Planning
SPCC and Tow Yards: What Needs a Site-Specific Review?
Understand why facility scope, oil storage, discharge potential, and the written plan require a local determination.
A tow-yard review begins with the facility's oil storage, operations and drainage. Gather those facts for the qualified person determining the site's requirements.
Map storage and handling
Record oil containers, equipment, maintenance areas and transfer locations. Identify operational boundaries if several businesses share the property.
Trace the possible fluid path
Mark drains, slopes, soil, paved surfaces and nearby water routes. Include the areas used to stage damaged vehicles and the controls already installed.
Connect equipment with inspections
Document where spill supplies are kept, who can use them and how leaking vehicles are inspected. An attached mat can support that process, while facility applicability and plan requirements need the site-specific review.
Use on the job
Yard review preparation
Frequently asked questions
Questions this guide answers
Does every towing company yard need an SPCC plan?
Applicability depends on facility-specific oil storage, location, discharge potential, and regulatory definitions. A qualified review should use the current yard facts.
How can Spill Diaper support a yard spill plan?
It can provide temporary attached containment beneath a leaking vehicle or equipment as part of the site's staging, inspection, cleanup, and response procedures.
What should be mapped in the yard review?
Map oil containers, equipment, transfer and maintenance areas, vehicle staging, drains, slopes, surfaces, pathways to water, existing controls, and response equipment.