California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 4 - Office of Spill Prevention and Response › Chapter 3 - Oil Spill Prevention and Response Planning › Subchapter 4 - Oil Spill Contingency Plans, Nontank Vessels › Section 825.03 - Purpose and Scope

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
This subchapter sets forth planning requirements for oil
						spill prevention and response for nontank vessels (300 gross tons or greater)
						in California. The planning requirements specify that the owner/operator of a
						nontank vessel must own or have contracted for on-water recovery and storage
						resources sufficient to respond to all spills up to the reasonable worst case
						spill volume in the time frames specified. The owner/operator shall also
						demonstrate through contracts(s) or other approved means, the shoreline
						protection response resources necessary to protect each type of shoreline and
						all applicable sensitive sites as outlined in the appropriate Shoreline
						Protection Tables (SP Tables, see Section
						790, incorporated by reference
						herein and posted on OSPR's website). Equipment in addition to that under
						contract must be identified, and a call-out procedure in place to access
						additional response resources if needed. For the purpose of meeting the
						regulatory requirements herein, contracts for booming, on-water recovery and
						storage, and shoreline protection services can only be made with OSRO's Rated
						by the Office of Spill Prevention and Response. For other required services
						(e.g., shoreline clean-up, waste management, spill response management, etc.)
						contracts or other approved means with non-rated OSRO's may be used.
The equipment that the owner/operators have available
						must also be applicable to the areas of intended use. Nontank vessel
						owner/operators shall demonstrate adequate emergency services as described, by
						sufficient in-house capability or a signed, valid contract with a vessel
						emergency services provider.
The information required by this subchapter must be
						submitted to the Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), and maintained
						by the owner/operator, in separate volumes. A principal volume will be compiled
						to contain all the required information, calculations, studies, maps and
						related data. A separate volume will be set up as a initial response activity
						manual and will contain only the information that response personnel will need
						at the time of a spill to facilitate the immediate notification and response
						actions that are mandated.
To the greatest extent possible, California has
						endeavored that this subchapter be consistent with the scope and intent of
						California's tank vessel oil spill contingency plan regulations, the enabling
						legislation Senate Bill 1644 (Chapter 964, Statutes of 1998), the Federal oil
						spill response regulations, and the Area Contingency Plans (ACP) completed by
						the U.S. Coast Guard, State Agencies, and local governments, with public
						participation, as required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 USC
						2701, et seq.). Consideration shall be given
						to the differences in environmental risk between spills from nontank vessels
						and tank vessels. Information developed to demonstrate compliance with other
						applicable Federal, State, and International (e.g., International Maritime
						Organization, etc.) requirements may be used to demonstrate compliance with all
						or part of this subchapter to the extent that the information meets the
						requirements of this subchapter.
1. New
						section filed 12-28-99; operative 2-3-2000 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 99, No. 53).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						last two paragraphs filed 3-30-2005 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2005, No. 13).
3. Amendment of section and
						NOTE filed 3-20-2007; operative 5-1-2007 (Register 2007, No. 12).
4.
						Amendment of first paragraph filed 12-19-2013; operative 12-19-2013 pursuant to
						Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2013, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  8670.28
						  and
						  8670.29,
						  Government Code. Reference: Sections
						  8670.28
						  and
						  8670.29,
						  Government Code.