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SPCC Background
The Oil Pollution Prevention Regulation (40 CFR Part 112) requires that an SPCC Plan be prepared in accordance with good engineering practices and be approved by a person with the authority to commit the resources necessary to implement the SPCC Plan. The SPCC Plan should clearly address the following three areas:

• Operating equipment and procedures that prevent oil spills;
• Control measures installed to prevent a spill from reaching navigable waters; and
• Countermeasures to contain, clean up, and mitigate the effects of an oil spill that reaches navigable waters.

Each SPCC Plan must be unique to the facility. Development of a unique SPCC Plan requires detailed knowledge of the facility and the potential effects of any oil spill. Each SPCC plan, while unique to the facility it covers, must include certain standard elements to ensure compliance with the regulations. For example:

• The SPCC plan must include a demonstration of management's approval.
• In cases where a facility has over 10,000 gallons aggregate oil storage capacity the plan must be certified by a licensed Professional Engineer.

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SPCC Plans by JGD
JGD is an experienced SPCC Plan provider. We are knowledgeable in compliance standards for 40 CR-112, the Federal Law that mandates SPCC plans. We maintain relationships in the industry and among regulators to assure our clients of successful results in their regulated facilities. In 2008, we formed a joint venture with Regulatory Consultants, Inc. to provide Owners, Installers and other Engineering Firms to easily and accurately produce quality, compliant SPCC Plans. Click to go to the ONLINE SPCC facility or to the Professional Development course on SPCC.

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Professional Development course on SPCC
The potential regulated community under 40 CFR-112 is estimated to exceed 100,000 currently non-compliant facilities. With a de-facto grace period for enforcement ending November, 2010, there is a vast amount of work to do—far more than any single firm can handle. JGD Associates has assessed the real challenge as the need for more trained Professional Engineers capable of producing compliant SPCC plans. As a result, it has developed a Professional Development course on SPCC sold through www.PDHEngineer.com. This course provides the necessary background and proven methodologies for qualified engineers to become part of the solution in this tremendous undertaking, and fulfills a portion of mandated annual PDH requirements for registrants.

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Online SPCC Preparation Facility
In 2008, JGD Associates, Inc. formed a joint venture with Regulatory Consultants, Inc. to provide Owners, Installers and other Engineering Firms to easily and accurately produce quality, compliant SPCC Plans.
www.onlinespcc.com
This easy-to-use system incorporates your field notes and diagrams into a properly documented and presented SPCC plan for execution by the owner. The online facility also provides options for mandatory 5-year follow-up notices and regulatory record-keeping, which may help avoid the expense and inconvenience of a regulatory site visit. Whether you are a self-certifying owner, engineer or field agent, if your time has value, there is no easier and less-expensive way to put together a fully-compliant SPCC plan.

           
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JGD Associates, Inc. can guide the facilities journey and allow owners to focus on profit making operations.

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