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 11-5-2.3-280.38 - Operation and maintenance walkthrough inspections
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 11-5-2.3-280.38
Current through September 24, 2024
(a) To properly operate and maintain UST systems, not later than October 5, 2021, owners and operators must conduct a walkthrough inspection every 30 days that meet one of the following:
(1) Inspects spill prevention equipment and
release detection equipment; or
(i) Spill
prevention equipment shall be visually checked for damage. All liquid or debris
shall be removed. Fill lines shall be visually inspected with any obstructions
removed. Fill caps must be inspected to ensure a tight fit. Double walled spill
prevention equipment with interstitial monitoring shall be checked for a leak
in the interstitial area. Note: UST systems receiving deliveries at
intervals greater than every 30 days may reduce spill prevention equipment
inspections to coincide with fuel deliveries.
(ii) Release detection equipment shall be
visually checked to ensure the equipment is operating with no alarms or other
unusual operating conditions present. All records of release detection testing
and alarm reconciliation are reviewed and current.
(2) Inspects UST equipment according to a
standard code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or
independent testing laboratory that checks equipment comparable to (a)(1) of
this section.
(b) To properly operate and maintain UST systems, not later than October 5, 2021, owners and operators must conduct a walkthrough inspection every 12 months to
(1) review annual testing results which can
include
(i) Spill bucket testing;
(ii) Overfill prevention testing;
(iii) Shear valve testing;
(iv) Release detection equipment testing for
tanks and piping; and
(v)
Containment sump integrity inspecting; and
(2) inspect hand held release detection
equipment such as tank gauge sticks, vapor meters, oil/water interface probes,
or groundwater bailers for operability and serviceability. Vapor meters shall
be calibrated annually by a third party.
(c) Owners and operators must maintain records of operation and maintenance walkthrough inspections for one year. Records must include:
(1) A list of each item
checked;
(2) Operational condition
of each item checked;
(3)
Certificate of Verification for third party inspection of vapor meter, if
applicable;
(4) Description of
actions taken for each item found to be out of compliance with operational
requirements; and
(5) Fuel delivery
records if spill prevention equipment is checked less frequently than every 30
days due to infrequent deliveries.
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