Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 11 - Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Part 5 - Underground Storage Tank Regulations
Chapter 2 - Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality Underground Storage Tanks Regulations Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (UST) (Adopted March 22, 1989; Amended August 25, 2011, Last Amended August 23, 2018)
Rule 11-5-2.3 - General Operating Requirements
Section 11-5-2.3-280.35 - Reporting and recordkeeping

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 11-5-2.3-280.35

Current through September 24, 2024

Owners and operators of UST systems must cooperate fully with inspections, monitoring and testing conducted by the MDEQ, as well as requests for document submission, testing, and monitoring by the owner or operator pursuant to section 9005 of Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended.

(a) Reporting. Owners and operators must submit the following information to the MDEQ:

(1) Notification for all UST systems (§ 280.22), which includes registration and certification of installation for new and replacement UST systems (§ 280.20(g));

(2) Notification for registration when any person assumes ownership of an UST system (§ 280.22(c) );

(3) A notification within 30 days of changing the status of a tank (§ 280.22(b));

(4) A notification before installation of new tanks, piping, dispensers, and submersible pumps (§ 280.22(a));

(5) Notification prior to UST systems switching to certain regulated substances listed in § 280.22(g);

(6) Reports of all leaks including suspected releases (§ 280.50), spills and overfills (§ 280.53), and confirmed releases (§ 280.61);

(7) Corrective actions planned or taken including initial abatement measures (§ 280.62), initial site characterization (§ 280.63), free product removal (§ 280.64), investigation of soil and ground-water cleanup (§ 280.65), and corrective action plan (§ 280.66);

(8) A notification before permanent closure or change-in-service (§ 280.71); and

(9) Notification of persons trained in accordance with § 280.37(d) as UST compliance managers

(b) Recordkeeping. Owners and operators must maintain the following information:

(1) Recent compliance with piping shear valve testing requirements (§ 280.20(j));

(2) Recent compliance with spill prevention testing requirements (§ 280.30(c));

(3) Recent compliance with overfill prevention inspection requirements (§ 280.30(d));

(4) Recent compliance with secondary containment inspection and testing requirements (§ 280.31);

(5) Documentation of operation of corrosion protection equipment (§ 280.32);

(6) Documentation of UST system repairs and replacement (§ 280.34);

(7) Recent compliance with leak detection requirements (§ 280.45);

(8) Results of the site investigation conducted at permanent closure (§ 280.74);

(9) Records documenting the training of all persons trained in accordance with § 280.37(d) as UST compliance managers and § 280.37(e) as UST operations clerks;

(10) Records documenting UST compatibility (§ 280.33(a)): and

(11) Documentation of periodic walkthrough inspections (§ 280.38(c) ).

(1) At the UST site and immediately available for inspection by the MDEQ; or

(2) At a readily available alternative site and be provided for inspection to the MDEQ upon request.

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