The University of Maryland Campus Police perform regular patrols on campus. Facility personnel have been instructed by management in the operation and maintenance of oil pollution prevention equipment and pollution control laws and regulations. Leon Igras, Director of Environmental Safety, is accountable for oil spill prevention at the University of Maryland, College Park. Annual spill prevention briefings are provided by the Department of Environmental Safety for operating personnel to ensure adequate understanding of the SPCC plan. These briefings highlight any past spill events or failures and recently developed precautionary measures.
Training is held on oil spill prevention, containment, and retrieval methods.
Records of these briefings and spill prevention training are kept on the form provided as Appendix F. Instructions and phone numbers regarding the reporting of a spill to the National Response Center and the state are listed in Section 16.0 and are posted in the Environmental Services Facility office. Figure 1 contains a flow chart of emergency procedures to be followed by on-call Environmental Affairs personnel in the event of an oil spill. Signs are posted at all tanks showing who to call in case of an oil release.