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W i F R F N E R G Y i ] i € RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: January 6, 2012 ITEM NO: 3 SUBJECT: SPILL OIL PREVENTION, CONTROL AND COUNTERMEASURE (SPCC) PLAN UPDATE (ALL SUBSTATIONS)—WORK ORDER N0. 1206519 ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider approval of Work Order No. 1206519. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities approve Work Order No. 1206519 in the amount of$114,574 for updating the existing Spill Oil Prevention, Control and Countermeasure(SPCC)Plan for all substations to com ply with the Code of Federal Regulations, specifically Title 40 C F R part 112, Oil Pollution Prevention. BACKGROUND: Oil pollution prevention regulations promulgated under the Clean Water Act, and later amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, require owners of certain facilities to prepare and implement a plan to prevent any discharge of oil into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines of the United States. The purpose of a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan is to describe measures and procedures to prevent oil spills from occurring and, should a spill occur, to provide guidance for personnel to respond in a safe, effective, and timely manner to mitigate the impacts of the spill. Because of the quantity of oil used in electrical equipment in the Riverside Public Utilities(RPU)substations and because of the close proximity of the facilities to the Santa Ana River, the substations are subject to SPCC requirements (under Title 40 C F R 112). RPU has developed and implemented the SPCC Plan for all RPU substations in 1990. The SPCC Plan has to be reviewed at least once every five years to include more effective prevention and control technology. The review will determine if the technology has been field-proven at the time of the review, and if it will significantly reduce the likelihood of oil discharge from the facility according to the CFR 112.5. SPCC Plan update will be performed by a consultant and reviewed by RPU engineering staff. The scope of work for the consultant will include: 1. Field surveying of all RPU substations. 2. Identifying compliance issues with the existing SPCC plan. 3. Provide several prevention and control technology options to mitigate any compliance issues with the existing codes. 4. Amending the existing SPCC plans with the prevention and control technology method approved by RPU and recertifying the SPCC plan. 5. Determining soil permeability characteristics and the estimated depth to groundwater for each of the substations.