Value of Outside Spill Experts

The EPA classifies spilled fuel as hazardous waste. Any incident resulting in contamination of drinking water by fuel or oil should be reported to the National Response Center, the federal point of contact for reporting oil and chemical spills. Environmental liability for spill damages goes to the spill generator, even if the release occurred as a result of a highway accident in which the truck driver was blameless. As the spill generator, it's your responsibility to contain the spill, report it, then clean it up.Thanks

Nearly 30,000 federal, state and local jurisdictions across the U.S. require incident reports from spill generators. Shippers and transporters who are unprepared to handle spill emergencies quickly and comply with all reporting requirements can end up with major expenses for cleanup and disposal services, liability issues, and steep penalties for failing to file incident reports on time.

 

But no fleet should ever have enough spills to get good at handling them. By aligning yourself with experts who are equipped to provide assistance when you need it most, you broaden your state of preparedness and help minimize your spill-related costs and liability. Spill Center, for example, assists clients with custom spill contingency planning, makes cleanup contractor referrals, and handles all required regulatory reporting, incident screening, invoice auditing, and documentation of incidents.

 

You might ask why you should sign up with Spill Center or another organization providing spill support services when you are already covered by insurance. The answer is simple. Insurance companies do not pay fines and penalties arising from failure to report spills or for late reporting. For that reason, insurance companies do not train people to understand reporting documentation or controlling cost and limiting liability related to spills.

 

Spill Center compliance associates, who include legal, technical and environmental specialists, are on call 24/7 to coordinate spill response and complete telephone and written reports for clients. They fill out more than 300 US DOT Incident Report Forms each month as part of Spill Center's program of spill-related services for clients - more incident reports for clients than any other organization in the country. As such, we were recognized with a seat on the US DOT Task Force on proposed rulemaking for the DOT 5800.1 Incident Report.

 

Our highly sophisticated spill reporting and documentation program is applied to the management of every incident that Spill Center handles for clients. A database of current regulations for nearly 30,000 federal, state, provincial and local jurisdictions throughout North America is a key resource for clients. Spill Center compliance associates are experienced in filing NRC, EPA, DOT, state, and local reports, and you can be assured that your reports will be completed accurately and filed on time. Even if you're comfortable filing your own reports, we are working every day to add new online report generation tools to cut down on your paperwork. 

 

Sincerely,

  

Tom Moses
President
Spill Center  

  

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