote:
·
Design and construction of facilities with
features that will prevent discharges from occurring, and contain those that do
occur;
·
Training of operators for safe operations
and spill emergency preparedness;
·
Inspection of facility components to assure
continued performance of spill prevention and control features; and
·
Organizing information that will assist in
spill prevention and spill response.
The SPCC plan requirements needs to describe all measures taken at your
facility to prevent and control a release of oil or petroleum products,
including:
•
Facility operations, staffing, site security, spill history and documentation of
annual oil-handling employee training;
•
Oil release scenarios that include possible volume of the spill and the direction
of flow;
•
Notification procedures (including an emergency call down list);
•
A facility site plan showing areas of oil storage and transfer;
•
A description of containment structures or equipment used to prevent releases;
•
A description of the procedures to stop, contain and clean up any released
materials, including
procedures
for managing collected rain water;
•
Oil storage inspection procedures;
•
A written commitment of manpower, equipment and materials to expeditiously control
and remove any amount of oil that may be spilled; and
•
Written procedures for integrity and leak testing of tanks, containers, valves
and piping.
Preparation
of the SPCC plan requirements is the
responsibility of the facility owner or operator, or it can be prepared by an
engineer or consultant but it must be certified by a registered Professional
Engineer (PE). By certifying the SPCC Plan, the Professional Engineer, having
examined the facility, attests that:
1.
(s)he is familiar with the requirements of Part 112;
2.
the engineer or their agent has visited and examined the facility;
3.
the Plan has been prepared in accordance with good engineering practices,
including consideration of applicable industry standards, and with the
requirements of Part 112;
4.
procedures for required inspections and testing have been established; and
5.
the Plan is adequate for the facility.
Author Bio :
The
SPCC plan must be prepared and implemented before you begin operations, and it
must be updated every five years or whenever significant changes in oil storage
occur. In addition, your oil handling employees need to be trained on the
contents of the SPCC
plan requirements. You must document that your management has
reviewed your plan every five years, even when there are no changes. Any
technical modification to your plan also needs to be certified by a PE.
Nontechnical modifications, such as changes to the contact list or phone numbers,
do not require a PE certification. Your SPCC plan must be kept on site and be
available for review if your facility is attended at least four hours per day. Visit
http://www.questinc2.com/ for the additional
information related to SPCC, SPCC regulations, SPCC Plan requirements etc.
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