Part 3 - Spill Prevention & Response

Preventing Stormwater Pollution at Your Public Works Facility:

A 5-Part Workshop Series

Training Modules

1. Why Stormwater Matters 2. What is a SWPPP? 3. Spill Prevention & Response

4. Materials Management

5. Good Housekeeping

Spill Prevention & Response

• What might spill? How concerned should we be?

• Preventing spills

• Responding to spills

• Petroleum Products– Fuel– Lubricants– Waste products

• Should we be concerned?

• YES!• Contain hydrocarbons

– Toxic to aquatic life at low concentrations

• Subject to other State & Federal Regulations

What might spill?

Above-ground Storage

• State Oil Pollution Control Regulations

• Federal Regulations amended December 2006– Additional draft amendments under review

12/07

Underground Storage

• RI Rules & Regulations for Underground Storage Facilities Used for Petroleum Products and Hazardous Materials (2007)

What might spill?

• Other chemicals– Antifreeze– Paints– Paint thinners– Vehicle/equipment

fluids– Fertilizers/pesticides

Should we be concerned?

• YES• Many are toxic• Fertilizers can

increase algae blooms

• Reduced oxygen

What might spill?

• Dumpster contents Should we be concerned?

• Yes• Could have any of

above materials, plus litter, food

What might spill?

• Bulk Materials– Salt– Sand– Gravel– Patching– Sweepings– Bricks/cinderblocks

Should we be concerned?

• Yes!• Chlorides can be toxic

to freshwater life• Materials can clog

gills, smother eggs, etc

= Fewer Fish

Preventing spills

• Reduce use• Use safer alternatives

Preventing spills

• Confine potential leaks– Keep potentially leaky equipment, materials

away from inlets & concentrated flows

Away from concentrated flows

Preventing spills

• Confine potential leaks– Install berms, dikes or dead end sumps

Confine?

Preventing spills

• Confine potential leaks

– Use drip pans

– Drain idle equipment

Preventing spills

• Confine potential leaks– Roofing, covers

– Label containers and check often

Preventing spills

• Supervise all material transfers with personnel trained in spill response– Follow standard operating procedures to

prevent overfilling– Keep away from storm drains, or cover catch

basins

Responding to Spills:Petroleum or Hazardous

Products

• Oil Pollution Control Regulations

• Rules and Regulations for the Investigation and Remediation of Hazardous Material Releases (2004)

Responding to Spills• Know where your response plan is & what it

says about– Who to notify– Evaluating severity/appropriate response– Location/use of spill response kit– reporting

Responding to Spills

• Locate spill response equipment at all potential spill areas– Personal protective

equipment– Absorbent materials– Brooms & shovels for

dry cleanup– Drain covers, sand

bags

• Notify supervisor/spill coordinator immediately Contact: Insert Name Here

• RIDEM Hotline: (401) 222-3070

Responding to Spills

Responding to Spills

• Contain spill as close to source as possible

Responding to Spills

• Use dry cleanup methods

Responding to Spills

• Following cleanup, dispose of spill materials properly

Public Works Facility Operations & Maintenance for Stormwater

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This program was developed by the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District in partnership with the URI Cooperative Extension RI NEMO Program and the Rhode Island T2 Center. Funding was provided by the RI Department of Environmental Management and the RI Department of Transportation under the Phase II Stormwater Education and Outreach Program.

Exercise!

What activities are of the greatest concern?

Can we do a better job at spill prevention?

Are we prepared to respond to a spill?