6.1. ERMUSR 05-13-2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE REGULATIONS The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established regulations for oil pollution prevention in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40 (40 CFR), Parts 110 through 112. The regulations require that a petroleum Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC)plan be prepared if it could reasonably be expected that a harmful quantity of oil could be discharged into navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines. These regulations apply to facilities that have a total of 1,320 or more gallons of above ground oil storage. Transformers containing mineral oil fall under the SPCC regulations. The regulations require that a report must be sent to the EPA Regional Administrator and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) within 60 days of a single spill of more than 1,000 gallons or two spills of 42 gallons or more each from the same facility within a year. All spills regardless of size must be reported to the MPCA. A spill is defined as any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying or dumping of petroleum. A Discharge Notification Form is included in Appendix A and should be sent to both agencies listed if a spill should occur. The Notification Form should include the facility name, location, maximum facility storage capacity, rn normal daily throughput, spill date, description, cause, corrective action and additional preventive m measures that have been taken. A copy of the SPCC plan should be submitted with the notification form. The EPA requires that a complete copy of the SPCC plan be maintained at the facility if it is attended at least 4 hours per day, or at the nearest office if not attended. The facility management must make the plan available to the Regional Administrator of the EPA for onsite review during normal working hours. The SPCC Plan must be reviewed and revised, if necessary, every five years and anytime there is a change to the oil storage facilities. The EPA requires that a registered professional engineer certify all SPCC plans and amendments. If the facility does not experience any changes in the oil storage 1