SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE (SPCC) Title 40 CFR 112

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SPILL PREVENTION CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE
(SPCC) Title 40 CFR 112
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SPCC Plan

• Document that details the equipment workforce,
  procedures, and steps to prevent control, and
  provide adequate countermeasures to a discharge

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Definition of Oil

• Oil of any kind or in any form, including but
  not limited to animal fats and oils, vegetable
  oil, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, synthetic oils,
  mineral oils, oil refuse, or oil mixed with other
  wastes

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Regulated Facility

• 1) It must be non-transportation related
• 2) It must have an aggregate aboveground storage
  capacity equal to or greater than 1,320 gallons
  or a completely buried storage capacity of
  42,0000 gallons or more
• 3) There must be a reasonable expectation of
  discharge into or upon navigable waters or
  adjoining shorelines.

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Exemptions

• Completely buried tanks UST Program
• R.6192.280
• Minimum container size 55 gallon containers
• Permanently closed containers
• Wastewater treatment

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Requirements

• Reviewed and certified by a licensed Professional
  Engineer
• Maintained at the facility if the facility
  attended at least four hours per day, or at the
  nearest field office if the facility is not so
  attended
• Available to the Regional Administrator (EPA) for
  on-site review during normal working hours
• Reviewed and updated every 5 years

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Important Elements

• Facility Diagram
• Oil Spill Predictions
• Facility Drainage
• Facility Inspections and Testing
• Site Security
• Management Approval

• Secondary Containment and Diversionary Structures
  
• Personnel Training
• Transfer Procedures and Equipment

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EPA Region IV [phone]
www.epa.gov/oilspill. SC Fire Marshalls
Office(803) 896-9800SCDHEC, Justin
Hughes(803) 896-4117
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