Spillceptor®
Fuel Site Guide
For On-site Staff & Personnel
This guide is for service stations and high-risk sites equipped with a Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor®
Class 1 oily water separator comprising of the following items.
- Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 separator
- Atlan Stormwater/ Labkotec Alarm Controller & Probe
- Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 Operations & Maintenance Manual (O&M)
Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 Oily Water Separator
Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Maintenance Instructions.
- Ensure the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Operation & Maintenance (O&M) manual is secured in a place that is easily accessed by the Maintenance contractor.
- The Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor is serviced every 12 months.
- The servicing of the Spillceptor is done by the Maintenance contractor.
- When the Maintenance contractor has completed the service ensure that each section of the O&M manifest is initialed, signed and dated.
- Return the O&M Manifest to its correct storage.
What is the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1?
It is an oily water separator that treats water run-off from the service station forecourt and is connected to stormwater drainage.
Where is the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 located?
The separator can be underground in the forecourt or it can be above ground in the BOH. It usually has 2 or 3 lids.
What does the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 do?
It ensures no hydrocarbons (Fuel, oils etc) discharge to the stormwater from the forecourt and guarantees hydrocarbon capture in a spill event.
How is the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1 maintained?
Who cleans & maintains the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Class 1?
The Maintenance Contractor – The contractor has been trained by Atlan Stormwater on how to correctly clean, maintain & check the tank and alarm system.
Is there anything the service station staff has to do?
Service station staff will need to check that the O&M manifest (refer to O&M section) is correctly filled out by the maintenance contractor.
Staff are also to follow the procedure when the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Probe Controller sounds.
Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor Operations & Maintenance Manual (O&M)
What is the O&M Manual?
- It is the instructions on how the Atlan Stormwater Spillceptor separator and the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Controller should be maintained.
- It has a service ledger at the back of the manual for the recording of the maintenance.
- The Maintenance contractor has to fill it out at the completion of each service and it must be witnessed by the service station manager on duty.
Where is the O&M Manual kept?
It must be kept in a place easily accessed by the Maintenance contractor.
Is there anything the service station staff have to do?
Follow the instructions that are affixed to the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Controller.
Atlan Stormwater / Labkotec Alarm Controller & Probe
Where is the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Controller located?
Usually in the console operators office.
Where is the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Probe located?
In the Spillceptor access way, in a PVC holder
What does the Atlan Stormwater Alarm Controller & Probe do?
It will sound an alarm if the hydrocarbons (fuel, oil etc.) in the separator accumulate to 10% of the separator’s volume.
What do the service station staff do if the alarm beeper sounds?
- Only to check that the O&M manifest is correctly filled out by the Maintenance contractor.
- To follow the procedure attached to the alarm panel, when the alarm sounds.