Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 739 - STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF USED OIL › Subpart F - STANDARDS FOR USED OIL PROCESSORS › Section 739.152 - General Facility Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Preparedness and Prevention. An owner or operator of a used oil processing or
				re-refining facility must comply with the following requirements:
1) Maintenance and Operation of a Facility.
				All facilities must be maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of a
				fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of used oil to
				air, soil, or surface water that could threaten human health or the
				environment.
2) Required Equipment.
				All facilities must be equipped with the following, unless none of the hazards
				posed by used oil handled at the facility could require a particular kind of
				equipment specified in this subsection (a)(2):
A) An internal communications or alarm system
				capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal) to
				facility personnel;
B) A device,
				such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations) or a
				hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local
				police departments, fire departments, or State or local emergency response
				teams;
C) Portable fire
				extinguishers, fire control equipment (including special extinguishing
				equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control
				equipment, and decontamination equipment; and
D) Water at adequate volume and pressure to
				supply water hose streams, foam producing equipment, automatic sprinklers, or
				water spray systems.
3)
				Testing and Maintenance of Equipment. All facility communications or alarm
				systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and
				decontamination equipment, where required, must be tested and maintained as
				necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency.
4) Access to Communications or Alarm System
A) Whenever used oil is being poured, mixed,
				spread, or otherwise handled, all personnel involved in the operation must have
				immediate access to an internal alarm or emergency communication device, either
				directly or through visual or voice contact with another employee, unless such
				a device is not required in subsection (a)(2).
B) If there is ever just one employee on the
				premises while the facility is operating, the employee must have immediate
				access to a device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of
				operation) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning external
				emergency assistance, unless such a device is not required in subsection
				(a)(2).
5) Required Aisle
				Space. The owner or operator must maintain aisle space to allow the
				unobstructed movement of personnel, fire protection equipment, spill control
				equipment, and decontamination equipment to any area of facility operation in
				an emergency, unless aisle space is not needed for any of these
				purposes.
6) Arrangements with
				Local Authorities
A) The owner or operator
				must attempt to make the following arrangements, as appropriate for the type of
				used oil handled at the facility and the potential need for the services of
				these organizations:
i) Arrangements to
				familiarize police, fire departments, and emergency response teams with the
				layout of the facility, properties of used oil handled at the facility and
				associated hazards, places where facility personnel would normally be working,
				entrances to roads inside the facility, and possible evacuation
				routes;
ii) If more than one police
				and fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements designating
				primary emergency authority to a specific police and a specific fire
				department, and agreements with any others to provide support to the primary
				emergency authority;
iii)
				Agreements with State emergency response teams, emergency response contractors,
				and equipment suppliers; and
iv)
				Arrangements to familiarize local hospitals with the properties of used oil
				handled at the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses that could
				result from fires, explosions, or releases at the facility.
B) Where State or local
				authorities decline to enter into such arrangements, the owner or operator must
				document the refusal in the operating record.