Who is required to have an SPCC Plan?
Facilities with an above ground oil storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons as well as any facility with underground tank storage capacity greater than 42,000 gallons (and meeting two other requirements described below) are required to develop and implement an SPCC Plan. Affected facilities must be non-transportation related. Included in this area is any industry that drills, produces, stores, processes, refines, transfers, distributes, uses or consumes oil or oil products. Some examples are: oil refining and storage facilities, oil drilling and production facilities, oil (including animal fat, vegetable oil, petroleum) storage facilities railroad car and truck oil tankers and their loading areas and loading equipment (within the confines of non-transportation related facilities, agricultural facilities, airports), and some waste treatment facilities. In addition, a real possibility must exist that an oil spill can occur which could potentially reach navigable waterways within the
