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Developing A Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan
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If you operate a facility with above-ground oil storage
capacity greater than 1,320 gallons using storage tanks,
drums, containers, or utilize equipment that contains oil in
excess of this amount, the EPA requires your facility to
maintain a Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan
(SPCC).
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Developing A Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan
Copyright (c) 2010 Rathi Niyogi
CriticalTool, Inc.
http://www.criticaltool.com/
If you operate a facility with above-ground oil storage capacity
greater than 1,320 gallons using storage tanks, drums,
containers, or utilize equipment that contains oil in excess of
this amount, the EPA requires your facility to maintain a Spill
Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC). The facility
should also be non-transportation-related, such as oil drilling
facilities, oil refineries, oil-tanker and railroad-car-loading
facilities, waste treatment facilities, and oil pipelines.
An SPCC plan must go through a process of development, approval,
and certification. Development must be handled by the facility in
question so as to make sure the plan is specific to the concerns
of that facility. Approval must be done by company management,
specifically by a manager authorized to implement the plan. And
finally, the plan must be certified by a registered professional
engineer. Once the plan has passed these steps it must be sent to
the EPA Regional Administrator for review. If the administrator
reviews the plan and find elements of it unacceptable, at his/her
discretion they can require amendments to the plan to bring it
within compliance. The plan developers have the right to appeal
such decisions and submit written arguments to the EPA.
Failure to follow this process and adequately train personnel to
work within a SPCC plan can result in fines of $25,000 per day,
per violation. The EPA Administrator may make on-site inspections
to evaluate use of the plan, as well as the facility's
preparedness.
At the heart of a SPCC Plan is the description of the oil and
chemicals used at the facility, as well as the various media used
to store or transfer the material between areas of the facility.
In question is also the use of containment or diversionary
equipment that is on-site to prevent spilled material from
reaching waterways. Operating procedures should be clearly
outlined, as well as the training and education plans that are
implemented to prevent spills, and re-training programs for
workers after a spill has occurred. Most of all, a SPCC Plan
should specifically outline complete procedures that the facility
will follow in the event of a spill, including spill control
equipment, communications, and clean-up.
Not all facilities who fall into this category consistently
utilize the correct spill control equipment available in the
market. Spill control pallets, spill containment berms, drum
racks, and overpack drums greatly minimize the risks of spill
accidents, provide a strong investment in your SPCC, and
demonstrate your commitment to prevention. It would be wise to
consider all of these products while devising your SPCC and at
the same get management to commit to the budget required to be
compliant.
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Rathi Niyogi is the CEO of CriticalTool, a national distributor
of Spill Pallets and Spill Containment Berms and other safety
products. If you thought this article was helpful, additional
information on safety storage can be found at
http://www.IndustrialSafetyCabinets.com/
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