SPCC Plans are required by the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) regulations promulgated by the EPA. These SPCC regulations apply to non-transportation-related facilities with an aboveground oil storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons or USTs with an oil storage capacity greater than 42,000 gal.
SPCC plans have the purpose of preventing oil discharges from reaching navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines. The oil pollution prevention regulation under 40 CFR 112 provides a framework to ensure effective responses to discharges of oil.
In July 2002, final revisions to SPCC rules were adopted that eliminate duplicate regulation, exempt certain small facilities, exempt most wastewater treatment facilities, and require consideration of industry standards in SPCC plans. The final rule also allows an owner or operator to substitute a required measure for another providing equivalent environmental protection, with the exception of secondary containment requirements. SPCC plans are applicable to owners or operators of facilities that drill, produce, gather, store, use, process, refine, transfer, distribute, or consume oil and oil products. The changes to the rule clarify that SPCC rules also apply to owners or operators of facilities that use oil.
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