Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures SPCC

All owner or operator who has already prepared a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) plan need only amend tliat plan to incorporate hazardous waste management provisions sufficient to comply with tliis section... 

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) 1974 Encourages pollution prevention and cleanup of waters by requiring plans from onshore facilities that can potentially discharge oil and other pollutants in harmful quantities into or on U.S. navigable waters... 

Those federal regulations of interest and importance for addressing subsurface environmental issues in chronological order of establishment include the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Resource, Conservation, and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FTFRA), and the Petroleum Safety Act (PSA). These regulations are discussed below. 

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) 40 CFR Part 112... 

In 1991, the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule proposed a revision to require secondary containment that was impermeable for at least 72 h after a release occurred. The 2003 promulgated EPA spec rule no longer mandates a 72-h containment requirement, instead opting to require means to contain releases until they can be detected and removed. Nonetheless, the need for impermeable containment continues to position steel as a material of choice for shop-fabricated tanks. However, release prevention barriers made from plastic or concrete can also meet US EPA requirements when frequently inspected for releases. 

Additionally, a spill prevention control and countermeasure (SPCC) plan may be required at facilities where oil materials are stored. Importantly, edible oils are often included in this designation. SPCC is discussed in more detail in Section 18.9. 

Spill prevention control, and countermeasures (SPCC e.g., plan, inspection) ... 

A cornerstone of the strategy to prevent oil spills from reaching the nation s waters is the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan. The USEPA promulgated regulahons to implement this part of the OPA ... 

The oil pollution prevention section of the CWA prohibits the discharge of oil into navigable waters of the U.S. and adjoining shorelines. Under the regulation, covered facilities must prepare and implement Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans to address the potential for oil spills. Facilities that could be reasonably expected to cause substantial harm to the environment by a discharge of oil must also develop and implement Facility Response Plans (FRPs). 

Onshore exploration and production facilities may be subject to several aspects of the CWA national effluent limitation guidelines, stormwater regulations, wetlands regulations, and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) requirements. 

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