Do I Need an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan?
An oil discharge prevention and contingency plan is required for:
- Oil Terminal Facility
- Facilities with storage capacity more than 5,000 barrels of crude or 10,000 of noncrude. For more information about oil terminals, please see 46.04.900 (15).
- Pipeline
- Structures used to transport oil or petroleum products between production facilities or to vessels. For more information, please see 46.04.900 (19).
- Exploration Facility
- Platform, vessel, or other facility used to explore for oil resources. For more information, please see 46.04.900 (8).
- Offshore or Onshore Production Facility
- Drilling rig, drill site, flow station, gathering center, pump station, storage tank, well and related appurtenances. For more information, please see 46.04.900 (20).
- Tank Vessel or Oil Barge
- Vessel that transports oil as cargo in bulk.
- For more information on tank vessels, please see 46.04.900 (26).
- For more information on oil barges, please see 46.04.900 (14).
- Nontank Vessel
- A self-propelled vessel over 400 gross registered tons. For more information, please see 46.04.900 (12).
- Nontank Vessel Spill Preparedness Presentation (PDF 2.9M)
- Railroad Tank Cars
- Rolling stock used to transport oil or petroleum products in bulk as cargo. For more information, please see 46.04.900 (22).
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