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Bulk Storage Container Inspection Fact Sheet July 2012 The industry standard you or your PE identifies in your SPCC Plan outlines the specific inspection and integrity testing protocol for the containers at your facility. These protocols may vary depending on the size and configuration of your containers. For example, portable containers (e.g. a drum) have fewer inspection requirements than shop-built and field-erected containers. Who can help me establish an integrity inspection and/or testing program for my bulk storage containers? If your SPCC Plan will be certified by a More information on industry standards: Professional Engineer(PE)then the PE will work with you to establish an inspection API Standard 653 and/or testing program that is appropriate API-653 covers steel storage tanks built to design for the types of containers at your facility. specifications in the API 650 standard and its The PE may Consider industry standards predecessor API12. It provides minimum requirements for maintaining the integrity of tanks after they have and consult with tank inspectors to been placed in service and addresses inspection, determine the frequency,type of testing repair, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction.This and inspections and the appropriate standard is typically used to establish an integrity qualifications for personnel performing the testing program for field-erected tanks. tests and inspections. Go to the API website for more information on their If you have a qualified facility and are standards: htto://www.aoi.om planning to seff-certify your SPCC Plan, STI Standard SP001 then you can develop your inspection This standard focuses primarily on inspection of and/or testing program by following the welded,metal, shop-fabricated and small field-erected protocols identified in the industry tanks.Also included is the inspection of smaller, standards applicable for your oil storage portable containers such as 55-gallon drums, containers or by contacting tank inspection intermediate bulk containers and other such professionals. Industry standards, such as containers that maybe of metaltal plastic construction. API 653 and STI SP001 contain Go to the STI website for more information ormation on the SP001 standard: http:l/www.steeltank.com/ requirements to inspect aboveground containers. If you deviate from the requirements of the standards, then you can do so in accordance with the environmental equivalence provision in §112.7(a)(2)and have a PE certify that portion of your SPCC Plan. How often do I have to perform inspections or tests? Testing on a 'regular schedule' means testing per industry standards or at a frequency sufficient to prevent discharges. Industry standards establish the scope and frequency for inspections that considers the particular conditions of the aboveground container.These conditions may include the age, service history, original construction specifications(e.g., shop-built vs.field-erected, welded steel vs. riveted steel), prior inspection results, and the existing condition of the container. It may also consider the degree of risk of a discharge to navigable waters or adjoining shorelines, e.g.containers that are located near saltwater where an accelerated corrosion rate would be expected. The frequency of inspections is based on changing conditions of the container(e.g., corrosion rates, settling, etc.)and the interval between inspections may vary over the lifetime of the container. Once you determine an inspection schedule for your aboveground containers(based on applicable industry standards), document the schedule in your Plan and conduct inspections according to that schedule. You should also include a description of the conditions of the container that led to the specific inspection schedule identified in the Plan. Office of Emergency Management 3