Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The owner and operator of an UST system
with spill and overfill prevention equipment shall ensure that the equipment
meets the following requirements:
1. Spill
prevention (such as a catchment basin, spill bucket, or other spill containment
device) equipment shall prevent releases to the environment by either:
i. Being constructed with two walls and the
space between the walls interstitially monitored to ensure that the integrity
of the walls is maintained. Interstitial monitoring shall be performed not less
often than the walkthrough inspections required pursuant to N.J.A.C.
7:14B-5.12(a)1 i. Within 30 days after discontinuing interstitial monitoring,
the owner and operator shall begin meeting the testing requirements of (a)1ii
below; or
ii. Being tested at
installation and at least once every three years by using vacuum, pressure, or
liquid testing to ensure that the spill prevention equipment is liquid tight,
in accordance with one of the following:
(1)
Requirements developed by the manufacturer, if any;
(2) A code of practice developed by a
nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory, such as
Petroleum Equipment Institute Recommended Practice RP1200, "Recommended
Practices for the Testing and Verification of Spill, Overfill, Leak Detection,
and Secondary Containment Equipment at UST facilities" (available at
www.pei.org); or
(3) A method that the owner and operator
demonstrate is no less protective of human health and the environment than the
requirements of (a)1ii(1) and (2) above.
2. Spill prevention equipment shall be
visually inspected and cleaned of liquid and debris prior to any introduction
of hazardous substances into the tank.
3. Overfill prevention equipment shall be
inspected at installation and at least once every three years. At a minimum,
the inspection shall ensure that overfill prevention equipment satisfies the
requirements of
N.J.A.C.
7:14B-4.1(a) 3ii through v,
as applicable. Inspections shall be conducted in accordance with:
i. Requirements developed by the
manufacturer, if any;
ii. A code of
practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent
testing laboratory, such as Petroleum Equipment Institute Recommended Practice
RP1200, "Recommended Practices for the Testing and Verification of Spill,
Overfill, Leak Detection, and Secondary Containment Equipment at UST
facilities" (available at
www.pei.org);
or
iii. A method that the owner and
operator demonstrate is no less protective of human health and the environment
than the requirements of (a)3i and ii above.
(b) The owner and operator of an UST system
installed prior to October 13, 2015, shall comply with (a) above beginning no
later than October 13, 2018, or the date provided at
40
CFR 280.35, whichever is later.
(c) Except as set forth at (c)1 below, the
owner and operator of an UST system installed on or after October 13, 2015
shall comply with (a) above upon installation.
1. The owner and operator of a regulated
heating oil tank system installed on or after October 13, 2015, and prior to
January 16, 2018, shall comply with (a) above no later than October 13, 2018,
or the date provided at
40
CFR 280.35, whichever is later.
(d) The owner and operator shall
ensure spill and overfill prevention equipment that is found to be deficient is
repaired or replaced.
(e) The owner
and operator shall maintain the following records related to spill and overfill
prevention equipment, in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
7:14B-5.6(b):
1. All records of spill prevention equipment
testing and overfill prevention equipment inspections shall be maintained for
five years; and
2. For spill
prevention equipment not tested in accordance with (a)1ii above, documentation
showing that the spill prevention equipment has two walls and is interstitially
monitored according to (a)1i shall be maintained for the period during which
the spill prevention equipment is monitored, and for five years after
monitoring ends.
