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Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)Chapter 173-186 - Oil spill contingency plan-RailroadPart III - OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR TYPE A RAILROADS
Section B - Planning Standards
Section 173-186-310 - Equipment planning standards

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-186-310

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Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 173-186-310 - Equipment planning standards
(1) The equipment necessary to address the worst case spill volume is brought to an incident over a period of time. The methodology to determine this is described in WAC 173-186-380 and 173-186-400. The spreadsheet referred to in WAC 173-186-380 will be used to demonstrate compliance with these equipment requirements.
(2) The following planning points shall be used to calculate the equipment access and timelines, as applicable to the plan holder. There shall be at least one planning point for each plan. If rail operates in an area where a planning point does not exist, ecology will develop one or more planning points during the plan review process.

LocationWithin a five mile radius of a point at Latitude/Longitude
Bellingham 48°457.003"N, 122°29'2.115"W
Mukilteo/Everett 47°58'15.401"N, 122°13'44.976"W
Seattle 47°35'32.642"N, 122°19'49.044"W
Tacoma 47°14'39.119"N, 122°24'23.921"W
Centralia/Chehalis 46°41'26.620"N, 122°58'9.712"W
Longview/Kelso 46°9'15.778"N, 122°54'57.501"W
Aberdeen 46°58'32.008"N, 123°48'33.378"W
Vancouver 45°40'29.530"N, 122°41'31.781"W
Coulee City 47°36'38.209"N, 119°17'43.416"W
Tri-Cities (Kennewick) 46°12'34.024"N, 119°6'14.065"W
Colfax 46°52'38.350"N, 117°21'10.692"W
Clarkston 46°25'53.599"N, 117°3'25.114"W
Spokane 47°39'57.991"N, 117°23'24.746"W
Colville 48°38'18.875"N, 118°4'48.810"W
Pend Oreille/Colville National Forest 48°45'54.659"N, 117°24'9.704"W
Okanogan 48°21'52.386"N, 119°34'28.344"W
Wenatchee 47°27'16.949"N, 120°20'0.204"W
Yakima/Union Gap 46°32'1.385"N, 120°28'23.376"W
Moses Lake 47°6'41.058"N, 119°17'0.334"W
Bingen 45°43'15.298"N, 121°29'4.066"W

(3) All rail plan holders shall demonstrate access to the equipment in the table below within the time frames identified based on the areas rail plan holders operate.

Time (hours)Boom/AssessmentMinimum Oil Recovery Rate % of WCS volume per 24 hoursMinimum Storage in Barrels
6 A safety assessment of the spill by trained crew and appropriate air monitoring could have arrived 5,000 feet of boom available for containment, recovery or protection could have arrived Alternatively, resources identified to deploy a site specific strategy to keep oil from entering surface waters or penetrating into the ground could have arrived Capacity to recover the lesser of 10% of worst case spill volume or 4,100 barrels within 24-hour period could have arrived 1 times the effective daily recovery capacity (EDRC) appropriate to operating environment
12 Additional 20,000 feet of boom to be used for containment, protection or recovery could have arrived Capacity to recover the lesser of 15% of worst case spill volume or 12,000 barrels within 24-hour period could have arrived 1.5 times the EDRC appropriate to operating environment
24 More boom as necessary for containment, recovery or protection Capacity to recover the lesser of 20% of worst case spill volume or 16,000 barrels within 24-hour period could have arrived 2 times the EDRC appropriate to operating environment
48 More boom as necessary for containment, recovery or protection Capacity to recover the lesser of 25% of worst case spill volume or 20,000 barrels within 24-hour period could have arrived More as necessary to not slow the response

Wash. Admin. Code § 173-186-310

Adopted by WSR 16-18-052, Filed 8/31/2016, effective 10/1/2016