Section 312IAC16-5-24. Spill cleanup

   (a) An owner or operator shall clean up spills of oil, fluids contaminated with oil, or saltwater as required by this section.

  (b) Oil or fluid contaminated with oil that is confined within a secondary containment structure or collected as required by section 22 of this rule must be:

(1) removed within seventy-two (72) hours;

(2) placed in a nonleaking storage tank; and

(3) managed or disposed of in accordance with section 27(a) of this rule.

  (c) Saltwater that is confined within a secondary containment structure or collected as required by section 22 of this rule must be:

(1) removed within seventy-two (72) hours;

(2) placed in a nonleaking storage tank; and

(3) disposed of in accordance with section 27(b) of this rule.

  (d) Fluid placed in a nonleaking storage tank under subsection (b) or (c) must be disposed of in accordance with section 27 of this rule within thirty (30) days after discovery of the spill unless additional time is approved by the division.

  (e) Soils contaminated with more than one (1) gallon of oil must be cleaned up as follows:

(1) Soils that meet the conditions for remediation in section 25(c) of this rule may be:

(A) remediated at the facility as required by section 25 of this rule;

(B) applied to lease roads in accordance with section 27(a)(1) of this rule; or

(C) excavated and disposed of as required by section 27(d) of this rule.

(2) Soils that do not meet the conditions for remediation in section 25(c) of this rule must be excavated and disposed of as required by section 27(e) of this rule.

  (f) Soils contaminated with saltwater must be cleaned up as required by section 26 of this rule.

  (g) Soils contaminated with oil that will be remediated under section 25 of this rule must be managed to prevent discharge of oil to unaffected soil or waters of the state. (Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 16-5-24; filed Sep 11, 2000, 3:31 p.m.: 24 IR 280; errata filed Dec 6, 2000, 10:12 a.m.: 24 IR 1032; readopted filed Nov 17, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: 28 IR 1315; readopted filed Mar 25, 2010, 2:57 p.m.: 20100421-IR-312100033RFA; readopted filed Sep 30, 2015, 12:13 p.m.: 20151028-IR-312150224RFA)