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Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Regulations Could Affect Agricultural Industries
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:13:54 CDT
The Environmental Protection Agency is beginning to crack down on agricultural industries concerning the Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure rules, which is based off of the 40 Federal Code of Regulations and is the Clean Water Act. While the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1974, farmers and ranchers are just beginning to see the impact of it in the industry.
Caitlin Adams, Chief Information Officer for the group One Resource Environmental, says the they are working to help those in the agricultural industry prepare for these regulations, including making comprehensive SPCC plans. However, some producers can have self-certified SPCC plans depending on how much fuel storage is on their property.
Adams says overall, for the SPCC rule there is a threshold for fuel storage. The bottom of that threshold is 1,320 gallons of a fuel source, like diesel, gasoline, hydraulic oil, waste oil or even vegetable oil, such as corn or peanut oil. Adams says what the government has done that benefits agriculture is added a ceiling of 10,000 gallons of fuel storage to that threshold.
If a producer is between the threshold of 1, 320 gallons to 10,000 gallons, they have the option of developing a self-certified SPCC plan. This is different than other industries where producers have to have a SPCC plan that is designed by a professional engineer regardless of the amount of fuel storage says Adams.
Click on the LISTEN bar below to hear Ron Hays and Caitlin Adams discuss the One Resource Environmental, what they do for agriculture, and how the SPCC rules can affect the agricultural industry.
Click here for more information on One Resource Environmental and the SPCC plans.
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