Secondary spill containment

Common techniques include the use of spill berms to contain oil-filled equipment, fuel tanks, truck washing decks, or any other places or items that may leak hazardous liquids.

[2] The purpose of the SPCC rule is to establish requirements for facilities to prevent a discharge of oil into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines.

[citation needed] Outdated secondary containment techniques such as concrete catch-basins are quickly losing ground to solutions that offer more cost-effective cleanup in case of a spill or leak.

[citation needed] One example of a more cost-effective method involves placing a geotextile boom filled with oil solidifying polymers around a transformer.

[citation needed] Many companies involved in fracking use spill containment berms to capture contaminated water that is a by-product of the operation.