Facility Spill Analysis

To comply with DOT and/or EPA regulatory requirements, operators need to assess the potential impact of a hazardous liquid spill at tank farms and other oil and gas facilities. The specific regulatory language reads:

The Facility Response Plan (FRP) must include a written description of spill scenarios for small, medium, and worst case discharge as required by 40 CFR 112.20(h)(5) and Appendix F, Section 1.5. These descriptions must be detailed and site-specific and take into account all operations at the facility, including but not limited to: loading/unloading of tank cars/tank trucks, facility maintenance, piping, pumping stations and sumps, bulk storage containers, and age and condition of facility. These scenarios must also consider factors that affect response efforts such as: volume spilled, material spilled, proximity to downgradient wells, waterways, and drinking water intakes, proximity to fish and wildlife and sensitive environments, and likelihood that spills will travel offsite...

New Century Software has the experience and resources to help your organization model complex releases by acquiring the data necessary to calculate liquid spills and running the data through the Spill Impact Analyst application. Results of the spill modeling can be utilized to assess response measures, mitigation strategies and regulatory reporting requirements. Facility risk assessments are natural extensions once the threats and consequences are identified.

New Century can provide a confidential report that includes:

Spill plume analysis within a facility
Dike containment analysis including identification of point of breach
Overland spill modeling outside facility
Documentation of methodologies
Time of impact or volume-based illustrations of spill plumes
NHD trace analysis
Pool fire thermal radiation hazards around the resulting spill plume