Oil Spill Prevention

Resources & Websites

Resources:

This fact sheet focuses on the management of facilities with ASTs to prevent contamination of drinking water sources (ground water and surface water used as public drinking water supplies).

EPA's Managing Above Ground Storage Tanks to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water [pdf]

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation AST Operator Handbook [pdf]

Websites:

ENational Response System (NRS) ? The designated federal point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological and etiological discharges into the environment, anywhere in the United States and its territories:
www.epa.gov/emergency-response/national-response-system

EPA's Facility Response Plan (FRP) Overview (Rule Summary, Rule History, Additional Information):
www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/facility-response-plan-frp-overview

EPA's Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule:
www.epa.gov/emergencies/content/spcc/index.htm

EPA's Overview of the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation:
www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations/overview-spill-prevention-control-and

Oil Spills Prevention and Preparedness Regulations:
www.epa.gov/oil-spills-prevention-and-preparedness-regulations

Related Pages:

Aboveground Storage Tanks

Brownfields

Contaminated Sites

Federal Facilities

Underground Storage Tanks