1. Spill Prevention, Control, & Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans
40 CFR 112
SPCC Overview

2. Agenda
Jurisdiction Scenarios
Regulation Overview
SPCC Applicability
Requirements in an SPCC Plan
QUICK Overview of the New Waters Definition

3. Jurisdiction Scenarios

4. Jurisdiction Scenarios

5. Jurisdiction Scenarios

6. Jurisdiction Scenarios

7. History of the Rule
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or Clean Water Act (CWA).
Promulgated in 1973 with amendments in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011.
Amendments included
Provide clarity
Tailor requirements to particular industry sectors
Streamline certain requirements
Two major spills in 1988 (including 750,000 gals on diesel oil into the Ohio River) prompted a federal review of the regulation and subsequently the begin of the amendments.

8. Regulatory Overview
40 CFR Federal regulation originally published in 1973 under the Clean Water Act
112.1 – General Applicability
112.2 – Definitions
112.3 – Requirement to Prepare and Implement a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan.
112.4 – Amendment of SPCC Plan by Regional Administrator
112.5 – Amendment of SPCC Plan by Owners or Operators
112.6 – Qualified Facilities Plan Requirements (Tier I and II Facilities)
112.7 – General Requirements for SPCC Plans
112.8 – SPCC Plan Requirements for Onshore Facilities (excluding production facilities).
112.9 – SPCC Plan Requirements for Onshore Oil Production Facilities (excluding drilling and workover facilities).
– SPCC Plan Requirements for Onshore Oil Drilling and Workover Facilities
– SPCC Plan Requirements for Offshore Oil Drilling, Production, or Workover Facilities.
– Facility Response Plans
– Facility Response Training and Drills/Exercises
The purpose of the 40 CFR 112 regulations is to prevent discharges, prepare for a discharge event, and be able to effectively respond in the event of a spill to prevent oil from reaching navigable waters and adjoining shorelines.

9. Important Definitions
Oil – Default to US CG list of oils Complex – A facility with both transportation-related and non-transportation-related activities. Subject to dual regulations. Process Flow Through Vessels – heater-treater, free-water knockout, separators, etc. Oil-Filled Equipment – equipment that includes an oil storage container (or multiple containers) in which the oil is present solely to support the function of the apparatus or the device. Tank Capacity – shell capacity of the container. SPCC rule does not apply to natural gas, including liquid natural gas and liquid petroleum gas. However, natural gas condensate (e.g., drip gas) is an oil subject to the SPCC rule.

10. General Applicability of SPCC Regulations
Applies to any owner/operator of a non-transportation related facility engaged in drilling, producing, gathering, storing, processing, refining, transferring, distributing, using or consuming oil/oil products.
Facility has a total oil storage capacity greater than:
1,320 U.S. gallons aboveground; OR
42,000 gallons U.S. gallons completely buried;
Only containers >55 gals apply;
Must meet the definition of an oil (USCG List);
Produced Water tank volumes are included if any percentage of the tank contains oil and a skimming type system is not setup to consistently remove it.
Permanently closed containers are exempt.
AND
Has a reasonable expectation of an oil discharge into or upon navigable waters of the U.S. or adjoining shorelines
“And” here is emphasized because the new definition directly affects the applicability of the second criteria ….
Man made structures do not count to exempt facilities from the applicability of a spill reaching navigable waters

11. Requirements When Preparing Your SPCC Plan
Production Facilities have 6 months to put a Plan in place.
Non-Production Facilities must have a Plan in place prior to beginning operations.
The Overall Plan:
Is prepared in accordance with good engineering practices and must be certified by a Professional Engineer (PE)
Has full approval of owner/operator management
SPCC Plans address the following:
Operating procedures for routine handling of products to prevent a discharge of oil
Discharge or drainage control measures to prevent a discharge of oil
Countermeasures to contain, clean up, and mitigate an oil spill
Secondary Containment (S.C.)
Training/Briefing
Disposal Methods for Recovered Materials
Emergency notifications (phone numbers and forms) and reporting
A copy of the SPCC Plan is kept at the facility if it is attended 4 or more hours per day. If not, the SPCC Plan must be at the closest field office to the facility. Electronic copies are acceptable.
lets look at what it mean once you determine that your facility meets the criteria on the previous slide.
Each Plan has two signatures – one from the PE who certifies that the entire plan (calculations, inspection frequencies, etc.) has been prepared in accordance with good engineering, and the owner who is committing the resources to implement the components of the plan (maintain those secondary containments, ensure inspections are being followed at the proper frequency).
IT is important to note here that the PE certification, certifies the Plan at that snapshot in time. It is the responsibility of the operator to continue to maintain and operate the facility as it was certified by the PE.

12. Requirements When Preparing Your SPCC Plan
Have a facility diagram
Describe the type of oil in each container and its storage capacity
Describe discharge prevention measures, loading/unloading procedures, facility transfer procedures, etc.
Describe discharge/drainage controls and procedures
Describe countermeasures for discharge discovery, response, and cleanup
Describe disposal methods for recovered materials
Include a contact list with phone numbers
Provide information/procedures to enable a person reporting a discharge to relate pertinent information
Easy to use in an emergency situation
Include a prediction of the direction, rate of flow, and total quantity of oil that could be discharged from each type of major equipment failure

13. Training Requirements
Applies to all “oil-handling” personnel (112.7(f))
Must be conducted and documented at least once a year (or for new hires which are oil-handling personnel)
Should include the following:
Equipment O&M
Response procedures
Applicable pollution control laws, rules, and regulations
General facility operations
Contents of the facility SPCC Plan
Any spills which have occurred since the last training (or near miss spills due to equipment failures or human error)
Must be a designated person responsible for spills

14. SPCC Inspections Requirements
Types:
Non-Documented
Occurs when any personnel are on-site
Should look for signs of leaks or potential leaks
Only documented if a concern is observed
Documented
Scheduled at a set frequency that is determined by the client and approved by the PE as part of his certification
Documented regardless of a concern or not.
Inspection checklist can vary per client and per facility types
Integrity Testing
Not required for production facilities
Industry Standards or Hybrid Plans

15. Example of Items Observed On-Site

16. Requirements to Amend Your SPCC Plan
Amend the Plan ASAP, but no later than 6 months after the change.
Technical changes require a site revisit and a PE re-certification (changes to the facility design, construction, operation, or maintenance affect the potential for a discharge):
Installing or removing tanks or piping systems
Replacement, reconstruction, or movement of containers or piping systems
Changes to secondary containment structures
Changes in product or service
Revision of operating or maintenance procedures (example – inspection form)
Non-Technical changes do not require a PE certification and can be made by the owner/operator:
Contact names or numbers

17. Secondary Containment (S.C.)
Section 4.2 of the Regional Inspectors Guidance Document:
At a regulated facility, all areas and equipment with the potential for a discharge are subject to the general secondary containment provision, §112.7(c). These may include bulk storage containers; mobile/portable containers; mobile refuelers and other non-transportation-related tank trucks; oil production tank batteries, treatment, and separation installations; pieces of oil-filled operational or manufacturing equipment; loading/unloading areas (also referred to as transfer areas); and piping; and may include other areas of a facility where oil is present.
General S.C. should be adequate to contain the most likely quantity of oil that would be discharged from the primary containment system.
Loading Areas
Oil-Filled Equipment
Process-Flow Through Equipment

18. Secondary Containment – Tanks
Includes:
Bulk storage tanks
DRUMS!
Mobile/portable containers (day tanks)
Separation Equipment (alternative options in lieu of sized S.C. are also provided)
Does not apply to mobile refuelers or other non-transportation-related tank trucks (DOT Jurisdiction)
Largest Container
Isolated tanks vs. Equalized tanks (example: largest tank could be four 500 bbl tanks manifolded together – overflow lines ALONE, do not define tanks as manifolded together.)
S.C. Size
Volume of the largest tank PLUS sufficient freeboard to contain precipitation (112.9(c)(2); however, the regulation does not specifically define the term “sufficient freeboard”)
Displacements
25-year, 24-hour rainfall event
110% of the volume of the largest tank
150% of the volume of the largest tank
Double-Walled tanks comply with the sized S.C. regulation requirements.

19. Oil Spill Contingency Plan
Why it is needed?
If you have determined that sized secondary containment is impractical
If you have not submitted a Facility Response Plan (FRP)
Have oil-filled equipment outside sized secondary containment
40 CFR part 109 (Criteria for State, Local, and Regional Oil Removal Contingency Plans)
All contact information for anyone who should be notified or involved in the event of a release (internal, federal, state, and local)
Establishment of notification and reporting procedures - Verbal and Written
List full resources and response capabilities
A complete response procedures to follow once a discharge is discovered
Waste disposal methods
Communication methods
Location of response center
Roles and responsibilities of spill response
personnel
All numbers and any local contacts for the regional/district offices will be included in the Plan.
Reporting Agencies
Internal
Chain of Command
Federal
NRC, EPA Region 6
State
RRC, TCEQ (regional/district offices), SEPC
Local
LEPC, Police, Fire
External
ER Contractors

20. Updated Definition: Navigable Waters of the U.S.
Remember for a facility to require an SPCC Plan it must (1) meet the volume threshold, and (2) a spill from that facility must impact navigable waters.
Regulated under the Clean Water Act
Historically, there have been several court cases regarding EPA jurisdiction based on the current definition of navigable water and what is or is not EPA jurisdiction. On June 29, 2015, the new definition was published in the Federal Register, and will therefore become effective August 28, 2015.
New definition was meant to clearly define jurisdictional boundaries by
Clearly defining a tributary with significant nexus
Providing certainty in how far safeguards extend to nearby waters
Protecting the nation’s regional water treasures
Reducing the use of case-specific analysis of waters
Study discussing the nature of connectivity and effects of tributaries and wetlands on downstream waters that the EPA conducted and report released leading up to the change of the definition. Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence.

21. Summary of Definition Rule Changes
Subject
Old Rule
New Rule
Tributaries to the Traditionally Navigable Waters
Did not define tributary
Defined tributary as water features with bed, banks and ordinary high water mark, and flow downstream.
Adjacent Wetlands/Waters
Included wetlands adjacent to traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, the territorial seas, impoundments or tributaries.
Includes waters adjacent to jurisdictional waters within a minimum of 100 feet and within the 100-year floodplain to a maximum of 1,500 feet of the ordinary high water mark.
Isolated or “Other” Waters
Included all other waters that use, degradation or destruction of which could affect interstate or foreign commerce.
Includes specific waters that are similarly situated: Prairie potholes, Carolina & Delmarva bays, pocosins, western vernal pools in California, & Texas coastal prairie wetlands when they have a significant nexus.
Includes waters with a significant nexus within the 100-year floodplain of a traditional navigable water, interstate water, or the territorial seas, as well as waters with a significant nexus within 4,000 feet of jurisdictional waters.
Exclusions to the definition of “Waters of the U.S.”
Excluded waste treatment systems and prior converted cropland.
Includes proposed rule exclusions, expands exclusion for ditches, and also excludes constructed components for MS4s and water delivery/reuse and erosional features.
Tributaries are highlighted red here, because this is the most likely to affect given the location of your sites.

22. Updated Definition: Tributaries
1) For purposes of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C et seq. and its implementing regulations, subject to the exclusions in paragraph (2) of this definition, the term “waters of the United States” means:
(v) All tributaries, as defined in paragraph (3)(iii) of this definition, of waters identified in paragraphs (1)(i) through (iii) of this definition;
Contributes flow, either directly or through another water to a water identified in paragraphs (1)(i) through (iii).
Physical indicators
Bed and banks
Ordinary high water mark
These physical indicators demonstrate there is volume, frequency, and duration of flow sufficient to create a bed and banks and an ordinary high water mark, and thus to qualify as a tributary.
Can be a natural, man-altered, or man-made water.
Includes waters such as rivers, streams, canals, and ditches not excluded under paragraph (2) of this definition.

23. Updated Definition: Tributaries
1) For purposes of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C et seq. and its implementing regulations, subject to the exclusions in paragraph (2) of this definition, the term “waters of the United States” means:
(v) All tributaries, as defined in paragraph (3)(iii) of this definition, of waters identified in paragraphs (1)(i) through (iii) of this definition;
A water that otherwise qualifies as a tributary under this definition does not lose its status as a tributary if, for any length, there are:
One or more constructed breaks (such as bridges, culverts, pipes, or dams),
One or more natural breaks (such as wetlands along the run of a stream, debris piles, boulder fields, or a stream that flows underground)
As long as a bed and banks and an ordinary high water mark can be identified upstream of the break.

24. Updated Definition: Tributaries
Nueces River
Rex Cabaniss Creek
Salt Branch

25. Updated Definition: Tributaries
Study discussing the nature of connectivity and effects of tributaries and wetlands on downstream waters that the EPA conducted and report released leading up to the change of the definition. Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence.

26. Updated Definition: Navigable Waters of the U.S.
The following are NOT included as navigable waters of the United States
Prior converted cropland
Waste Treatment Systems
Stormwater control features constructed to convey, treat, or store stormwater
Irrigation areas that would revert to dry areas if irrigation stopped
Artificial lakes or ponds created on dry land such as farm and stock watering ponds, irrigation ponds, settling basins, fields flooded for rice growing, log cleaning ponds, cooling ponds
Artificial reflecting or swimming pools created on dry land
Water filled depression created in dry-lands incidental to mining or construction
Erosion features (i.e. gullies, rills, etc)
Groundwater
Ditches that are not constructed in streams and that flow only when it rains
Ditches with intermittent flow that do not drain wetlands

27. Additional Requirements under 40 CFR 112
Facility Response Plans
If the Facility has
A total oil storage capacity greater than or equal to 1 million gallons and
Has the potential to pose substantial harm to the environment.
EPA provides two methods by which a facility may be identified as posing substantial harm:
Through a self-selection process; or
Determination of the Regional Administrator.

28. Substantial Harm Criteria

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References
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Regulation:
Guidance Document:

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