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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 />EI(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 />Farms, 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 tank(s) <br />with the State Dater Resources Control Board. <br />Comment: M I a , 00 <br />2 <br />