EPA Final Rule: Incorporation of Revised ASTM Standards that Provide Flexibility in the Use of Alternatives to Mercury-Containing Industrial Thermometers [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production and Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standardized Permit for RCRA Hazardous Waste Management Facilities [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Radionuclides [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Asbestos in Construction Standard [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Random Drug Testing Rate [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Reporting [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Laboratory and Analytical Use Exemption for Essential Class I Ozone-Depleting Substances; Extension [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards [PDF]

OSHA Final Rule: Corrections and Technical Amendments to 16 OSHA Standards [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Permit-Required Confined Spaces [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Acrylonitrile Standard [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Implementation of the National Registry of Pipeline and Liquefied Natural Gas Operators [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair (Surface Coating); Wood Furniture Manufacturing [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Oil Pollution Prevention: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule; Compliance Date Amendment for Farms [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases[PDF]

EPA Final Rule: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source Categories; CFR Correction [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Underground Storage Tanks: Secondary Containment, and Operator Training Requirements [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ferroalloys Production [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mineral Wool Production and Wool Fiberglass Manufacturing [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants [PDF]

OSHA Final Rule: Revising Standards Referenced in the Acetylene Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories Standard [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standard on Vinyl Chloride [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: The 13 Carcinogens Standard [PDF]

PHMSA Final Rule: Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers: Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones [PDF]

PHMSA Proposed Rule: Miscellaneous Changes to Pipeline Safety Regulations [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Hazardous Materials: Emergency Restriction/Prohibition Order [PDF]

EPA Notice: Final NPDES: Pesticide General Permit for Point Source Discharges from the Application of Pesticides [PDF]

EPA Final Rule:  Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Hydrogen Sulfide; Lifting of Administrative Stay; Correction [PDF]

EPA Final Rule:  Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: OMB Approvals under Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical Amendment [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Methyl Mercaptan; Toxic Chemicals Release Reporting; Community Right-to-Know; Stay of Reporting Requirements: CFR Correction [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant Emissions for Primary Lead Processing [PDF]

 OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Electrical Standards for Construction and General Industry  [PDF]

 PHMSA Notice: Emergency Responder Forums: Pipeline Safety [PDF]

See what happens when oil and water mix, and how PIG® Oil Absorbent Mats come the rescue in our latest video

No more extensions.

Unless you’re a farmer, if you have more than 1,320 gallons of oil or oil products stored aboveground; or you have more than 42,000 gallons of oil or oil products stored underground; today’s the deadline for having your SPCC plan created, updated and implemented.

Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans help prevent releases of oil and oil products into navigable waters.   The main focus of these plans is preventing spills from occuring, rather than just responding to them after they occur.

Secondary containment plays a major role in SPCC planning.    Containers – such as drums, totes and tanks – must all have “sized containment;” meaning that they need to have something surrounding them that is capable of holding all of the contents of the container, should it fail.     Spill pallets, Collapse-A-Tainers® and tank containment units are three ways to satisfy this requirement.  In some areas, earthen berms are acceptable.    For large outdoor tank farms, concrete walls are a common way to satisfy this need.

Transfer areas need to meet “general secondary containment” requirements, which means that plans must be created for the most likely spill that could occur.   Spill kits, Drainblocker® Drain Covers and Spillblocker® Dikes are excellent resources for these needs.

For facilities with less than 10,000 gallons of oil onsite, and less than 5,000 gallons aboveground, who have not had a spill within the past three years, a Tier I planning template is available on the EPA’s website.    Tier I plans do not need to be certified by a professional engineer (PE).    

For facilities who do not meet Tier I requirements and who need a professional engineer (PE) to sign-off on their plan, the EPA maintains a list of  State Professional Engineer (PE) licensing board contacts (PDF).

Not quite finished writing or implementing your plan?   Waiting for a PE’s signature?   You can write to your regional EPA office about an extension.

Want to know more about SPCC?  Check out our white paper:  SPCC Solutions.     Need proven products to help you comply?   Give us a call at 1-800-HOT-HOGS® (468-4647) or visit our website at www.newpig.com

EPA Proposed Rule: New Source Performance Standards Review [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Oil and Natural Gas Sector: New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone; Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide [PDF]

EPA Notice: NPDES General Permits; Proposed Reissuances: Facilities Related to Oil and Gas Extraction in the Territorial Seas of Texas  [PDF]

EPA Notice: Application for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Emergency Response to Hazardous Substance Releases [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Continuous Release Reporting Regulations under CERCLA [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:  NESHAP for Pulp and Paper Production [PDF]

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda, Sulfite, and Stand-Alone Semichemical Pulp Mills [PDF]

EPA Notice: Highlights of the Exposure Factors Handbook; 2011 Update Release of Final Report [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:Bloodborne Pathogens Standard  [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Standard on Commercial Diving Operations   [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Special Permit Applications [PDF]

Helping to keep workplaces cleaner and safer is what we do!  So when we saw workers slipping, sliding and tripping on traditional multi-layer well pad liners at hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites, we knew we could create a better solution.

The PIG™ Well Pad Liner, recently announced as a Environmental Protection New Product of the Year Award winner,  is a durable, single-layer, nonslip liner that help protects workers from slips and falls;  and the environment from incidental leaks and spills at drilling sites. It is four times stronger than standard HDPE liners used at drilling sites, twice as tear resistant, and is UV resistant for long-term outdoor use.

We’ve been keeping Matt and his crews pretty busy installing them at drilling sites all over Pennsylvania, helping to keep workers and the environment safe at drilling sites.

EPA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Identification and Listing of Special Wastes: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Revisions to Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: New Source Performance Standards Review for Nitric Acid Plants [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Air Quality: Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds; Exclusion of trans–1,3,3,3–tetrafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3–tetrafluoropropene  [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Oil and Natural Gas Sector:New Source Performance Standards and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Reviews; Correction [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 2012 Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: Certain High Production Volume Chemicals: Test Rule and Significant New Use Rule; Fourth Group of Chemicals [PDF]

EPA Proposed Rule: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Reporting [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Community Right-to-Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting: Hydrogen Sulfide [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures:Compliance Date Amendment for Farms [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Fuel and Fuel Additives: Alternative Test Method for Olefins in Gasoline [PDF]

EPA Final Rule: Testing of Certain High Production Volume Chemicals: Third Group of Chemicals [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Shipyard Employment Standards [PDF]

OSHA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:Inorganic Arsenic Standard [PDF]

PHMSA Notice: Delays in Processing of Special Permit Applications [PDF]

FEMA Notice: Preliminary Damage Assessment for Individual Assistance Operations Manual; Availability [PDF]
FEMA Notice: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Disaster Assistance Registration [PDF]

Farms that are subject to SPCC Planning Regulations have received a grace period from the EPA, according to an October 18 Federal Register Notice.

Instead of the looming November 10, 2011 deadline that everyone else must meet, farms that began operation on or before August 16, 2002 now have until May 10, 2013 to ammend and implement their SPCC Plan.

The deadline extension has been granted, in part, to assist the farmers who were heavily impacted by recent flooding and fires.

The EPA has also issued a fact sheet discussing the ammendment and offering additional resources for information.

Need more information on SPCC planning or SPCC products to help you comply?   Give us a call!