New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 14B - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
Subchapter 7 - RELEASE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION
Section 7:14B-7.1 - Suspected releases

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:14B-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) The owner and operator shall complete an investigation of a suspected release in accordance with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:14B-7.2(a) within seven calendar days of the discovery of the suspected release, when any of the following situations have occurred:

1. Inventory control records maintained in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14B-6.5(a)1 indicate a release may have occurred in excess of one percent of the tank's monthly flow-through plus 130 gallons;

2. Inventory control records for an underground storage tank system maintained in accordance with the manual tank gauging requirements of 7:14B-6.5(a)2 indicate that a release of hazardous substances may have occurred;

3. There is evidence of a hazardous substance or resulting vapors in the soil, in surface water, or in any underground structure or well in the vicinity of the facility;

4. There is water in the underground storage tank not attributable to condensation or deliveries;

5. Product dispensing equipment exhibits erratic behavior such as the loss of, or decrease in, line pressure;

6. There is the sudden loss of product from the underground storage tank system;

7. Monitoring results, including alarms, from a release detection method required under N.J.A.C. 7:14B-6, that indicate a leak into the interstice or a release may have occurred;

8. Test results from a single precision test of an underground storage tank system performed in accordance with 7:14B-6.5(a)3 that indicates that a release may have occurred; or

9. Any other method of discovery of a suspected release.

(b) No product shall be introduced into an underground storage tank undergoing a suspected release investigation.

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