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 11-5-2.6 - Release Response and Corrective Action for UST Systems Containing Petroleum or Hazardous Substances
Section 11-5-2.6-280.64 - Free product removal
Current through September 24, 2024
At sites where investigations under § 280.62(a)(6) indicate the presence of free product, owners and operators must remove free product to the maximum extent practicable as determined by the MDEQ while continuing, as necessary, any actions initiated under §§ 280.61 through 280.63, or preparing for actions required under §§ 280.65 through 280.66. In meeting the requirements of this rule, owners and operators must:
(a) Conduct free product removal in a manner that minimizes the spread of contamination into previously uncontaminated zones by using recovery and disposal techniques appropriate to the hydrogeologic conditions at the site, and that properly treats, discharges or disposes of recovery byproducts in compliance with applicable local, State and Federal regulations;
(b) Use abatement of free product migration as a minimum objective for the design of the free product removal system;
(c) Handle any flammable products in a safe and competent manner to prevent fires or explosions; and
(d) Unless directed to do otherwise by the MDEQ, prepare and submit to the MDEQ, within 45 days after confirming a release, a free product removal report that provides at least the following information:
