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Chapter 2:Applicability §112.2 Motive power container means any onboard bulk 2.5.7 Motive Power storage container used primarily to power the Motive power containers are located in or on a movement of a motor vehicle,or ancillary onboard oil-filled operational equipment.An motor vehicle and serve as an onboard bulk storage onboard bulk storage container which is used to container used primarily to power the movement of a motor store or transfer oil for further distribution is not vehicle or ancillary onboard oil-filled operational equipment. a motive power container.The definition of Motive power containers on vehicles used solely at non- motive power container does not include oil transportation-related facilities fall under EPA jurisdiction drilling or workover equipment, including rigs. but are exempt from the SPCC rule. See Section 2.8.6 for Note:The above text is an excerpt of the SPCC rule.Refer to 40 CFR part 112 for the full text of the rule. more information. 2.5.8 Flowlines and Gathering Lines Any pipeline or piping that transports oil between facilities or from a facility to a vessel is considered transportation-related, and is therefore outside the jurisdiction of EPA and not subject to the SPCC rule. EPA recognizes that gathering lines are often outside of the Agency's jurisdiction because they transport oil outside of an oil production facility. However, EPA has jurisdiction over non-transportation-related facilities, including pipelines that transport oil within a facility.The definition of"facility" as it applies to the SPCC rule is flexible; depending upon how an owner/operator defines his facility, an oil production facility may also include gathering lines. A typical oil production facility includes a wellhead, a tank battery(including, but not limited to, separation equipment, stock oil containers and produced water containers), and the flowlines that transfer the oil and well fluids from the wellhead to the tank battery.A flowline may also connect a tank battery to an injection well. If multiple tank batteries are included as part of the same facility for purposes of developing one SPCC Plan, then any gathering lines that connect the tank batteries, or flow to a central collection or gathering area or centralized tank battery within the facility boundaries, must also be included in the SPCC Plan. EPA considers any gathering lines within the boundaries of a facility to be "intra-facility gathering lines" and within EPA's jurisdiction for the purposes of SPCC rule applicability (72 FR 58406 to 58407, October 15, 2007).Appendix H includes drawings that show EPA's regulatory jurisdiction at complexes, including an example of an oil production facility with gathering lines.43 The exemption of certain intra-facility gathering lines from SPCC rule requirements is discussed in Section 2.8.10. 43 See EPA Jurisdiction at Complexes. SPCC GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL INSPECTORS 2-32 August 28, 2013