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 3 - Oil Spill Contingency Plans › Section 815.03 - 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 tank vessels and marine facilities in
						California. The planning requirements specify that the owner/operator of a tank
						vessel or marine facility must own or have contracted for on-water recovery and
						storage resources sufficient to respond to all spills up to the calculated
						Response Planning Volume or the defined Daily Recovery Rate, whichever is less.
						A tank vessel 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 applicable 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 OSROs Rated by
						the Office of Spill Prevention and Response. For other required services (e.g.,
						shoreline clean-up, waste management, spill response management) contracts with
						non-rated OSROs may be used.
The equipment that the owner/operators have available
						must be applicable to the areas of intended use. This subchapter requires that
						trajectory analyses be conducted for marine facilities to determine the
						probable areas of the coastline that could be impacted by a spill. The
						applicable SP Tables shall be used for tank vessels. Based on these
						trajectories and tables the owner/operators will be able to ascertain the type
						of equipment that must be available, such as shallow-water skimmers, as well as
						the appropriate response strategies necessary to protect and clean up the
						shoreline types that could be affected. Tank 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 response 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 to be consistent with the scope and intent of 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.). Allowance has been made to accept response plans prepared for the U.S.
						Coast Guard, or other appropriate agencies, in lieu of some of the information
						required by this subchapter. Any additional information required by this
						subchapter can be submitted simply as an addendum to the plans prepared for
						other agencies. Information developed to demonstrate compliance with other
						applicable Federal, State, and International (e.g., International Maritime
						Organization) requirements may be used to demonstrate compliance with all or
						part of this subchapter.
1. New
						section filed 11-4-93 with the Secretary of State by the Department of Fish and
						Game; operative 11-4-93. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to
						Government Code section
						8670.28(e)
						(Register 93, No. 45).
2. Editorial correction repealing duplicative
						chapter heading and amending HISTORY 1 (Register 94, No. 42).
3.
						Change without regulatory effect amending subchapter 3 heading filed 7-12-95
						pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 95, No. 28).
4. Amendment filed 6-1-98;
						operative 6-1-98 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(d)
						(Register 98, No. 23).
5. Amendment of first and last paragraphs and
						amendment of NOTE filed 10-9-2002; operative 10-9-2002 pursuant to Government
						Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2002, No. 41).
6. Amendment filed 3-20-2007; operative
						5-1-2007 (Register 2007, No. 12).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  8670.28
						  and
						  8670.29,
						  Government Code. Reference: Sections
						  8670.3,
						  8670.4,
						  8670.28
						  and
						  8670.29,
						  Government Code.