WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014 – The House approved today, by voice vote, legislation (H.R. 311) that aims to ensure that the EPA’s spill prevention, control and countermeasure (SPCC) regulations ...

The goal of SPCC is to prevent oil spills into waters of the United States and adjoining shorelines. These plans can help farmers prevent oil spills, which can damage water resources needed for ...

This webinar will address the history and current status of EPA's Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule, which is intended to prevent the discharge of oil to navigable waters or ...

Last Thursday, Congress passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, which will become law with the President’s signature. Importantly for members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef ...

Oil spill regulation affects farmers FARGO - On Nov. 5, 2009, Lisa P. Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, signed a notice amending certain requirements of the Spill Prevention, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to extend the compliance date by one year for certain facilities subject to recent amendments to the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure ...

The Environmental Protection Agency hopes to release a final rule in October that is designed to clear up some ambiguity and ease some concerns with the agency's Spill Prevention, Control and ...

SPCC rule requires saving records for only 3 years. It is best practice, however, to retain any tank and piping inspection records until at least the next inspection which can be as long as 20 years.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to delay a series of changes the agency published last fall to clarify Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) regulations (BA, Dec. 8/261). EPA ...