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Place drip pans or absorbent materials under heavy equipment when not in use. Use adsorbent <br />materials on small spills rather than hosing down the spill. <br />Remove the adsorbent materials promptly and dispose of properly <br />Promptly transfer used fluids to the proper waste or recycling drums. Don't leave full drip pans or other <br />open containers lying around. <br />Oil filters disposed of in trashcans or dumpsters can leak oil and contaminate stormwater. Place the oil <br />filter in a funnel over a waste oil recycling drum to drain excess oil before disposal. Oil filters can also be <br />recycled. Ask your oil supplier or recycler about recycling oil filters. <br />Store cracked batteries in a non -leaking secondary container. Do this with all cracked batteries, even if you <br />think all the acid has drained out. If you drop a battery, treat it as if it is cracked. Put it into the <br />containment area until you are sure it is not leaking. <br />Vehicle and Equipment Fueling <br />Design the fueling area to prevent the run-on of stormwater and the runoff of spills: <br />- Cover fueling area if possible. <br />Use a perimeter drain or slope pavement inward with drainage to a sump. <br />Pave fueling area with concrete rather than asphalt. <br />If dead-end sump is not used to collect spills, install an oil/water separator. <br />Install vapor recovery nozzles to help control drips as well as air pollution. <br />Discourage "topping -off' of fuel tanks. <br />Use secondary containment when transferring fuel from the tank truck to the fuel tank. <br />Use adsorbent materials on small spills and general cleaning rather than hosing down the area. Remove <br />the adsorbent materials promptly. <br />Carry out all Federal and State requirements regarding underground storage tanks, or install above ground <br />tanks. <br />Do not use mobile fueling of mobile industrial equipment around the facility; rather, transport the <br />equipment to designated fueling areas. <br />Keep your Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan up-to-date. Train <br />employees in proper fueling and cleanup procedures. <br />Industrial Spill Prevention Response <br />For the purposes of developing a spill prevention and response program to meet the stormwater regulations, <br />facility managers should use information provided in this fact sheet and the spill prevention/response <br />portions of the fact sheets in this handbook, for specific activities. The program should: <br />Integrate with existing emergency response/hazardous materials programs (e.g., Fire Department) <br />Develop procedures to prevent/mitigate spills to storm drain systems Identify <br />responsible departments <br />