South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management › Subchapter 61-107.279 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: USED OIL › Subpart F - STANDARDS FOR USED OIL PROCESSORS AND RE-REFINERS › Section 61-107.279.F.52 - General Facility Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
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 non-sudden release of used oil to
				  air, soil, or surface water which 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
				  specified below:
(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, 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) 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 paragraph a. (2) of this section.
(a) 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 paragraph a. (2)
				  of this section.
(b) [None]
(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.
(a) The owner or operator must 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) 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;
(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 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 must document the
				  refusal in the operating record.