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<br /> §112.7
<br /> 40 CFR Ch. 1 (7-1-93 Edition) Environmental Protection Agency §112'7
<br /> (iii) An interlocked warning light or undiked areas should be safely confined tures may be necessary to intercept oil. This could be accomplished by ex-
<br /> physical barrier system, or warning in a catchment basin or holding pond. and contain spills of fuel, crude oil, or the endingsepthe
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<br /> equipping
<br /> area If
<br /> signs.should be provided in loading/un- (C)All tanks containing oil should be oily drilling fluids.
<br /> loading areas to prevent vehicular de- visually examined by a competent per- (iii) Before drilling below any casing it with a high liquid level sensor that
<br /> loading before complete disconnect of son for condition and need for rnainte- string or during workover operations,a will automatically shut-in wells pro-
<br /> flexible or fixed transfer lines. nonce on a scheduled periodic basis. blowout prevention (BOP) assembly ducing to the separator,parallel redun-
<br /> (iv) Prior to filling and departure of Such examination should Include the and well control system should of in- dant dump valves, t other feasible al-
<br /> any tank car or tank truck, the lower- foundation and supports of tanks that stalled that is capable of controlling ternatives to prevent oil discharges.
<br /> most drain and all outlets of such vehi- are above the surface of the ground. any well head pressure that is expected (v) Atmospheric storage or surge
<br /> cies should be' closely examined for New and lot ons shoo d,old far as prank ctical be aembly isto be y instal- oon the well.untered iCasing and BOP uidle that BOP as- kevel sensings should be gde equipped
<br /> other lac-
<br /> leakage, and if necessary, tightened,
<br /> adjusted, or replaced to prevent liquid fail-safe engineered or updated into a installations should be in accordance ceptable alternatives to preventoildis-
<br /> leakage while in transit. fail-safe engineered installation to pre- with State regulatory agency require- charges.
<br /> vent spills. Consideration should be menta. (vi) Pressure tanks should be
<br /> (5) Oil production facilities (onshore}— given to one or more of the following: (7) Oil drilling, production, or workover equipped with high and low pressure
<br /> (i)Definition. An onshore production fa- (1) Adequate tank capacity to assure facilities (offshore). (1) Definition: "An sensing devices to activate an alarm
<br /> cility may include all wells, flowlines, that a tank will not overfill should a oil drilling, production or workover fa- an control the flow or other atter'
<br /> separation equipment, storage facili pumper/gauger be delayed in making cility {offshore)" may include all drill- able alternatives to prevent oil do
<br /> ties, gathering linea, and auxiliary s regular rounds. ing or workover equipment, wells, charges. be equipped with
<br /> non-transportation-related equipment (2) Overflow equalizing lines between flowlines, gathering lines, platforms,. (vii) Tanks should
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<br /> and facilities in a single geographical tanks so that a full tank can overflow and auxiliary nontransportation-relat- suitable corrosion protection.
<br /> oil or gas field operated by a single op to an adjacent tank. ed equipment and facilities in a single (viii)A written procedure for inspect-
<br /> erator. (3) Adequate vacuum protection to geographical oil or gas field operated Ing and testing pollution prevention
<br /> (11) Oil production facility (onshore) equipment and systems should be pre-
<br /> drainage. (A) At tank batteries and prevent tank collapse during a pipeline by a single operator.
<br /> run. (ii)Oil drainage collection equipment pared and maintained at the facility.
<br /> central treating stations where an ac- (q)High level sensors to generate and should be used to prevent and control part of the SPCC Planrocedures ,d be included as
<br /> cidental discharge of oil would have a transmit an alarm signal to the com- small oil spillage around pumps, P
<br /> reasonable possibility of reaching navi- puter where facilities are a part of a m glands, valves, flanges, expansion (!x)Testing and inspection of the pol-
<br /> y gable waters, the dikes or equivalent computer production control system. i joints, hoses, drain lines, separators, lotion prevention equipment and sys-
<br /> required under §112.7(c)(1) should have (iv) Facility transfer operations, oil pro- treaters, tanks, and allied equipment. tems at the facility should be con-
<br /> drains closed and sealed at all times duction facility (onshore). (A) All above Drains on the facility should be con ducted by the owner or operator r a
<br /> except when rainwater is being ground valves and pipelines sheuld be. trolled and directed toward a central scheduled periodic basis commensurate
<br /> drained. Prior to drainage, the diked examined periodically on a scheduled collection sump or equivalent collet- with the complexity, conditions and
<br /> area should be inspected as provided in basis for general condition of items tion system sufficient to prevent dis- circumstances of the facility or other
<br /> paragraphs(e)(2)(iii)(B),(C),and(D)of such as flange joints, valve glands and charges of oil into the navigable waters appropriate regulations.
<br /> this section. Accumulated oil on the bodies, drip pans, pipeline supports, of the United States. Where drains and (x) Surface and subsurface well shut-
<br /> rainwater should be picked up and re- pumping well polish rod stuffing boxes, l sumps are not practicable oil contained in valves and devices in use at the fa-
<br /> turned to storage or disposed of in ac- bleeder and gauge valves. l in collection equipment should be re- cility should be sufficiently described
<br /> moved as often as necessary to prevent to determine method of activation or
<br /> cordance with approved methods. {g} Salt water (oil field brine) dis-
<br /> (B) Field drainage ditches, road posal facilities should be examined overflow, control, e.g., pressure d change in fluid or flow ondinti""-
<br /> ditches, and oil traps, sumps or skim- often, particularly following a sudden (iii) For facilities employing a sump combination of pressure and flow, man
<br /> mers, if such exist, should be inspected change in atmospheric temperature to system, sump and drains should be e-
<br /> at regularly scheduled intervals for ac- detect possible system upsets that quately sized and a spare pump or tai or remote control mechanisms. not
<br /> cumulation of oil that may have es- could cause an oil discharge. equivalent method should be available tailed records for each well, while not
<br /> caped from small leaks. Any such accu- (C) Production facilities should have to remove liquid from the sump and as- necessarily part of the plan should be
<br /> mulattons should be removed. a program of flowline maintenance to sure that oil does not escape. A regular kept by the owner or operator.
<br /> (iii) Oil production facility (onshore) prevent spills from this source. The scheduled preventive maintenance in- (xi) Before drilling below any casing
<br /> bulk storage tanks. (A) No tank should program should include periodic exami- spection and testing program should be string, and during workover operations
<br /> employed to assure reliable operation a blowout preventer (BOP) assembly
<br /> be used for the storage of oil unless its nations, corrosion protection, flowline o of the liquid removal system and pump and well control system should be in-
<br /> material and construction are compat- replacement, and adequate records, as
<br /> ible with the material stored and the appropriate, for the individual facility. start-up device. Redundant automatic stalled that is capable of controlling
<br /> conditions of storage. (6) Oil drilling and workover facilities sump pumps and control devices may any well-head pressure that is expected
<br /> (B) All tank battery and central (onshore). (i) Mobile drilling or be required on some installations. se b encountered while that BOP OP
<br /> treating plant installations should be workover equipment should be posi- (iv) In areas where separators and aembll is on the well. Casing and BOP
<br /> provided with a secondary means of tioned or located so as to prevent treaters are equipped with dump valves installations should be in accordance
<br /> containment for the entire contents of spilled oil from reaching navigable wa- whose predominant mode of failure is with State regulatory agency require-
<br /> the largest single tank if feasible, or teas. in the closed position and pollution menta.
<br /> alternate systems such a those out- (it) Depending on the location, risk is high, the facility should be spa- (xii) Extraordinary well control
<br /> lined in 411tems(1). Drainage from catchment basins or diversion strut- dally equipped to prevent the escape of measures should be provided should
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