Spill Prevention and Response Planning
SPCC, oil spill, and chemical release prevention and response for your facility
Spill Prevention and Response
Planning
A spill is a loss of containment event whose cost is measured long after the release is stopped, in regulatory penalty, ecological damage, remediation liability, and eroded community trust. An effective programme therefore works the full hierarchy. Engineered prevention comes first through secondary containment sized to the largest vessel plus freeboard, transfer and static discharge controls, and integrity managed tankage. A tiered response capability follows, matched to the credible spill volumes and the receiving environments. Our team designs SPCC plans to professional engineer certification standard, Facility Response Plans to OPA 90, and contingency arrangements that integrate your site resources, mutual aid, and Tier 2 and Tier 3 contractor resources. We verify these through drills rather than assume them on paper, and we align them with India's Environment Protection Act and CPCB obligations where they apply.
Our implementation model
A practical, phased delivery approach that runs from gap assessment through operational embedding and is built around your regulatory context.
Conduct spill risk assessment per facility, oil (SPCC threshold 1,320 gal / 5,000 L), chemical (Seveso Annex I), pipeline (PHMSA 49 CFR 195), profile credible worst case spill volume per tank / pipeline / transfer point.
Design secondary containment per SPCC 40 CFR 112 / Seveso / API 2030 / NFPA 30, bund / dike capacity (110% of largest tank + freeboard), drainage with manual / automatic shutoff, sump / oil water separator.
Author SPCC Plan per 40 CFR 112 / Seveso COMAH Reg.12, facility description, oil / chemical inventory, containment, transfer procedures, security, training, drill, response equipment, align with PE certification for SPCC.
Specify spill response equipment cache, booms, sorbents, vacuum trucks, OWS, neutralisers, conduct annual training per OSHA HAZWOPER 1910.120(q), conduct annual drill per SPCC / Seveso with mutual aid integration.
For pipelines, design leak detection per API 1130 / PHMSA 49 CFR 195 Subpart E, computational pipeline monitoring (CPM), pressure / flow trending, acoustic, fibre optic, specify response time and emergency isolation per credible worst case.
Design post incident response per NRT (US National Response Team) / OPA 90 / Seveso, notification (NRC, NRT, state, local), containment, recovery, decontamination, waste management, reporting, align with corporate insurance and liability.
Spill Prevention and Response in full scope
Value of Spill Prevention and Response Planning
- Cuts both release frequency and consequence
- Protects sensitive ecosystems
- Strengthens your response capability
- Supports community trust
- Aligns with SPCC, OPA 90, and MARPOL
- Documents the CPCB spill norms
- Supports the IFC EHS Guidelines
- Produces documentation that withstands regulator and lender scrutiny
- Improves the realism of your drills
- Builds out mutual aid relationships
- Supports your facility expansion planning
- Reduces unplanned operational interruption
- Avoids cleanup, fines, and litigation
- Reduces business interruption
- Improves your insurance pricing
- Protects reputation and licence to operate
Codes & standards we work to
Triggers that signal the need
Where Spill Prevention and Response Planning applies
Onshore and offshore production, refining, and storage.
Storage terminals, bunkering, and distribution.
Vessels, ports, and marine cargo handling.
Process chemicals, intermediates, and formulations.
Mining sites and tailings facilities.
Solar, wind, hydrogen, and battery storage.
Tangible deliverables
- A spill prevention plan aligned with SPCC
- A scenario consequence inventory
- A containment design basis
- A response resource inventory
- A Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 framework document
- A drill and exercise programme
Ready to start your project?
Speak with our team to scope an engagement tailored to your facility, regulatory context, and lifecycle stage.