Indiana Administrative Code › Title 329 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION › Article 13 - USED OIL MANAGEMENT › Rule 7 - Used Oil Processors and Re-Refiners › Section 7-3 - General facility standards

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8-1; IC 13-14-8-2; IC 13-19-3
Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-14; IC 13-19; IC 13-20; IC 13-22;
				  IC 13-23; IC 13-30; 40 CFR 112; 40 CFR 1510
Sec. 3.
(a) Owners
				and operators of used oil processors and re-refiners facilities must comply
				with the following requirements:
(1)
				Facilities must be maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of a
				fire, explosion, or any unplanned, sudden, or nonsudden release of used oil to
				air, soil, or surface water that could threaten human health or the
				environment.
(2) 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 as
				specified:
(A) An internal communications or
				alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction by voice or
				signal to facility personnel.
(B) A
				device, such as a telephone that is 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.
(D) Water at adequate volume and pressure to
				supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment, or automatic
				sprinklers, or water spray systems.
(3) 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) There must be access to a 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 subdivision (2);
				and
(B) if there is ever just one
				(1) 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
				subdivision (2).
(5) 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 shall
				be made as follows:
(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:
(AA) the layout of the facility;
(BB) properties of used oil handled at the
				facility and associated hazards;
(CC) places where facility personnel would
				normally be working;
(DD) entrances
				to roads inside the facility; and
(EE) possible evacuation routes.
(ii) Where more than one (1)
				police department and fire department might respond to an emergency, agreements
				designating primary emergency authority to a specific police department 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.
(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.