Spill Prevention & Response

1. Spill Prevention & Response Part 3 Taking a Dip in Your SWPPP

2. Training Modules • What’s the concern?  • What is a SWPPP?  • Spill prevention & response • Materials Management • Good Housekeeping

3. Spill Prevention & Response • What might spill? How concerned should we be? • Preventing spills • Responding to spills

4. Petroleum Products Fuel Lubricants Waste products Should we be concerned? YES! Contain hydrocarbons Toxic to aquatic life at low concentrations Subject to Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations What might spill?

5. Other chemicals Antifreeze Paints Paint thinners Vehicle/equipment fluids Fertilizers/pesticides Should we be concerned? YES Many are toxic Fertilizers can increase algae blooms Reduced oxygen What might spill?

6. Dumpster contents Should we be concerned? Yes Could have any of above materials, plus litter, food What might spill?

7. Bulk Materials Salt Sand Gravel Patching Sweepings Bricks/cinderblocks Should we be concerned? Yes! Chlorides can be toxic to freshwater life Materials can clog gills, smother eggs, etc What might spill?

8. = Fewer Fish

10. Preventing spills • Reduce use • Use safer alternatives

11. Preventing spills • Confine potential leaks • Keep potentially leaky equipment, materials away from inlets & concentrated flows

12. Away from concentrated flows

14. Preventing spills • Confine potential leaks • Install berms, dikes or dead end sumps

15. Confine?

16. Preventing spills • Confine potential leaks • Use drip pans • Drain idle equipment

17. Preventing spills • Confine potential leaks • Roofing, covers • Label containers and check often

18. Preventing spills • Supervise all material transfers with personnel trained in spill response • Follow standard operating procedures to prevent overfilling • Keep away from storm drains, or cover catch basins

20. Responding to Spills • Know where your response plan is & what it says about • Who to notify • Evaluating severity/appropriate response • Location/use of spill response kit • reporting

21. Responding to Spills • Locate spill response equipment at all potential spill areas • Personal protective equipment • Absorbent materials • Brooms & shovels for dry cleanup • Drain covers, sand bags

22. Responding to Spills • Notify supervisor/spill coordinator immediately

23. Responding to Spills • Contain spill as close to source as possible

25. Responding to Spills • Use dry cleanup methods

26. Responding to Spills • Following cleanup, dispose of spill materials properly

27. Public Works Facility Operations & Maintenance for Stormwater Management: Employee Training Brought to you by: This program was developed by the Southern Rhode Island Conservation District in partnership with the URI Cooperative Extension RI NEMO Program and the Rhode Island T2 Center. Funding was provided by the RI Department of Environmental Management and the RI Department of Transportation under the Phase II Stormwater Education and Outreach Program.

28. Exercise! • What activities are of the greatest concern? • Can we do a better job at spill prevention? • Are we prepared to respond to a spill?