Code of Maine Rules
06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL
Chapter 695 - RULES FOR UNDERGROUND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE STORAGE FACILITIES
Section 096-695-11 - Compliance Schedule for Existing Facilities

Universal Citation: 06 ME Code Rules ยง 096-695-11

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. Closure Schedule For Existing Facilities With Single Wall Tanks Or Single Wall Piping. All existing facilities with single wall tanks or single wall piping must be upgraded to meet the requirements of Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9, or be properly closed in accordance with Section 13 according to the following schedule:

(1) Tanks or piping installed before 1976 and located in a sensitive geologic area, or installed before January 1, 1970 shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1990.

(2) All existing facilities with either single wall tanks or single wall piping shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1991.

B. Upgrade and Closure Schedule For Existing Facilities With Both Double Wall Tanks and Double Wall Piping. All existing facilities with both double wall tanks and double wall piping must be upgraded to meet the requirements of sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 or be properly closed in accordance with section 13 according to the following schedule:

(1) Tanks and piping installed before 1976 and located in a sensitive geologic area, or installed before January 1, 1970, shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1990;

(2) Tanks and piping installed before 1977 and located in a sensitive geologic area, or installed from 1970 through 1974 shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1991;

(3) Tanks and piping installed from 1975 through 1979 shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1992; and

(4) Tanks and piping installed after 1979 shall be properly upgraded or closed by October 1, 1993.

C. Closure Schedule For Existing Facilities With Pressurized (Positive Pressure) Piping Systems. All existing facilities utilizing pressurized piping systems must meet the requirements of Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 or be properly closed in accordance with Section 13 by October 1, 1990.

D.Retrofitting of impressed current or galvanic cathodic protection systems to existing facilities will not meet the requirements of this rule for cathodic protection.

E.Prior to upgrading a facility to meet the requirements of this section, the facility owners or operators must demonstrate, to the Department's satisfaction, that the facility or the affected tanks and piping are not leaking by one of the following:

(1) Perform on the facility or the affected tanks and piping a precision test or equivalent test approved by the Department; or

(2) Perform a site assessment of the facility or the affected tanks and piping in accordance with the requirements of Appendix G; or

(3) Submit to the Department documentation and certification that the facility or the affected tanks and piping conform to the requirements of Sections 8 and 9 of this rule and that leak, detection monitoring records for the facility are complete, accurate, and up to date from the date the facility was installed and do not indicate a leak.

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