Is your facility affected by the SPILL PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND COUNTERMEASURE (SPCC) rule?
The purpose of the SPCC rule is to help facilities prevent the discharge of oil into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.
Use of our SPCC What-If QUESTION SET can aid your team in meeting compliance to the SPCC standard and supply confidence that many of the questions needed to complete the review have been asked.
Why SPCC?
Oil spills endanger public health, impact drinking water, devastate natural resources, and disrupt the economy. In the United States we use vast quantities of oils to heat our homes, supply fuel for automobiles, and run various pieces of equipment. During storage, transport, or as the result of energy exploration and production activities, oil and other oil-based products are sometimes spilled onto land or into waterways.
When this occurs, human health and environmental quality are put at risk. Every effort must be made to prevent oil spills and to clean them up promptly once they occur. The costs associated with spill prevention are often much less than the costs associated with spill clean-up, fines, and other civil liabilities. As the adage states, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
This rule is part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s oil spill prevention program and was published under the authority of Section 311(j)(1)(C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act) in 1974. The rule may be found in Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 112.
When you purchase our SPCC What-If QUESTION SET, you get 100 professionally written what-if questions organized by category and provided in Excel format.
Here are the categories covered and a few of the SPCC What-If Questions as a sample:
- Facility Infrastructure
• What if the facility's terrain is not properly assessed for potential spill risks?
• What if the facility lacks proper drainage systems for oil spill containment?
...(showing 2 of 6 for this what-if question category)
- Storage Tanks and Equipment
• What if storage tanks are not properly inspected for signs of corrosion or deterioration?
• What if an aging storage tank's integrity is compromised by rust?
• What if the tank's pressure relief valves fail to function correctly?
...(showing 3 of 8 for this what-if question category)
- Oil Transfer Operations
• What if transfer operations are not properly supervised or controlled?
• What if improper connections result in leakage during oil transfers?
• What if a sudden power outage occurs during an active transfer operation?
...(showing 3 of 8 for this what-if question category)
- Maintenance and Inspection
(7 what-if questions in this category) - Emergency Preparedness and Response
(8 what-if questions in this category) - Environmental Impact and Reporting
(7 what-if questions in this category) - Training and Employee Awareness
(6 what-if questions in this category) - Record Keeping and Documentation
(6 what-if questions in this category) - Security and Unauthorized Access
(4 what-if questions in this category) - Communication and Coordination
(4 what-if questions in this category) - Regulatory Compliance
(5 what-if questions in this category) - Facility Expansion or Changes
(4 what-if questions in this category) - Preventive Measures
(4 what-if questions in this category) - Environmental Sensitivity
(4 what-if questions in this category) - Historical Spill Data and Trends
(3 what-if questions in this category) - Training Effectiveness
(3 what-if questions in this category) - Continuous Improvement
(3 what-if questions in this category) - Management Commitment
(3 what-if questions in this category) - Public Perception and Reputation
(2 what-if questions in this category) - Technology and Automation
(2 what-if questions in this category) - Financial and Legal Consequences
(2 what-if questions in this category) - Lessons from Other Industries
(1 what-if question in this category)
