Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 78 - Underground Storage Tanks
Article 4 - Certification of Underground Storage Tank Workers and Inspectors
18 AAC 78.455 - Standards of practice
Universal Citation: 18 AK Admin Code 18 AAC 78.455
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) Except for a person certified under 18 AAC 78.480, a person certified under this chapter
(1) for installation or
reconfiguration, shall be at the job site when work requiring certification of
installation or reconfiguration is being performed, including
(A) preparation of an excavation before
receiving backfill and while the backfill is being placed;
(B) any movement of a tank at a job site,
including a transfer of the tank from a vehicle used to transport the tank to
the job site;
(C) placement of a
tank and its associated piping into the excavation, including placement of an
anchoring device, backfill, or strapping;
(D) placement or connection of a piping
system to a tank;
(E) installation
of cathodic protection;
(F)
completion of a backfill and filling of an installation;
(G) covering a UST with concrete, asphalt, or
other similar substance;
(H)
preparation for and installation of a tank lining system; and
(I) installation, replacement, or repair of
release detection equipment;
(2) for closure, shall be at the job site
when work requiring certification of closure is being performed, including
(A) excavation of a tank or piping before
removal from the ground;
(B)
emptying the contents of a tank or its piping, cleaning a tank, or filling a
tank with a solid, inert material;
(C) removal or disposal of a tank's contents
after cleaning; and
(D) movement of
a tank on the job site, including transfer of the tank to a vehicle used to
transport the tank from the job site; the requirements of this subparagraph do
not apply to a tank that has been cleaned in accordance with the requirements
of American Petroleum Institute Standard 2015, adopted by reference in
18 AAC 78.085(g)
(2);
(3) for tank tightness testing, shall
(A) be at the job site when tightness testing
of the UST or associated piping is being performed; or
(B) verify the tightness testing results if a
statistical inventory reconciliation method is being used;
(4) for cathodic protection testing shall be
at the job site when testing of cathodic protection is being
performed;
(5) for inspection,
shall
(A) refer to the department's
operations inspection report form; and
(B) no later than 30 days after completing
the inspection, sign and submit to the owner or operator a completed inspection
report on a form supplied by the department; the report must contain a
description of any
(i) deficiencies
found;
(ii) corrective action taken
by the inspector or a person certified under this chapter; and
(iii) recommendations of the inspector or a
person certified under this chapter for further necessary
corrections;
(6) may perform only those installations,
repairs, reconfigurations, closures, tightness tests, cathodic protection
tests, and inspections for which the person is certified under this chapter and
which
(A) conform to accepted technical
standards imposed by federal, state, and local law;
(B) safeguard human life, health, safety, and
property; and
(C) protect the
environment;
(7) shall
immediately report to the owner or operator a release or suspected release of
petroleum detected at a job site or the surrounding area;
(8) shall sign or affix the person's
certification number only to an installation, repair, closure, reconfiguration,
tightness test, cathodic protection test, or inspection that was done under the
person's direct control and supervision; and
(9) shall, after completing a UST
installation, reconfiguration, repair, closure, test, or inspection file with
the owner or operator department a completed checklist on a form supplied by
the department that
(A) bears the person's
signature and certification number;
(B) provides the registration number of the
tank; and
(C) verifies that the
items on the checklist have been completed for the tank.
(b) The requirements of this section
(1) must be disclosed by a person
certified under this chapter to the person's client or employer; and
(2) are in addition to the certification
requirements of
18 AAC 78.415.
Authority:AS 46.03.020
AS 46.03.365
AS 46.03.375
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