Note that EPA considers shop-fabricated double-walled tanks that employ overfill and leak detection measures and are constructed to industry standards as meeting the secondary containment requirements in the SPCC rule. This clarification can be found in EPA Memorandum, Subject: Use of Alternative ...
SPCC Regulation Overview:Nonproduction, Production, and Drilling and Workover FacilitiesHosted by: Bonnie Helms, CESCO Regulatory Compliance Manager Dallas, TexasContent▪ SPCC Regulation (40 CFR 112) ▪ General Requirements (40 CFR 112.7) ▪ Onshore Nonproduction Facilities (40 CFR 112.8) ▪...
you need to explain why. Also, you need to describe how alternative means have been implemented to meet the intent of the regulations (but don't count on this as an easy out from the SPCC requirements).
well as additional requirements for oil storage. For the purposes of this discussion, bulk storage containers are grouped into three categories: above ground storage tanks, portable containers, and underground storage tanks. Each is described further below. ...
Concerns expressed by the environmental community on an exemption from sized-secondary containment requirements for produced water containers at oil production facilities figured heavily into EPA's decision to postpone the effective date of federal spill prevention, control, and counter-measure (SPCC) amen...
On 4-07-97, tank 2 was overfilled during refilling after visual level gauge failed. Approximately 300 gallons were spilled. Diesel fuel spilled within secondary containment and was cleaned-up according to state requirements or levels using absorbents. Contaminated soil was removed and replaced with ...
The new rule will tailor and streamline requirements to particular industry sectors and facility owners or operators. The revisions gear towards the clarification of the general secondary containment requirements and provide flexibility in the security requirements of the rule....