Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 45b - UNDERGROUND CRUDE OIL STORAGE WELLS AND ASSOCIATED BRINE PONDS
Section 28-45b-11 - Emergency response plan and safety and security measures
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
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(b) Each permittee shall update the emergency response plan annually and also shall update the plan whenever new information regarding the requirements for the emergency response plan becomes available.
(c) Each emergency response plan shall include a description of the facility's response to the following events:
(d) Each emergency response plan shall include the following information:
(e) A copy of the emergency response plan shall be available at the facility, the company headquarters, and the office of each coordinating agency or committee involved in the emergency response plan.
(f) Each permittee shall establish an educational program for community safety and awareness of the emergency response plan.
(g) Each permittee of an underground crude oil storage facility shall provide security measures to protect the public and to prevent unauthorized access. These security measures shall include the following:
(h) Warning systems and alarms shall consist of the following:
(i) Each wellhead shall be protected with safety devices to prevent pressures in excess of the maximum allowable operating pressure from being exerted on the storage well or cavern and to prevent the backflow of any stored crude oil if a flowline ruptures.
(j) Each wellhead shall be equipped with manual isolation valves. Each port on a wellhead shall be equipped with either a valve or a blind flange. The valve or blind flange shall be rated at the same pressure as that for the wellhead.
(k) Each permittee shall ensure that the facility has a supervisory control and data acquisition system approved by the secretary to monitor storage operations for individual storage wells. Each of the following instruments shall be connected to an alarm:
(l) Each permittee shall install emergency shutdown valves on all crude oil, brine, and water lines. Criteria for emergency shutdown valves shall include the following:
(m) Each permittee shall conduct annual inspections of all wellhead instrumentation.
(n) Each permittee shall function-test each critical control system and emergency shutdown valve semiannu-ally.
(o) Each permittee shall perform trip-testing of each loop, including the instrumentation, valves, shutdown equipment, and all wiring connections, to ensure the integrity of the circuit.
(p) Each permittee shall ensure that the equipment automatically closes all inlets and outlets to the storage cavern and safely shuts down or diverts any operation associated with the storage cavern, in case of overfilling or an emergency.
(q) Each permittee shall ensure that the automatic valve closure times meet the valve design limits for closure times.
(r) Each permittee shall cease operations or shall comply with the instructions from the secretary if the secretary determines that an imminent threat to public health, safety, or the environment exists due to any unsafe operating condition. The permittee may resume operations if the secretary determines that the facility's operations no longer pose a risk to public health, safety, or the environment.