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0 0 <br /> ABOVEGROUND PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK PROGRAM <br /> STORAGE TANKS AND FACILITIES EXEMPT FROM THE STATE SPCC REQUIREMENT <br /> The Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act(APSA),Health and Safety Code(H&SC),Section 25270.2(k),defines <br /> "storage tank"as any aboveground tank or container used for the storage of petroleum. "Storage tank"does not <br /> include any of the following: <br /> ❑ (1)A pressure vessel or boiler which is subject to Part 6 of Division 5 of the Labor Code. <br /> (2) A storage tank containing hazardous waste, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section <br /> 25316, if the person owning or operating the storage tank has been issued a hazardous waste <br /> facilities permit for the storage tank by the Department of Toxic Substances Control. <br /> EI (3) An aboveground oil production tank which is subject to Section 3106 of the Public <br /> Resources Code(Division of Oil and Gas). <br /> (4) Oil-filled electrical equipment, including, but not limited to, transformers, circuit <br /> breakers, or capacitors, if the oil-filled electrical equipment meets either of the following <br /> conditions: <br /> (A)The equipment contains less than 10,000 gallons of dielectric fluid,or <br /> (B) The equipment contains 10,000 gallons or more of dielectric fluid with PCB <br /> levels less than 50 ppm. The appropriate containment or diversionary structures or equipment <br /> are employed to prevent discharged oil from reaching a navigable water course, and the <br /> electrical equipment is visually inspected in accordance with the usual routine maintenance <br /> procedures of the owner or operator. <br /> If you checked any one of the four boxes above, then the facility is not subject to <br /> the state APSA registration,fee or SPCC plan requirements. <br /> Additionally,H&SC Section 25270.5(d)specifically does not require an SPCC plan for the following facilities: <br /> EIFarms,nurseries,and logging or construction sites,which do not have a single tank <br /> exceeding 20,000 gallons and which have a cumulative storage capacity no greater than <br /> 100,000 gallons. <br /> However, these facilities are still required to pay a fee and register their tanks) <br /> with the State Water Resources Control Board. <br /> Comment: <br /> 2 <br />