[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 21]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR112.13]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 112_OIL POLLUTION PREVENTION--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart C_Requirements for Animal Fats and Oils and Greases, and Fish 

  and Marine Mammal Oils; and for Vegetable Oils, including Oils from 

                    Seeds, Nuts, Fruits, and Kernels.

 

Sec.  112.13  Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan 

requirements for onshore oil production facilities.



    If you are the owner or operator of an onshore production facility, 

you must:

    (a) Meet the general requirements for the Plan listed under Sec.  

112.7, and the specific discharge prevention and containment procedures 

listed under this section.

    (b) Oil production facility drainage. (1) At tank batteries and 

separation and treating areas where there is a reasonable possibility of 

a discharge as described in Sec.  112.1(b), close and seal at all times 

drains of dikes or drains of equivalent measures required under Sec.  

112.7(c)(1), except when draining uncontaminated rainwater. Prior to 

drainage, you must inspect the diked area and take action as provided in 

Sec.  112.12(c)(3)(ii), (iii), and (iv). You must remove accumulated oil 

on the rainwater and return it to storage or dispose of it in accordance 

with legally approved methods.

    (2) Inspect at regularly scheduled intervals field drainage systems 

(such as drainage ditches or road ditches), and oil traps, sumps, or 

skimmers, for an accumulation of oil that may have resulted from any 

small discharge. You must promptly remove any accumulations of oil.

    (c) Oil production facility bulk storage containers. (1) Not use a 

container for



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the storage of oil unless its material and construction are compatible 

with the material stored and the conditions of storage.

    (2) Provide all tank battery, separation, and treating facility 

installations with a secondary means of containment for the entire 

capacity of the largest single container and sufficient freeboard to 

contain precipitation. You must safely confine drainage from undiked 

areas in a catchment basin or holding pond.

    (3) Periodically and upon a regular schedule visually inspect each 

container of oil for deterioration and maintenance needs, including the 

foundation and support of each container that is on or above the surface 

of the ground.

    (4) Engineer or update new and old tank battery installations in 

accordance with good engineering practice to prevent discharges. You 

must provide at least one of the following:

    (i) Container capacity adequate to assure that a container will not 

overfill if a pumper/gauger is delayed in making regularly scheduled 

rounds.

    (ii) Overflow equalizing lines between containers so that a full 

container can overflow to an adjacent container.

    (iii) Vacuum protection adequate to prevent container collapse 

during a pipeline run or other transfer of oil from the container.

    (iv) High level sensors to generate and transmit an alarm signal to 

the computer where the facility is subject to a computer production 

control system.

    (d) Facility transfer operations, oil production facility. (1) 

Periodically and upon a regular schedule inspect all aboveground valves 

and piping associated with transfer operations for the general condition 

of flange joints, valve glands and bodies, drip pans, pipe supports, 

pumping well polish rod stuffing boxes, bleeder and gauge valves, and 

other such items.

    (2) Inspect saltwater (oil field brine) disposal facilities often, 

particularly following a sudden change in atmospheric temperature, to 

detect possible system upsets capable of causing a discharge.

    (3) Have a program of flowline maintenance to prevent discharges 

from each flowline.