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SPCC REGULATIONS SPCC REGULATIONS

Updating EPA’s Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Regulations

August 6, 2008

Air & Waste Management Association

Andrew Covington, P.E.

ECO-SYSTEMS, INC.

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Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations – SPCC Rule – 40 CFR 112

Spill, Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulation (40 CFR 112) requires the preparation and implementation of site-specific plans to prevent oil discharges that could affect navigable waters

Authority: CWA § 311(j)(1)(C) and 501, and codified under 40 CFR Part 112

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PURPOSE OF SPCC RULE

• There shall be no discharges of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or in connection with activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act or Deepwater Port Act, or affecting certain natural resources.

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Purpose of SPCC?

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History of SPCC

1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments1974 Original SPCC Rule (40 CFR part 112) Published1988 Ashland Oil Spill – SPCC Task Force formed1989 Exxon Valdez in Alaska1990 Oil Pollution Act1991 Proposed SPCC Rule - complete revision of existing rule1993 Proposed SPCC Rule - amendments1994 Final Facility Response Plan (FRP) Rule published1997 Additional proposed SPCC amendments2001 Draft Final SPCC Rule – remanded to OMB2002 Final “revised” SPCC rule published 7/17/022003 SPCC compliance date extension2004 SPCC litigation settlement and compliance date extension2005 Proposed SPCC Rule amendments and SPCC Inspector

Guidance Document published 12/052006 Compliance Date Extension issued 2/17/062006 SPCC Rule Amendments published 12/26/20062007 Compliance Date Extension issued 5/16/20072007 Proposed SPCC amendments published 10/15/07

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SPCC APPLICABILITY - STORAGE

• Stores oil in quantities equal to or exceeding an aggregate of 1,320 gallons in aboveground storage containers or an aggregate of 42,000 gallons in underground storage containers

• Any container of oil equal to or exceeding 55 gallons must be counted whether aboveground or buried

• Bunkered or partially buried tanks are defined as aboveground for this purpose

• Mobile as well as fixed containers of oil are included

• Oil being “used” such as in electrical equipment, machinery, or otherwise is included in the calculation of quantity

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SPCC EXEMPTIONS

• Containers of oil that are less than 55 gallons of capacity

• Facility aboveground capacity of oil stored or used does not exceed 1,320 gallons

• Any facility that due to its location (excluding any manmade considerations) could not reasonably be expected to discharge into or adjacent to navigable waters

• Any facility under the authority and control of the US DOT and US DOI

• The completely buried storage tanks that are subject to 40 CFR Part 280 or 281

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SPCC APPLICABILITY

• Applies to a facility with the potential to discharge oil into or upon navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, contiguous zone, areas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and certain natural resources;

• Includes non-transportation-related onshore or offshore facility which drill, produce, gather, store, process, refine, transfer, distribute, use, or consume oil or oil products; and

• Stores oil in quantities above a certain level in aboveground containers, completely buried tanks, containers, and any bunkered tank or partially buried tank.

Current Compliance Dates

A facility (other than a farm) starting operation…

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On or before 8/16/02 Maintain existing Plan.Amend and implement Plan no later than 7/1/09.

After 8/16/02 through 7/1/09

Prepare and implement Plan no later than 7/1/09.

After 7/1/09 Prepare and implement Plan before beginning operations.

Current compliance deadlines Published May 16, 2007 Extends the dates in §112.3(a), (b), and (c) by which a facility

must amend and implement its SPCC Plan in accordance with the August 2002 Revisions and December 2006 revisions

Note: Facilities regulated and in operation prior to 8/16/02 DO NOT HAVE until 7/1/09 to prepare/implement their SPCC Plan for the first time – if currently do not have a SPCC Plan, must prepare SPCC ASAP!

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• December 2006 Amendments

Option to self-certify if 10,000 gallons or less and meet other requirements

Alternative to general secondary containment without “determination of impracticability” for particular types of oil filled equipment

Exempting particular vehicle fuel tanks Exempting mobile refuelers from the sized secondary

containment requirements for bulk storage containers Specific animal fats and vegetable oils removed from SPCC

requirements Extended SPCC compliance dates for farms

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May 2007 Compliance Date Extension

Extends the deadline to July 1, 2009 Allows the Agency time to promulgate further

revisions to the SPCC rule

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October 2007 Proposed Amendments

Exempt hot-mix asphalt, pesticide application equipment, and heating oil containers at single family residences

Amend facility diagram requirements and definitions of “facility” Define loading/unloading rack for clarification Streamlined requirements for a subset (Tier I and II) of qualified

facilities Amend general secondary containment requirements for clarification Amend security requirements Amend integrity testing to allow more flexibility Amend integrity testing for animal fat and vegetable oil containers Streamline a number of requirements for oil production facilities Exempt completely buried oil storage containers at nuclear power

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Final Rule?

Expect the Final Rule in the Fall of 2008 Expect the Deadline to remain July 1, 2008,

but there are no guarantees

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For Additional Information

• Ted Walden EPA R4404-562-8752walden.ted@epa.gov

• www.epa.gov/oilspill

• National SPCC/RCRA Hotline 1-800-424-9346

• Andrew Covington, P.E., Eco-Systems, 601-696-7146

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QUESTIONS?QUESTIONS?