WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ARCHIVE

Washington Administrative Code
2023 Archive

Chapter 173-182 WAC

Last Update: 12/18/19

OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN

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WAC Sections
PART I: PURPOSE, APPLICABILITY, AUTHORITY, AND DEFINITIONS
173-182-010	Purpose.
173-182-015	Applicability.
173-182-020	Authority.
173-182-030	Definitions.
PART II: COVERED VESSEL AND FACILITY OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLANS Section A—General Planning, Information and Timing
173-182-110	Authority to submit contingency plan.
173-182-120	Submitting a contingency plan.
173-182-130	Phase in language for vessel and facility plan holders.
173-182-140	Plan maintenance.
173-182-142	Significant changes to approved plans require notification.
173-182-145	Plan implementation procedures.
173-182-150	Post-spill review and documentation procedures.
Section B—Contingency Plan Format and Content
173-182-210	Contingency plan format requirements.
173-182-220	Binding agreement.
173-182-230	Contingency plan general content.
173-182-232	Requirements for vessel umbrella plans maintaining additional agreements for supplemental resources.
173-182-240	Field document.
173-182-242	Additional requirements for vessel plan holders with access to the emergency response system at Neah Bay.
173-182-250	Initial response actions.
173-182-260	Notification and call-out procedures.
173-182-262	Vessel notification requirements for a discharge or substantial threat of a discharge.
173-182-264	Notification requirements for facility spills to ground or containment that threaten waters of the state.
173-182-270	Maintenance records for response equipment.
173-182-280	Spill management teams.
Section C—Planning Standards
173-182-310	Planning standards.
173-182-315	Facility planning standards for nondedicated work boats and operators.
173-182-317	Covered vessel planning standards for vessels of opportunity (VOO).
173-182-320	Facility planning standards for aerial surveillance.
173-182-321	Covered vessel planning standards for aerial surveillance.
173-182-324	Planning standards for spills of oils that, depending on their chemical properties, environmental factors (weathering), and method of discharge, may submerge or sink.
173-182-325	Planning standards for dispersants.
173-182-330	Planning standards for in situ burning.
173-182-335	Planning standards for storage.
173-182-345	Determining effectiveness of recovery systems.
173-182-348	Determining effective daily recovery capacity.
173-182-349	Covered vessel plan holders technical manuals.
173-182-350	Documenting compliance with the planning standards.
173-182-355	Transfer sites for covered vessels at facilities where transfers occur, and for facilities with a vessel terminal.
173-182-365	Transmission pipelines that may impact shorelines of statewide significance.
173-182-366	Transmission pipeline tank farms.
173-182-370	San Juan County planning standard.
173-182-375	Padilla Bay planning standard.
173-182-380	Commencement Bay Quartermaster Harbor planning standard.
173-182-385	Nisqually planning standard.
173-182-390	Dungeness planning standard.
173-182-395	Neah Bay staging area.
173-182-400	Copalis, Flattery Rocks and Quillayute Needles planning standard.
173-182-405	Grays Harbor planning standard.
173-182-410	Willapa planning standard.
173-182-415	Cathlamet staging area.
173-182-420	Vancouver planning standard.
173-182-430	Tri-cities planning standard.
173-182-450	Planning standards for the Washington coast.
Section D—Response and Protection Strategies for Sensitive Areas
173-182-510	Requirements for response and protection strategies.
173-182-515	Geographic information planning standards for pipeline plan holders.
173-182-522	Planning standards for shoreline cleanup.
173-182-530	Planning standards for groundwater spills.
173-182-535	Planning standards for air monitoring to protect oil spill responders and the public.
173-182-540	Planning standards for wildlife response.
Section E—Plan Evaluation
173-182-610	Plan evaluation criteria.
173-182-620	Alternative method of evaluating planning standards.
173-182-621	Oil spill contingency plan best achievable protection five-year review cycle.
173-182-630	Process for plan approval.
173-182-640	Process for public notice and opportunity for public review and comment period.
PART III: DRILL AND EQUIPMENT VERIFICATION PROGRAM
173-182-700	Drill participation, scheduling and evaluation.
173-182-710	Type and frequency of drills.
173-182-720	Evaluation criteria.
173-182-730	Other ways to get drill credit.
173-182-740	Drill requirement waivers.
PART IV: PRIMARY RESPONSE CONTRACTOR (PRC), SPILL MANAGEMENT TEAM (SMT), AND WILDLIFE RESPONSE SERVICE PROVIDER (WRSP) STANDARDS
173-182-800	Primary response contractor (PRC) application.
173-182-810	Content submittal and review of primary response contractor (PRC) applications.
173-182-820	Significant changes to primary response contractor (PRC) applications require notification.
173-182-830	Spill management team (SMT) and wildlife response service provider (WRSP) application requirements.
173-182-840	Content submittal and review of spill management team (SMT) and wildlife response service provider (WRSP) applications.
173-182-850	Significant changes in spill management team (SMT) or wildlife response service provider (WRSP) applications require notification.
PART V: RECORDKEEPING AND COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
173-182-900	Recordkeeping.
173-182-910	Noncompliance.
173-182-920	Operation without plan.
173-182-930	Severability.

DISPOSITION OF SECTIONS FORMERLY CODIFIED IN THIS TITLE


173-182-135	Phase in language for pipeline plan holders. [Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.56 RCW. WSR 16-21-046 (Order 15-08), § 173-182-135, filed 10/12/16, effective 11/12/16.] Repealed by WSR 20-01-165 (Order 18-10), filed 12/18/19, effective 1/18/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.46.0601, 88.46.060, 88.46.120, 88.46.068, 90.56.2101, 90.56.210, 90.56.240, 90.56.569, 90.56.050, and 90.56.005.
173-182-323	Planning standards for pipelines carrying crude oil. [Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.56 RCW. WSR 16-21-046 (Order 15-08), § 173-182-323, filed 10/12/16, effective 11/12/16.] Repealed by WSR 20-01-165 (Order 18-10), filed 12/18/19, effective 1/18/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.46.0601, 88.46.060, 88.46.120, 88.46.068, 90.56.2101, 90.56.210, 90.56.240, 90.56.569, 90.56.050, and 90.56.005.
173-182-360	General planning standards for covered vessel transit locations for all of Puget Sound. [Statutory Authority: Chapters 88.46, 90.56, and 90.48 RCW. WSR 06-20-035 (Order 00-03), § 173-182-360, filed 9/25/06, effective 10/26/06.] Repealed by WSR 13-01-054 (Order 11-06), filed 12/14/12, effective 1/14/13. Statutory Authority: Chapters 88.46, 90.48, 90.56 RCW, and 2011 c 122.
173-182-520	Facility planning standards for shoreline cleanup. [Statutory Authority: Chapters 88.46, 90.48, 90.56 RCW, and 2011 c 122. WSR 13-01-054 (Order 11-06), § 173-182-520, filed 12/14/12, effective 1/14/13. Statutory Authority: Chapters 88.46, 90.56, and 90.48 RCW. WSR 06-20-035 (Order 00-03), § 173-182-520, filed 9/25/06, effective 10/26/06.] Repealed by WSR 20-01-165 (Order 18-10), filed 12/18/19, effective 1/18/20. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.46.0601, 88.46.060, 88.46.120, 88.46.068, 90.56.2101, 90.56.210, 90.56.240, 90.56.569, 90.56.050, and 90.56.005.