DNRP CESCL Spill Response

Training

“Hey, what’s that black stain under the truck, did a seal break?”

“I was just trying to fill the pump. It overfilled.”

“Oh No! One of the hydraulic lines on the loader just blew!”

Project Planning Site Plan with:Location Info:Sensitive Areas, surface and groundwater, topography, soil typesPrevious Contamination at Site?

Contamination Sources:Equipment, Fuel, utilities

Responsible Parties: Primary and Secondary

Project Site Equipment: Staging/storage/maintenance/refuelingHazardous Materials: Staging/Storage

Spill Prevention & Containment • Fueling Considerations

consider funnels, hand-pumps, off-site fueling• Secondary Containment:

All Pumps and generators staged in containment BMPs• Collecting, Treating and/or Diverting Runoff:

from staging, construction and storage areas• Frequent Inspections

Standby Supplies List / Stage Spill Response Supplies Appropriate for Project

• PPE • Spill Kits• Booms• Pads (White vs Gray)• Granular Absorbent

(bentonite based absorbent)

Spill Response• Plan for Potential Spill Scenarios • Plan for Disposal of Spill Response materials

Spills To Water: Required Calls

•Washington Emergency Management Division:1-800-258-5990(24/7 – 1-800-OILS-911)

•The National Response Center:1-800-424-8802

Ecology Report Spill

“There are no penalties for reporting a spill unnecessarily, but there may be significant penalties for not reporting one.”

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Reporting-requirements/Spills-If-you-spill

Web Search:

Wa Dept of Ecology Spills Program website

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Reporting-requirements/Spills-If-you-spill

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Reporting-requirements/Spills-If-you-spill

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Reporting-requirements/Spills-If-you-spill

Spill Response Contractors

https://ecology.wa.gov/Regulations-Permits/Reporting-requirements/Spills-If-you-spill

Reporting Information:

• Where is the spill? Jurisdiction – In county or within city limits?• What spilled? • How much spilled? • How concentrated is the spilled material? • Who spilled? • Is anyone cleaning up the spill? • Are there resource damages (e.g. dead fish)? • Who is reporting the spill? • And how can we get back to you?

Spills To Water: King County

•Stormwater Services 206-477-4811

•Road Maintenance 24 hour Desk(For Work within County Road Right-of-Way)206-477-8100

Within King County Also Call: King County Stormwater Services: 206-477-4811Within King County Roads Right-Of-Way: 206-477-4800

Spills :• Non-Significant Spill – Did Not spill to Water & You can completely clean up

yourself• Small drips to impervious surfaces – clean and properly dispose of materials• (a small spill to pavement during a rainstorm can quickly spread)• Include road side catch basins as “spills to water”.

• Significant Spill – Any Spill to Water or Too Big to Clean Up Yourself• Contain spill, start clean up• Call Spill Response Numbers• Recommend Contacting a Professional Spill Response Company • Document Spill, Contacts, and Cleaning Response

• Life Threatening – Call 911• Explosion, fire threat or chemical release, gas line break etc.