Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure SPCC RUS 1724E302 Jared Newton, P'E' United Services G

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Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure(SPC
C)RUS 1724E-302Jared Newton, P.E.United
Services Groupjnewton_at_usgweb.com
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SPCC

• What facilities require one
• What are navigable waters
• SPCC considerations
• Qualified facilities
• Contingency Planning
• Containment
• What must be in the SPCC
• If you have a spill

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What Facilities Require SPCC

• Greater than 1,320 Gallons above ground
• 55 Gallon and smaller containers dont count
• Almost all have more than 1,320 gallons
• Facilities that could discharge into navigable
  waters

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What are Navigable Waters

• The obvious big ones
• Entire river system to uppermost tributaries
• Lakes and ponds
• Waters that fish and shellfish are sold from
• Stream beds and riverbeds that normally are dry
  and only contain water during periods of rain

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Things to Consider

• Prior Spill History
• Location (Proximity to Navigable waters)
• Potential size of discharge
• Soil and Terrain conditions
• Frequency and amount of rainfall

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Qualified Facilities

• Allows for streamlined SPCC
• Within 12 month period in last 3 years
• No Single discharge greater than 1,000 gal
• No Two discharges greater than 42 gal
• Into navigable waters

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Small Qualified Facilities

• Same requirements as before, but also
• Less than 10,000 gallons total at facility
• May do a self-certified SPCC plan without P.E.
• Can use a PE only for impracticability
  determinations and still self-certify

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Contingency Instead of 2nd Containment

• Must be a qualified facility
• Must have a written contingency plan
• Must have a monitoring program
• P.E. is not required
• Spill potential should be computer modeled
• Should not be used if oil could be discharged
  into the groundwater

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Containment

• Pits, Tanks, or Ponds should be sized to hold
  100 of the oil in the largest device plus a
  reasonable amount of precipitation.
• Must be able to drain water without possible loss
  of oil.
• Manual valves, oil separator, polymer agents

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What must be included in the plan

• Name and type of facility
• Location of facility
• Description of facility
• Discussion of oil spill potential and plan
• Who is responsible for oil spill prevention
• Management approval
• P.E. Certification
• Record of Plan reviews and amendments
• Oil spill history
• Spill response contact information

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If you have a spill

• Im not going to tell you how to run your shop
• Contact local, state, and federal agencies
• 911 if immediate threat of fire, explosion, etc.
  
• Local and county emergency services
• State pollution control agency
• EPA in your region
• Spill response contractor

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• Questions???