New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14B - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
Subchapter 16 - CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS FIRMS FOR UNREGULATED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS
Section 7:14B-16.3 - Classifications of unregulated heating oil tank services
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14B-16.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) An individual or business firm may apply for certification in any one or more of the following classifications of unregulated heating oil tank system services:
1. Installation of unregulated heating oil tank
systems including:
i. Entire unregulated heating
oil tank system installation; and
ii.
Unregulated heating oil tank system release detection monitoring
installation;
2. Closure of
unregulated heating oil tank systems;
3.
Tank testing of unregulated heating oil tank systems;
4. Subsurface evaluation of unregulated heating
oil tank systems; and
5. Corrosion
protection of unregulated heating oil tank system analysis, which may be either
cathodic protection specialist or cathodic protection tester, as applicable to
unregulated heating oil tank systems.
(b) The activities that comprise the classifications in (a) above include the following:
1. Entire unregulated heating oil tank system
installation includes all activities required to install unregulated heating oil
tanks, associated piping, release detection monitoring systems, interior tank
lining, and appurtenant equipment including factory installed cathodic protection
systems, from the time the ground is broken to the restoration of finished grade at
the site. Entire unregulated heating oil tank system installation of unregulated
heating oil tank systems shall be performed in accordance with
7:14B-16.2(f). Entire
system installation includes the performance of an internal inspection for the
purpose of assessing a tank for corrosion protection and the installation of a field
installed cathodic protection system when the installer is under the supervision of
a cathodic protection specialist or following the plans designed by a cathodic
protection specialist. Entire unregulated heating oil tank system installation
activities include any maintenance or repair of any part of the unregulated heating
oil tank system or release detection monitoring system requiring a permit from local
officials.
i. Individuals holding an entire
unregulated heating oil tank system installation certification shall also be
considered to hold the more limited unregulated heating oil tank system release
detection monitoring installation certification described in (b)2 below;
ii. Entire unregulated heating oil tank system
installation does not include the installation of discharge detection observation
wells unless installed in the manner described in
7:14B-4.1(c);
and
iii. Entire unregulated heating oil
tank system installation does not include routine maintenance performed on
appurtenant pipes, lines, fixtures and other related equipment not requiring a
permit from local officials.
2. Unregulated heating oil tank system release
detection monitoring installation includes the activities associated with the
installation, repair and maintenance of any release detection monitoring systems of
unregulated heating oil tanks.
i. Unregulated
heating oil tank system release detection monitoring installation does not include
the installation of discharge detection observation wells unless installed in the
manner described in
7:14B-4.1(c).
3. Closure of unregulated heating oil
tank systems includes all physical activities required by
7:14B-16.2(f) as
applicable relative to the removal or abandonment in place of an unregulated heating
oil tank, associated piping and appurtenant equipment, from the time the ground is
broken until the excavation is filled, or until a determination is made that
subsurface evaluation is necessary and the site falls under the on-site supervision
of a subsurface evaluator.
i. Closure activities
do not include the preparation or implementation of site investigation or remedial
investigation workplans or any other remedial action plans or activities, which are
the exclusive purview of an individual certified in unregulated heating oil tank
system subsurface evaluation described in (b)5 below.
ii. Closure of an unregulated heating oil tank
system shall be performed in accordance with
7:14B-16.2(f), as
applicable.
iii. If upon closure of the
tank there is evidence of a discharge, no additional closure activities shall
proceed unless an individual certified in subsurface evaluation is
present.
4. Tank testing of
unregulated heating oil tank systems includes all activities relative to testing the
physical integrity of an unregulated heating oil tank and appurtenant piping from
inception of the test until removal of testing apparatus from the tank system. Tank
testing also includes all activities relative to the testing of spill prevention,
secondary containment, electronic and mechanical components, and inspection of
overfill prevention equipment. The tank testing classification shall not include the
activities of air pressure soap tests of tanks or piping where product is not
present, which is the exclusive purview of the individual certified in entire
unregulated heating oil tank system installation described in (b)1 above. Tank
testing of an unregulated heating oil tank system shall be performed pursuant to
N.J.A.C. 7:14B-16.2(f)
as applicable. All volumetric and
non-volumetric tank system testing methods used to test unregulated heating oil tank
systems shall be evaluated by an independent testing laboratory to meet the accuracy
described by N.J.A.C.
7:14B-6.5(a) 3 for the
size and type of tank system being tested in the most current version of the "List
of Leak Detection Evaluations for Underground Storage Tanks Systems" available at
the time the individual submits the application for certification. The "List of Leak
Detection Evaluations for Underground Storage Tanks Systems" is published by the
National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations (NWGLDE),
www.epa.gov/swerust1/pubs/ldlist.htm
and is incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented.
5. Subsurface evaluation of unregulated heating
oil tank systems includes all activities regarding site investigation, remedial
investigation and remedial action, and/or the evaluation for selection of release
detection monitoring systems, as follows:
i. For
site investigation, remedial investigation, and/or remedial action, subsurface
evaluation activities required pursuant to the Heating Oil Tank System Remediation
Rules, N.J.A.C. 7:26F, and, if applicable, the Technical Requirements for Site
Remediation, N.J.A.C. 7:26E, inspecting the excavation for contamination, performing
(or overseeing) necessary field screening tests, selecting soil and ground water
sampling locations, and submitting or reviewing of the report(s) required under
N.J.A.C. 7:26E and 7:26F;
ii. Site
investigation, remedial investigation and/or remedial action activities include, but
are not limited to, the development, implementation, or review of soil and/or ground
water sampling plans, quality assurance/ quality control plans, health and safety
plans; overseeing field screening activities; determining the horizontal and
vertical extent of contamination; assessing the actual or potential effect of a
discharge on receptors; determining appropriate remedial activities for soil and/or
ground water contamination; the submittal or review of appropriate site
investigation, remedial investigation and/or remedial action reports, and
recommendations for no further action;
iii. Release detection monitoring system selection
activities include selecting locations for soil borings, characterizing soils, and
determining soil permeability and depth to ground water as may be
applicable;
iv. Subsurface evaluation of
unregulated heating oil tank system activities do not include:
(1) The design or installation of any treatment
works necessary to perform the remedial action, which is the purview of a licensed
professional engineer;
(2) The taking of
any soil or groundwater samples for laboratory analyses once a person certified in
subsurface evaluation has determined, through on-site observation, the appropriate
sample locations; however, the subsurface evaluator shall have knowledge of proper
sampling and analytical protocols; and
(3) The performance of well drilling or pump
installation services which shall be performed by an individual who is licensed to
perform such services pursuant to
58:4A-11; and
v. Subsurface evaluation of an unregulated heating
oil tank system shall be performed pursuant to
7:14B-16.2(f), as
applicable.
6. Unregulated
heating oil tank system cathodic protection specialist includes the activities
relative to the design, installation, maintenance and testing of cathodic protection
systems for unregulated heating oil tank systems.
i. Individuals holding the unregulated heating oil
tank system cathodic protection specialist certification are also considered to hold
the more limited unregulated heating oil tank system cathodic protection tester
certification described in (b)7 below.
7. Unregulated heating oil tank systems cathodic
protection tester includes all activities relative to the testing of cathodic
protection systems for unregulated heating oil tank systems.
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