Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-279 - Used Oil Management Standards › Section 3745-279-52 - General facility standards for used oil processors and rerefiners

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Preparedness
			 and prevention. Owners and operators of used oil processing and rerefining
			 facilities shall comply with all of the following :
(1)
			 Maintenance and operation of facility. Facilities shall 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 which
			 could threaten human health or the environment.
(2) Required equipment. All facilities shall
			 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 paragraphs (A)(2)(a) to (A)(2)(d) of this rule:
(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.
(d) Water at adequate volume and pressure to
			 supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment, or 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, shall be
			 tested and maintained as necessary to assure  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 shall 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
			 paragraph (A)(2) of this rule.
(b)
			 If there is ever just one employee on the premises while the facility is
			 operating, the employee shall 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 paragraph (A)(2) of this rule.
(5) Required aisle space. The owner or
			 operator shall 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 shall 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 the
			 following 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) Where more than one
			 police and fire department might respond to an emergency, arrangements
			 designating primary emergency authority to a specific police and a specific
			 fire department, and arrangements with any others to provide support to the
			 primary emergency authority.
(iii)
			 Arrangements 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 which 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 shall document the refusal in the operating record.