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What about the February 2006 announcement by the EPA that set a 2007 SPCC Plan compliance date?

Shortly after the 2002 SPCC amendments were passed, the State contracted a professional engineering firm to change our SPCC plans to meet the original compliance date. Those plans for UW System campuses were finished in 2004 (this is your current plan). However, certain industry sectors challenged the amendments and repeatedly delayed the compliance date for plan amendments. The February 2006 announcement is the latest attempt by EPA to establish a compliance date for this rule. This has no effect on UW System campuses since those plans are already in place.

Original announcement at: http://www.epa.gov/oilspill/index.htm   (Feb. 17, 2006)

"EPA published a final rule amending the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Rule in the Federal Register on February 17, 2006. This action extends the SPCC compliance dates in §112.3(a), (b), and (c) for all facilities until October 31, 2007.

Under the new §112.3(a), a facility that was in operation on or before August 16, 2002 must make any necessary amendments to its SPCC Plan, and implement that Plan, on or before October 31, 2007. Under the new §112.3(b), a facility that came into operation after August 16, 2002 must also prepare and implement an SPCC Plan on or before October 31, 2007. Finally, under the new §112.3(c), a mobile facility must prepare or amend and implement an SPCC Plan on or before October 31, 2007."

 

Updated March 14, 2006.

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