Section 844.3 - Containment and Response Equipment Requirements; Small Marine Fueling Facility Oil Transfer Operations(a) The requirements specified in this section are in addition to those specified in 33 CFR 154 which are incorporated herein by reference.(b) Small marine fueling facilities shall carry on-site appropriate equipment and supplies for the containment and removal of on-deck and on-shore oil spills of at least two barrels. Such equipment and supplies must include: (1) sorbents sufficient to contain two barrels of oil;(2) non-sparking hand scoops, shovels, and buckets;(3) containers suitable for holding two barrels of recovered waste;(4) a minimum of five gallons of a deck cleaning agent;(5) appropriate protective clothing to protect personnel from inhalation hazards, eye exposure, and skin contact;(6) non-sparking portable pumps with appropriate hoses; and(7) the equipment required in this section must remain ready, and pumps with appropriate hoses must be ready, for immediate use during transfer operations.(c) Small marine fueling facilities, not including mobile transfer units, must carry or provide at the point of transfer appropriate equipment and supplies for the containment and removal of both persistent oil, and #1 and #2 grade oil (as defined in Section 841 of this subchapter) spills in waters adjacent to the transfer site. Prior to beginning each transfer operation, the small marine fueling facility shall provide either one of the following for the duration of the entire transfer operation: (1) boom deployed so as to enclose the water surface area adjacent to the vessel which will effectively maintain a common containment and oil entrapment area for: (A) either of the following: 1. the entire vessel and the point of transfer; or2. those portions of the vessel and seawall from which oil may spill into the water.(B) where the hull of the vessel and the face of the dock or seawall are both capable of acting as effective barriers, the boom may be deployed so that it provides containment between the vessel and dock or seawall.(C) the boom shall be deployed so that it provides a stand-off of not less than four feet from the outboard side of the vessel.(2) sufficient boom, trained personnel and equipment, maintained in a stand-by condition at the point of transfer, such that at least 600 feet of boom, or an amount sufficient to meet the containment requirements in subsection (1) above, whichever is greater, can and will be deployed for the most effective containment immediately, but no longer than 30 minutes, after discovery of a spill.(d) In addition to the requirements specified in this Subsection (c) above, the owner or operator of a small marine fueling facility, not including mobile transfer units, shall also identify the equipment, personnel and procedures such that at least an additional 600 feet of boom can and will be deployed. Mobile transfer units shall identify the equipment, personnel and procedures sufficient to contain a two barrel spill. These response resources shall be on-scene and deployed within one hour for the most effective containment in the event of an oil spill.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 844.3
1. New article 1.3 and section filed 2-18-94 as an emergency; operative 2-18-94 (Register 94, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-20-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-18-94 order transmitted to OAL 5-27-94 with amendment of section and NOTE and filed 7-12-94 (Register 94, No. 28).
3. Renumbering of former section 844.3 to section 844.6 and new section filed 8-13-2002; operative 9-12-2002 (Register 2002, No. 33). Note: Authority cited: Sections 8670.7, 8670.17, 8670.18 and 8670.28, Government Code. Reference: Sections 8670.2, 8670.14, 8670.25 and 8670.28, Government Code.
1. New article 1.3 and section filed 2-18-94 as an emergency; operative 2-18-94 (Register 94, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-20-94 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-18-94 order transmitted to OAL 5-27-94 with amendment of section and Noteand filed 7-12-94 (Register 94, No. 28).
3. Renumbering of former section 844.3 to section 844.6 and new section filed 8-13-2002; operative 9-12-2002 (Register 2002, No. 33).