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In this Environmental Daily Advisor video, Advisor editor Kelly Lagana talks with Amanda Czepiel about Qualifying for Self-Certification under the SPCC Regulations. Amanda Czepiel is legal editor for BLR’s environmental compliance products.
By Amanda Czepiel, J.D. BLR Legal Editor For many, that question will be answered during an EPA inspection. Your best bet to pass an SPCC plan inspection? Be prepared. EPA has been conducting SPCC plan inspections since 1973 in an effort to minimize oil spills from reaching U.S. waters, and in recent years, has stepped […]
The determination of whether your facility has the potential to discharge, or "could" discharge, is based on the location of your facility in relation to streams, ponds and ditches (both perennial or intermittent), storm or sanitary sewers, wetlands, mudflats, sandflats, or other navigable waters. You should take into account the distance to navigable waters, volume […]