Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 300 - FUEL TANK SEISMIC STABILITY
Section 340-300-0001 - Purpose and Applicability
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 340-300-0001
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of these rules is to protect public health, life safety and environmental safety against fires and release of fuel products and establish:
(a) The process and criteria for completion
of facility-wide Seismic Vulnerability Assessments, including vulnerability to
shaking associated with the Cascadia Subduction Zone and other earthquake
sources and related post-earthquake secondary effects, performed by the
facilities and submitted to DEQ for review and approval.
(b) The process and criteria for development
of Risk Mitigation Implementation Plans to minimize risk to people and
environment and to be prepared by facilities and submitted to DEQ for review
and approval.
(c) Fees for Seismic
Vulnerability Assessment reviews.
(d) Fees for Risk Mitigation Implementation
Plan reviews.
(e) The process,
criteria, and schedule for Risk Mitigation Implementation Plans
implementation.
(f) Fees for
ongoing implementation compliance.
(g) Reporting requirements.
(h) Enforcement provisions.
(2) The owners and operators of bulk fuel terminals or industrial facilities with at least 2-million-gallon oil or liquid fuel products storage capacity located in Columbia, Multnomah and Lane counties must:
(a) Prepare and submit to
DEQ the facility-wide Seismic Vulnerability Assessment.
(b) Prepare and submit to DEQ the
facility-wide Seismic Risk Mitigation Implementation Plan designed to:
(A) Mitigate earthquake-induced damage in
order to reduce the potential of fuel spills and fires;
(B) Address potential of facility to safely
shut down during or immediately after a damaging earthquake, if needed, in
order to minimize spills as required by the performance objective defined in
340-300-0002;
(c) Provide risk mitigation
measures implementation plans and timeline; and
(d) Provide periodic reports of the ongoing
implementation of mitigation measures.
(e) Implement the risk minimization measures
described in Risk Mitigation Implementation Plans when approved by DEQ within
the approved timeline.
(f) Prepare
and submit to DEQ post-implementation reports documenting completion of
mitigation work and addressing residual risks.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468.020 & SB 1567 (2022)
Statutes/Other Implemented: SB 1567 (2022)
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