Terminal Management
Our firm currently operates terminals for terminal owners ensuring that the facilities are credible, fully utilized, safe and compliant. These arrangements are typically tailored to meet the needs of the owner and typically assume full responsibility for:

• Staffing and Training
• Insurance
• Environmental and Safety Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• IRS Compliance
• Day to Day Operations Management
• Maintenance & Engineering
• Inventory Quality and Quantity Control
• Budgeting and Cost Controls
• Customer Agreements and Relations

Terminal Staffing
Summit can assume full responsibility for providing, paying and insuring all management and operations staff. This typically includes recruiting, hiring and training of these positions.

Training Programs
Our team has managed small to large terminal work forces in operations, maintenance, engineering, safety, customer relations and labs. We have recruited and trained many of today’s successful operators and managers. We can tailor a program to train any or all of your personnel.

Development of Regulatory Plans and Procedures
Our team understands the minute details of terminal operations, regulatory requirements and has many years of experience of firsthand experience in operating in compliance. We use this experience to develop practical, cost effective and useful regulatory plans and operating procedures. These plans and procedures include:

• US Coast Guard Dock Operations Manual
• Integrated Contingency Plans – US Coast Guard and EPA
• Spill Prevention and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC)
• Emergency Response Action Plans (ERAP)
• Hazardous Communication Plans
• Department of Homeland Security Plans:
        - US Coast Guard
        - DOT Security
• Department of Transportation
• Safety Procedures ***
        - Lock Out Tag Out
        - Hot Work
        - Contractor Safety
• Operations Procedures ***
• Truck, rail, barge, ship loading and unloading procedures
• Automated rack procedures
• Blending procedures ***
        - Quality Control Plans
        - Gauging, temperature, and water cut procedures
• Quality and Custody Control ***

*** This is a small sampling of our extensive list of policies and procedures that we can develop. Please contact us for a more extensive list.

Auditing Programs
Our team structures our audits in cooperation with terminal management in a manner that is non threatening and informative. Our goal is to identify potential problems that can be costly; develop a system for ongoing compliance; and to educate terminal personnel particularly on the WHY behind their efforts.

• Operations
• HSE
• Security
• Responsible Care
• Gap Analysis
• Corrective Action Planning
• Root Cause Analysis