Section 170.450  Owner/Operator Spill and Overfill Release Control Responsibilities

a)         Owners or operators shall ensure that releases due to spilling or overfilling do not occur.  The owners or operators shall ensure that the volume available in the tank is greater than the volume of product to be transferred to the tank before the transfer is made and that the transfer operation is monitored constantly to prevent overfilling and spilling. (The transfer procedures described in NFPA 385, incorporated by reference in Section 170.410, may be used to comply with this subsection.  Further guidance on spill and overfill prevention appears in API Recommended Practice 1621 and NFPA Standard 30, incorporated by reference in Section 170.410.)

b)         Owners or operators shall report, investigate and clean up any spills and overfills in accordance with Section 170.580.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 8164, effective May 1, 2003)