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Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan Tesla Treatment Facility Page I of 45 1.0 APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS FOR ALL FACILITIES AND TYPES OF OIL [40 CFR§112.1 THROUGH 40 CFR§112.61 This Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC Plan) was prepared by LEE Incorporated (LEE) for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), Water Supply and Treatment Division (WSTD). The SPCC Plan is for the Tesla Treatment Facility located at 9000 W. Vernalis Road in Tracy, San Joaquin County, California 95377. Figure A-1 in Appendix A is a site vicinity map. 1.1 Purpose The purpose of the SPCC Plan is to update the use, handling and storage practices of oil' at the Tesla Treatment Facility; describe the practices intended to prevent spills from occurring;provide for safe, effective and timely response to spills should they to occur; and mitigate the impact of spills on human health, the environment, and navigable water bodies. In the unlikely event of an oil discharge, this SPCC Plan provides spill prevention, control and countermeasures applicable to the facility. This SPCC Plan was prepared to meet Part 112 of the Code of Federal Regulations Title 40 (40 CFR§112) - Oil Pollution Prevention (SPCC Rule), and the California Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA). The state's APSA regulates tank facilities that have a storage capacity of 1,320 gallons or more of petroleum hydrocarbon product. Because the aggregate aboveground petroleum product storage tank capacity exceeds 1,320 gallons, the Tesla Treatment Facility is subject to APSA and required by the state to develop and implement a SPCC Plan. In January 2008, California Assembly Bill 1130 transferred the responsibility for the implementation, enforcement and administration of APSA from the State Water Resource Control Board(SWRCB) to the local Certified Unified Program Agency(CUPA). The San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department(SJCEHD) is the CUPA for facilities located in San Joaquin County. 1.2 General Applicability Requirements [40 CFR§112.11 This SPCC Plan was developed to meet the federal SPCC Rule and state APSA by providing facility-specific guidance for the prevention, control and countermeasure of oil discharge. Section 40 CFR§112.1 addresses the general applicability of the SPCC Rule. 1.2.1 General Applicability [40 CFR§112.1(a)] The SPCC Rule establishes procedures,methods, equipment and other requirements to prevent the discharge of oil from facilities into or upon navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the contiguous zone, or that may affect natural resources belonging to, appertaining to, or under the exclusive management authority of the United States. ' Oil in this SPCC Plan is defined as per Part 40 CFR§112-Oil Pollution Prevention(SPCC Rule)to mean any kind or in any form,including,but not limited to: fats,oils or greases of animal,fish,or marine mammal origin;vegetable oils including oils from seeds,nuts,fruits or kernels;and other oils and greases,including petroleum,fuel oil,sludge, synthetic oils,mineral oils,oil refuse,or oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil.