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The SPCC Rule and Recent AmendmentsRecent Amendments PDF
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TThhee SSPPCCCC RRuullee aanndd RReecceenntt AAmmeennddmmeennttss Click to add your information here 1 PPrreesseennttaattiioonn OOvveerrvviieeww 1. SPCC Rule Applicability and Basics 2. Recent Rule Amendments Overview 3. Compliance Date Extension 4. Additional Information 2 Please note that this presentation is a summary and does not cover every SPCC provision Always refer to the SPCC rule and official Agency guidance found at www.epa.gov/oilspill 3 SSeeccttiioonn 11.. SPCC Rule Applicability and Basics 4 WWhhaatt iiss tthhee SSPPCCCC RRuullee?? Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule Part of the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation (40 CFR part 112) – Includes requirements for Facility Response Plans (FRPs) for certain facilities which pose a greater threat to waterways and the environment Purpose – To develop plans designed to prevent oil discharges from reaching the navigable waters of the U.S. and adjoining shorelines 5 RReeqquuiirreemmeennttss ooff tthhee SSPPCCCC rruullee Requires certain facilities, including farms, to develop and implement a site-specific SPCC Plan to address: – Containment and procedures to preventoil discharges; – Proactive C ontrolmeasures to keep an oil discharge from entering navigable waters of the U.S. and adjoining shorelines (containment); and – Effective Countermeasuresto contain, clean up, and mitigate any oil discharge that affects navigable waters of the U.S. and adjoining shorelines (spill response measures). 6 SSppiillll PPrreevveennttiioonn,, CCoonnttrrooll aanndd CCoouunntteerrmmeeaassuurree ((SSPPCCCC)) RRuullee OOvveerrvviieeww Authority from Clean Water Act Oil Pollution Prevention regulation codified at 40 CFR part 112 Original rule effective in January 1974 Non-delegable to other agencies 7 RRuullee AApppplliieess TToo NNoonn-- TTrraannssppoorrttaattiioonn RReellaatteedd FFaacciilliittiieess Regulations apply to owners and operators of facilities involved in: Drilling Refining Producing Transferring Gathering Distributing Storing Using Processing Consuming 8 EExxaammpplleess ooff NNoonn--TTrraannssppoorrttaattiioonn-- RReellaatteedd FFaacciilliittiieess 9