Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 600-699 - Environmental Protection - Hazardous Waste Management › Chapter NR 679 - Used Oil Management Standards › Subchapter F - Standards for Used Oil Processors and Re-Refiners › Section NR 679.52 - General facility standards

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PREPAREDNESS
				  AND PREVENTION. Owners and operators of used oil processing and re-refining
				  facilities shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a)
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.
(b)
Required equipment.
All facilities shall be equipped with all
				  of the following, unless none of the hazards posed by used oil handled at the
				  facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified in subds.1. to
				  4.:
1. An internal communications or alarm
				  system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal)
				  to facility personnel.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Water at adequate volume and pressure to
				  supply water hose streams, foam producing equipment, automatic sprinklers or
				  water spray systems.
(c)
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 its proper operation in time of
				  emergency.
(d)
Access to
				  communications or alarm system.
1.
				  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
				  par. (b).
2. 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 par. (b).
(e)
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.
(f)
Arrangements with local authorities.
1. The owner or operator shall attempt to
				  make all of 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:
a. 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.
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.
d. 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.
2. Where state or local authorities decline
				  to enter into any of the arrangements described in subd. 1., the owner or
				  operator shall document the refusal in the operating record.