Spill Prevention and Control Measures

Under EPA's oil spill prevention regulations, a facility's SPCC Plan must discuss how the facility conforms with the oil spill prevention and containment procedures established for that type of facility or operation.

All SPCC Plans must comply with a set of general requirements under 40 CFR 112.7, including:

Facility Diagram -- 40 CFR 112.7(a)(3)
Trajectory Analysis -- 40 CFR 112.7(b)
Secondary Containment -- 40 CFR 112.7(c)
Contingency Plans -- 40 CFR 112.7(d)
Inspection, Tests, and Records -- 40 CFR 112.7(e)
Personnel Training and Discharge Prevention Procedures -- 40 CFR 112.7(f)
Security (excluding production facilities) -- 40 CFR 112.7(g)
Facility Tank Car and Tank Truck Loading/Unloading Racks (excluding offshore facilities) -- 40 CFR 112.7(h)
Field-constructed Aboveground Containers - Brittle Fracture Evaluation -- 40 CFR 112.7(i)

In addition to general requirements, the SPCC regulations provide spill prevention and control measures specific to the different types of oil facilities or operations, including:

Onshore Facility Drainage (excluding production facilities) -- 40 CFR 112.8(b)
Facility Transfer Operations, Pumping, and Facility Process (excluding production facilities) -- 40 CFR 112.8(d)
Onshore Bulk Storage Containers (excluding production facilities) -- 40 CFR 112.8(e)
Onshore Oil Production Facilities -- 40 CFR 112.9
Onshore Oil Drilling and Workover Facilities -- 40 CFR 112.10
Offshore Oil Drilling, Production, or Workover Facilities -- 40 CFR 112.11

The references to "40 CFR 112" are references to the actual regulatory text from a part of the Code of Federal Regulations.

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