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I. INTRODUCTION A. Purpose The purpose of this Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan is to describe measures implemented to prevent oil discharges from occurring at the Maxim Crane Works, L.P. (Maxim Crane Works) facility(the "site" or"facility"), and to prepare Maxim Crane Works to respond in a safe, effective, and timely manner to mitigate the impacts of a discharge. This SPCC Plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements set forth in Title 40, Part 112 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR 112). B. Applicability (40 CFR 112.1) Facilities which are required to prepare and maintain SPCC Plans include those which store any form of oil in excess of the threshold quantities defined below and which are located such that the facility could reasonably be anticipated to release oil into navigable waters in quantities that may be harmful. For purposes of this plan, oil is defined in 40 CFR 112.2 to include petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, synthetic oils, mineral oils, oil refuse, or oil mixed with wastes other than dredged spoil, as well as vegetable oils and other forms of oil. Discharges of oil that"may be harmful" are defined in 40 CFR 110.3 as those that "(a) violate applicable water quality standards, or(b) cause a film or sheen upon or discoloration of the water or adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines." Facilities are not required to prepare SPCC Plans if the following minimum storage capacities are met: (1) Underground storage capacity of the facility is 42,000 gallons or less of oil; and (2) Aboveground storage capacity of the facility is 1,320 gallons or less. The combined capacity of aboveground storage tanks and containers used for storing liquid petroleum products at the Maxim Crane Works facility is approximately 12,940 gallons. In addition, storm water runoff from the facility discharges to a holding pond, which discharges to an unnamed canal during heavy precipitation events. During heavy precipitation events, this pond discharges to an unnamed canal. Based on a review of a topographic map of the area, the canal discharges to Duck Creek (approximately one and one quarter mile to the west), which in turn discharges to Walker Slough (approximately two miles to the west) and then the San Joaquin River(approximately four miles to the west), a navigable water of the United States. The Maxim Crane Works facility is, therefore, subject to the requirement to prepare and maintain an SPCC Plan. -1-