Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 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.
