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Description of Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans:
Storb Environmental is proficient in producing SPCC Plans, conducted in accordance with 40 CFR, Part 112.7, meeting the requirements for facilities to prepare, amend, and implement Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans. With the completion of over 500 SPCC Plans in PA, NJ, DE, MD, and NY, we have extensive experience in completing approved plans for our clients with pipeline terminals and bulk petroleum storage facilities. In accordance with regulatory requirements, Storb Environmental routinely updates plans for our clients to comply with regulatory deadlines or changes made to the facility.
SPCC Plans are a cornerstone of EPA's strategy to prevent oil spills from reaching our nation's waters. Unlike oil spill contingency plans that typically address spill cleanup measures after a spill has occurred, SPCC Plans are intended to ensure that facilities put in place containment and other countermeasures that would prevent oil spills from reaching navigable waters. Under EPA's Oil Pollution Prevention regulation, facilities must detail and implement spill prevention and control measures in their SPCC Plans. A spill contingency plan is required as part of the SPCC Plan if a facility is unable to provide secondary containment (e.g., berms surrounding the oil storage tank).
Each SPCC Plan, while unique to the facility it covers, must include certain elements. To ensure that facilities comply with the spill prevention regulations, EPA periodically conducts on-site facility inspections. Facilities are now required to submit certain information after having two or more discharges (over 42 gallons) in any 12-month period or a single discharge of more than 1,000 gallons.
A copy of the entire SPCC Plan must be maintained at the facility if the facility is normally attended for at least four hours per day. Otherwise, it must be kept at the nearest field office. The SPCC Plan must be available to EPA for on-site review and inspection during normal working hours.
Storb Environmental also provides Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Preparedness, Prevention, and Contingency (PPC) Plans and PADEP Spill, Prevention Response (SPR) Plans: Conducted in accordance with 25 PA Code, Chapter 245 for facilities regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) under the provisions set forth in the Pennsylvania Senate Bill 280, Act 32 of 1989 as revised, the Solid Waste Management Act and the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act. Once an approved SPR Plan is obtained, Storb Environmental, Inc. updates the downstream notification letters and mails to the proper recipients.
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