Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part XI - Underground Storage Tanks
Chapter 5 - General Operating Requirements
Section XI-507 - Repairs Allowed

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-507

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Owners and operators of UST systems shall ensure that repairs will prevent releases due to structural failure or corrosion as long as the UST system is used to store regulated substances. The repairs shall meet the following requirements.

1. The UST owner and operator shall notify the Office of Environmental Assessment as specified below:
a. submit a completed installation, renovation, repair, and upgrade notification form (UST-ENF-04) 30 days prior to conducting a repair to a UST system;

b. if the repair is an emergency repair, the UST owner or operator shall submit a completed UST-ENF-04 form within 30 days after completion of the repair detailing the nature of the repair;

c. the UST owner shall submit an amended UST-REG form within 30 days after completion of the repair if any changes of any of the items reflected on the previously submitted forms has changed due to the repair;

d. the UST owner, operator, and/or certified worker responsible for the repairs shall notify the appropriate regional office of the Office of Environmental Assessment by phone, mail, email, fax, or online (when available) seven days prior to commencing any repair-critical junctures (as defined in LAC 33:XI.1303).

2. Repairs to UST systems shall be properly conducted in accordance with LAC 33:XI.501.A. Beginning January 20, 1992, all owners and operators shall ensure that the individual exercising supervisory control over repair-critical junctures (as defined in LAC 33:XI.1303) is certified in accordance with LAC 33:XI.Chapter 13.

3. Repairs to fiberglass-reinforced plastic tanks shall be made either by the manufacturer's authorized representatives or in accordance with LAC 33:XI.501.A.

4. Metal pipe sections and fittings that have released product as a result of corrosion or other damage shall be replaced. Noncorrodible pipes and fittings shall be repaired or replaced in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.

5. Repairs to secondary containment areas of tanks and piping used for interstitial monitoring and to containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping shall have the secondary containment tested for tightness according to the manufacturers instructions, in accordance with LAC 33:XI.501.A, or according to requirements established by the department within 30 days following the repair. For all other repairs to tanks and piping, tanks and piping shall be tightness tested in accordance with LAC 33:XI.701.A.3 and B.2 or another test method that has been given prior approval by the department after it determined the method to be no less protective of human health and the environment. The tightness testing shall be conducted within 30 days after the date that the repair is completed.
a. Repairs to containment sumps shall be made in accordance with the containment sump manufacturer requirements, the containment sump repair equipment manufacturer requirements, or in accordance with LAC 33:XI.501.A.

b. Containment sump repair equipment used to repair a containment sump must be compatible with the product stored in the UST system.

6. Within six months following the repair of any cathodically protected UST system, the cathodic protection system shall be tested in accordance with LAC 33:XI.503.A.2 and 3 to ensure that it is operating properly.

7. After December 20, 2008, if any piping repair or replacement impacts 25 percent or more of the UST piping in the repaired piping run, that entire piping run shall be upgraded with secondary containment and meet the requirements of LAC 33:XI.303.D.2 and 701.B.4.

8. Within 30 days following any repair to spill or overfill prevention equipment, the repaired spill or overfill equipment shall be tested or inspected, as appropriate, in accordance with LAC 33:XI.511 to ensure that it is operating properly.
a. Repairs to spill prevention equipment shall be made in accordance with spill prevention manufacturer requirements, spill prevention equipment repair manufacturer requirements, or in accordance with LAC 33:XI.501.A.

b. Spill prevention repair equipment used to repair spill prevention equipment must be compatible with the product stored in the UST system.

9. If a tank is repaired by addition of an internal liner, the lining shall be inspected within 10 years of installation and every five years thereafter in accordance with LAC 33:XI.303.E.3.a. If the internal lining is no longer performing in accordance with the original design specifications and cannot be repaired in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory, then the lined tank shall be permanently closed in accordance with LAC 33:XI.Chapter 9.

B. Owners and operators of UST systems shall maintain records, in accordance with LAC 33:XI.509.B, of each repair until the UST system is permanently closed or undergoes a change-in-service in accordance with LAC 33:XI.Chapter 9.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.

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