Current through September 24, 2024
To ensure UST systems are managed, operated and maintained
in a compliant manner protective of human health and the environment, trained
UST compliance managers and UST operations clerks must be identified for every
UST facility that is operating.
(a)
General Requirements.
(1)
Owners must identify at least one person as the UST compliance manager for each
of their UST facilities.
(2)
Owners must identify at least one person as the UST operations clerk for each
of their manned, operating UST facilities.
(3) Separate individuals may be identified as
a UST compliance manager and a UST operations clerk or the same individual may
be identified as both.
(4) For
manned facilities, at least one UST operations clerk must be present onsite
whenever the UST system is operating. Emergency contact information and
appropriate emergency response procedures shall be available at the
facility.
(5) For unmanned
facilities, emergency contact information and appropriate emergency response
procedures shall be prominently posted at the facility.
(b)
UST compliance manager training
requirements. The training required for UST compliance managers must
provide the instruction necessary to operate and maintain a UST system in
compliance with all applicable MDEQ requirements including, but not limited to:
(1) Notification;
(2) Emergency response and release reporting;
(3) Record keeping, testing, and
inspections;
(4) Temporary and
permanent closure;
(5) Release
detection;
(6) Spill and overfill
prevention;
(7) Corrosion
protection;
(8) UST system
construction and product compatibility;
(9) Financial responsibility; and
(10) UST operations clerk training.
(c)
UST operations clerk
training requirements. The training required for UST operations clerks
must provide the instruction necessary to:
(1) Properly respond to emergencies involving
the operation of the UST system that pose an immediate danger or threat to the
public or to the environment; and
(2) Properly respond to alarms caused by
spills, leaks or releases from an UST system.
(d)
Acceptable methods of UST
compliance manager training. The training requirements for UST
compliance managers may be satisfied by any one of the following:
(1) A MDEQ approved program consisting of
classroom, on-line, or hands-on training. An evaluation must be conducted after
the training to measure and verify that the person has the skills necessary to
maintain compliance with the applicable UST rules and regulations. Examples of
evaluation include written testing, practical demonstration, or other tools
acceptable to MDEQ; or
(2) A MDEQ
approved examination designed to measure and verify that the person tested has
the skills necessary to maintain compliance with the applicable UST rules and
regulations; or
(3) Training that
is determined by MDEQ to be no less protective of human health and the
environment as the methods described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
section.
(e)
Acceptable methods of UST operations clerk training. The
training requirements for UST operations clerks may be satisfied by any one of
the following:
(1) Training conducted by the
UST compliance manager that includes, at a minimum, the requirements in §
280.37(c).
(2) Training that is
determined by MDEQ to be no less protective of human health and the environment
as the method described in paragraph (1) of this rule.
(f)
Schedule for training.
(1) Owners shall ensure that UST compliance
managers and UST operations clerks for each of their UST facilities is trained
no later than August 8, 2012.
(i)After August
8, 2012, any new UST compliance manager must be trained in accordance with
§ 280.37(d) within 30 days of assuming UST system compliance
responsibilities.
(2)
After August 8, 2012, any new UST operations clerk must be trained in
accordance with § 280.37(e) before assuming UST clerk
responsibility
(3) Retraining. If a
UST facility is determined by MDEQ to be out of significant operational
compliance, the UST compliance manager must be retrained in accordance with
§ 280.37(d) or a new compliance manager designated for that
facility.
Miss. Ann.
§§
49-2-9(1)(b),
49-17-17(i),
49-17-401,
et seq., 49-2-1, et seq. and 49-17-1, et seq.
