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Home My WebLink AboutABOVEGROUND TANKWinston H. Hickox Robert Schneider, Chair ~ Gray Davis Secretary for Fresno Branch Office Governor. Environmental Interact Address: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/~rwqcb5 Protection 3614 East Ashlan Avenue, Fresno, California 93726 Phone (559) 445 -5116 · FAX (559) 445-5910 15 May 2001 -~ Mr. Mike Reed AAMCO # 1903 ' ) 2415 Chester Ave Bakersfield, CA 93301 AAMCO #1903, 2415 CHESTER AVE., BAKERSFIELD, KERN COUNTY We recently received a referral from a Kern County Certified Unified Program Agency inspector regarding abovegroUnd petroleum storage tanks at your facility. A 14 May 2001 telephone conversation with you and a member of our staff confuxned the presence of one 1,500-gallon fresh transmission oil tank and one 500-gallon waste oil tank. Major provisions of the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act (Health and Safety Code, §25270), a state law effective 1 January 1990, require the owner or operator of an aboveground petroleum tank facility with a single tank capacity greater than 660 gallons or with a cumulative storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons to do the following: 1. File a storage statement and submit an appropriate fee on or before 1 July 1990 and on or before 1 July every two years thereafter. 2. Prepare and implement a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan, except farms, nurseries, logging sites, or construction sites. 3. Establish a monitoring program for the tank(s) if the appropriate Regional Water Quality Control Board, upon inspection, has determined that discharge from the aboveground tank facility will affect waters of the state or sensitive ecosystems. A storage statement form and information about the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act are e, nclosed. By 15 June 2001, please submit documentation to our Fresno Branch Office that you have submitted your storage statement and fee to the State Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento. By 15 August 2001, please submit a copy of the SPCC plan that will be maintained and implemented at your facility. The SPCC plan needs to be prepared in accordance with Part 112 of Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. Guidance for the preparation of a SPCC plan, as developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is enclosed to assist you. California Environmental Protection Agency ~ Recycled Paper The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take mediate action to reduce euergy consumption. For a list.of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, see our Web-site at http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/rwqcb5 Mr. Mike Reed - 2 - 15 May 2001 If we may be of further help or if you have any questions regarding the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act, please telephone Chris Markowski at (559) 445-6077. RUSSELL W. WALLS Senior Engineer RCE No. 43140 CM/cm Enclosures cc: Mr. Howard Wines, Kern County Environmental Health Department, Bakersfield CERT~ED UNIFIED PROGRAM AGENCY..~UPA) - [ sPm~ ~V~,..C0.N. ~.g0L Ab~P,...C .O. UNT~P-M~~ (sPcc) PLAN ':,' '.~ .u,. · ~ :...STATUS/REFERRAL FORM '.,~". .... ' ' , ~ '~1I ' ' ' Mail a copy of the completed form to: CUPA Inspector: -.-f.-~-~zx,~o Califomi.~Rcgional Water Quality Control Board Address: O~'~'c'~ Date: ~ / ~ / The following facility is storing "petroleum" in a single storage tank greater than 660 gallons or in multiple storage tanks with a cumulative storage capacity greater than 1,320 gallons. "Petroleum" means crude oil, or any fraction thereof, which is liquid at 60 degrees Fahrenheit temperature and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute pressure. This includes petroleum based substances comprised of a complex blend of hydrocarbons, such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuels, residual fuel oils, lubricants, some petroleum solvents, and used oils. An example of a substance that is no__!t "petroleum" is liquid propane gas (LPG). Note: The backside of this form identifies storage tanks and facilities exempt from the state Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act SPCC requiremen~ Facility Name: ~ktl~%CO ~ 190~ Facility Address: ~2-4/~- C t4C--~,--C--¢_ Contact: /~7, I<~ ~--~o Phone: ( ~o ! ) 3 2. ~ - 2 ff ~' l FacllitF A complete copy of the facility's SPCC plan, certified by a Registered Professional D maintained at the facility, which is normally attended at least8 h~urs Per day. I'~' the faeilitY!:i~?i!i[ not atte"ded at least S hours per daY, the spCc :Ma"is'miilntained at the nearest field This form constitutes-a 'referral to the leegional Board for correction Of the followine Violation.: :i The owner or operator was unaware of the Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act. A copy D" State Water Resources Control Board, nboveground Tank Program brochure was the owner or operator. cc: Carol lulian State Water Resources Control Board Division of Clean Water Programs P.O. Box 944212 Sacramento, CA 94244-2120 SWRCB, CWP Form AGT-i (06/28./99) ..... 1 ABOVEGR PETROLEUM STORAGE TANK PRO ' ~'~ STORAGE TANKS AND FACILITIES EXEMPT FROM TH~ STATE SPCC REQUIREMENT ... The Abovcground Peuoleum Storage Act (APSA), Health and Safety Code (H&SC), Section 25270.2(k), defines "storage tank" as any aboveground tank or container used for the storage of petroleum. "Storage tank" does not include any of the following: (1) A pressure vessel or boiler which is subject to Part 6 of Division $ of the Labor Code. (2) A storage tank containing ha2ardous waste, as defined in subdivision (g) o.f Sectio. n ...... 25316, if the person owning or operating the storage tank has been issued a hazardous waste facilities permit for the storage tank by the Department of Toxic Substances C~n~'ol. "-] (3) An aboveground oil production tank which i~ ~bject to Section 3106 of the Public R~ourc~ Code {Division of Oil and G~). F-] .(4) Oil-filled ~i~idcal *equipment, including~'"buf not limited to, 'transformers,"C~!?f~[::'"': breakers, o; 'Capa'ci/0~,'~f the ail-filled electrical equipme/it meets etther'~Ji?~he' ~1 . f:::: '(B) The equipment contains 10,000 gillons or more of dieie~/ric 'fl~d " (A) The equipment contains less than 10,O~ giil!ons of dielect/ic fluid,,~ ,' levels less than $0 ppm. The appropriate containment or divemionar7 · are e~iiployed to prevent 'discharged oil from reaching a navigable wa~er co~e;,'iitiP~.,.~!:.?' electrical ~uipment i~ vi,~dly iml~ted in accordance with the u~d routine ~!~!~ ~!i'.:..~.~ L ou checked any one of the four boxes above, then the facility ts not subject to...~:,~}~'~ -~th'e state APS/I 'registratt~'n, fee or SPCC~Ian requirements. ~ : "~i!~i:~¢~i AdditionallY, H&SC Section 25270.5(d) specifically does not require an SPCC plan for'th~ ~foli~)~'i~li~ }i"; · '. · '' F'~ Farms, nuraenes, an'd, logging or construction site.s, ~hi.ch do not have a smg!,e.~.,~.~, ,. · ' -.. exce~in8 20,000 gtllom and which have a cumulative ~torage capact~y no gr~ ~~ ..~?:i~i '~ .i. ' tlowever, these faeilltl~ are ~tilt required to pay a ~e and re~ter their tank(s) . ' wtth the State I~at~'.Resources Control Board.