Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article IX - Residual Waste Management › Chapter 298 - MANAGEMENT OF WASTE OIL › Subchapter F - WASTE OIL PROCESSING/REFINING FACILITIES › Section 298.52 - General facility standards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Preparedness and
						prevention
. The owner and operator of a waste oil processor or
						rerefiners facility shall comply with the following requirements:
(1)
Maintenance and operation of
						facility
. A facility shall be maintained and operated to minimize the
						possibility of a fire, explosion or any unplanned sudden or nonsudden release
						of waste oil to air, soil or surface water which could threaten human health or
						the environment.
(2)
Required equipment
. A facility shall be equipped with the
						following, unless none of the hazards posed by waste oil handled at the
						facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified in
						subparagraphs (i)-(iv):
(i) An internal
						communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency
						instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel.
(ii) 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.
(iii) A portable fire extinguisher, fire
						control equipment (including special extinguishing equipment, such as that
						using foam, inert gas or dry chemicals), spill control equipment and
						decontamination equipment.
(iv)
						Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams, foam
						producing equipment, or automatic sprinklers or water spray
						systems.
(3)
Testing and maintenance of equipment
. The facility
						communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control
						equipment and decontamination equipment, when required, shall be tested and
						maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of
						emergency.
(4)
Access to
						communications or alarm system
.
(i)
						Whenever waste oil is being poured, mixed, spread or otherwise handled, the
						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 the device is not required in
						paragraph (2).
(ii) When there is
						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 the device is not required in
						paragraph (2).
(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
.
(i) The owner or operator shall attempt to
						make the following arrangements, as appropriate, for the type of waste oil
						handled at the facility and the potential need for the services of these
						organizations:
(A) Arrangements to familiarize
						police, fire departments and emergency response teams with the layout of the
						facility, properties of waste 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.
(B) Where 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.
(C) Agreements with
						State emergency response teams, emergency response contractors and equipment
						suppliers.
(ii)
						Arrangements to familiarize local hospitals with the properties of waste oil
						handled at the facility and the types of injuries or illnesses which could
						result from fires, explosions or releases at the facility.
(iii) If State or local authorities decline
						to enter into these arrangements, the owner or operator shall document the
						refusal in the operating record.