Your facility is required to have a spill response plan if any of the following apply:

• there is at least one 660 gallon above-ground tank, or all above ground tanks total 1,320 gallons or more
• there are 42,000 gallons or more stored below ground
  

Spill Emergency Contacts:

Local:
Fire Department
Police Department
NC DENR Wilmington 910/395-3900
Marina personnel in charge of spills
Emergency clean-up contractor

State and federal:
USCG
National Response Center, Washington DC 800/424-8802
NC DENR (see info above)

Location of spill, land and water
Source of spill
Time of spill
Estimated volume of spill
Nature and potential danger of spilled material
Anticipated movement of spilled material
Responsible party name, address, phone number
Action already taken
Weather conditions at spill site

Upon discovering a spill the employees of this facility will make every effort to stop the source of the spill and contain the spilled materials. If any danger to the health and/or safety to employees exists from the spill only those methods which would allow for minimum contact with the spill site area will be undertaken. Clean-up and removal of the spill will be done by the qualified contractor listed here:

Containment equipment on site

Booms (size number) large enough to contain the volume of the largest tank on site
Pillows (number)
Pads (number)
Gloves
Goggles
Tyvek coveralls
Hazardous material disposal bags

Description of storage and areas where spills are most likely to occur

Vent pipes from tanks
Loading areas
Off-loading areas
Piping to storage tanks
Fuel pumps
Boiler rooms
Sumps
Packaged oil storage areas

Spill History

Include description of spills occurring within the past year, corrective action taken, and prevention

Potential Spills - Prediction

Complete failure of full tank, #gallons released instantaneously, flow direction would be NSEW along lines of natural drainage.

Partial failure of a full tank, #gallons released gradually to instantaneously, flow direction would be NSEW along lines of natural drainage

Tank overfill, ___ gallons (depending on capacity of fill truck), at a rate of ___ gallons per minute

Leaking pipe or valve packing, several ounces to several gallons, up to 1 gallon per minute

Controls

Containment and diversionary structures and equipment on site to prevent spills from reaching navigable waters include,

Drainage from diked storage areas have valves or other positive means to prevent an oil spill. Valves are manual, open and closed design. Storm water from diked areas is inspected before drainage and records are maintained. Catchment basins collect spills that do not occur in diked areas.

Storage tanks (above ground):

Storage tanks are made of ______ [insert type of material]. Secondary containment is provided for the largest tank with an allowance for precipitation.

Inspections:

Tanks are inspected weekly for leaks and overall soundness.

Shell thickness will be tested every other year by an engineer

Tank inventories will be taken daily using sounding stick and conversion table

Above ground piping will be visually inspected every week

Below ground piping will be inspected where the pipe breaks the ground weekly. Corrosion and deterioration of mastic coating will be monitored.

Valves, gaskets, flanges will be visually inspected weekly and monitored for leaks or stains

Diked areas will be monitored daily. Accumulated water will be inspected for an oily sheen. Areas will be drained, recording date, time and approximate quantity discharged, noting no oily discharge has been released.

A visual inspection of the entire fenceline will be completed weekly and a verification that all lights in the yard are operable will also be completed weekly.

Spill prevention equipment will be inventoried monthly or after use and a list of items needing replacement will be submitted to purchasing.

See UST Guidelines (EPA)

Training

Facility personnel are properly instructed in the operation and maintenance of all equipment used to prevent oil discharges, as well as the applicable spill prevention regulations. Spill prevention briefings for operations personnel are conducted monthly, with a quarterly meeting for all facility personnel, including sales and secretarial.

Employees are made aware of where spill response equipment is kept, where the list of contact names is kept and notification procedure, and how the spill response equipment is to be deployed.

Equipment Suppliers

NEW PIG -Pittsburgh, PA phone 800/hot-hogs www.newpig.com
OE Durant-Wilmington, NC phone 910/799-7877
LAB SAFETY SUPPLY phone 800/356-0783 www.LabSafety.com