Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 78 - Underground Storage Tanks
Article 7 - Airport Hydrant Fuel Distribution Systems and USTs with Field-Constructed Tanks
18 AAC 78.700 - General requirements

Universal Citation: 18 AK Admin Code 18 AAC 78.700

Current through February 27, 2024

(a) The owner or operator shall comply with the requirements of this chapter for airport hydrant systems and USTs with field-constructed tanks as follows:

(1) for USTs installed on or before October 13, 2015, the requirements apply according to the following schedule:
(A) October 13,2018 for
(i) upgrading existing USTs under 18 AAC 78.030;

(ii) general operating requirements under 18 AAC 78.040-18 AAC 78.059;

(iii) operator training under 18 AAC 78.355 - 1 8 AAC 78.385; and

(iv) release detection requirements under 18 AAC 78.060-18 AAC 78.072; and

(B) except as provided in (b) of this section, October 13, 2015 for
(i) release reporting, response, and investigation under 18 AAC 78.200- 18 AAC 78.280;

(ii) closure under 18 AAC 78.080 - 18 AAC 78.087;

(iii) financial responsibility under 18 AAC 78.910; and

(iv) registration notification under 18 AAC 78.035; and

(2) for USTs installed after October 13, 2015, the requirements apply at installation.

(b) Not later than October 13, 2018, all owners of previously deferred USTs described in (a) of this section must submit a notice of a tank system's existence to the department, using the registration form supplied by the department in accordance with 18 AAC 78.035(a). The owner or operator of a UST in use as of October 13, 2015 must demonstrate, as required under 18 AAC 78.91 0, financial responsibility at the time of submission of the registration form.

(c) Except as provided in 18 AAC 78.705, the owner or operator shall comply with the requirements of this chapter.

(d) When designing, constructing, and installing airport hydrant systems and USTs with field-constructed tanks, an owner or operator may use

(1) the codes of practice listed in 18 AAC 78.025; or

(2) military construction criteria, such as Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3-460-01. Design: Petroleum Fuel Facilities, revised as of June 17, 2015 and adopted by reference.

The publication adopted by reference in 18 AAC 78.700(d) may be reviewed at the department's office in Anchorage or may be obtained directly from the Whole Building Design Guide website: http://dod.wbdg.org/.

Authority:AS 46.03.020

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