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SPCC Rule Compliance Dates
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SPCC Compliance Date Amendment
On June 19, 2009, EPA published in the Federal Register a SPCC compliance date extension for all facilities until November 10, 2010. Facilities must amend or prepare, and implement SPCC Plans by the compliance date in accordance with revisions to the SPCC rule promulgated since 2002. Farms must also amend or prepare their SPCC Plans, and implement those Plans by the same date.
| A facility starting operation… | Must... |
|---|---|
On or before August 16, 2002 |
Continue to maintain its existing SPCC Plan in accordance with the SPCC rule. Amend and implement that Plan no later than November 10, 2010 |
After August 16, 2002, through November 10, 2010 |
Prepare and implement an SPCC Plan no later than November 10, 2010 |
After November 10, 2010 |
Prepare and implement an SPCC Plan before beginning operations |
Fact Sheets
SPCC Rule Compliance Date Amendment (PDF) (1 pg, 49K, About PDF)
On July 17, 2002, EPA published a final rule that amended the SPCC regulations (67 FR 47042), which became effective on August 16, 2002. The final rule included compliance dates in §112.3 for preparing, amending, and implementing SPCC Plans. The original compliance dates were amended on January 9, 2003 (68 FR 1348), again on April 17, 2003 (68 FR 18890), a third time on August 11, 2004 (69 FR 48794), a fourth time on February 17, 2006 (71 FR 8462 (PDF)), and a fifth time on May 16, 2007 (72 FR 27443).
These extensions provided additional time for the regulated community to understand the 2002 SPCC amendments (67 FR 47042 (PDF)), the clarifications developed by EPA during the course of litigation settlement proceedings (69 FR 29728 (PDF)), and alleviated the need for individual extension requests.