New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 102 - REGISTRATION OF TANKS
Section 20.5.102.200 - EXISTING TANKS

A. The owner of any underground storage tank, as those terms are defined in 20.5.101 NMAC, must have registered such tank or tanks with the petroleum storage tank bureau of the department within three months after April 14, 1988, the effective date of this part as first adopted, except that any owner who has filed the form of notice entitled "notification for underground storage tanks," prescribed by the United States environmental protection agency and described in 40 CFR 280 Appendix I (EPA form 7530-1), is not required to register a tank for which a notice has been filed, provided that the information as stated therein is still current.

B. The owner of any above ground storage tank, as those terms are defined in 20.5.101 NMAC, must have registered such tank or tanks with the petroleum storage tank bureau of the department no later than June 14, 2002.

C. The owner of any storage tank emergency generator system must have registered such tank with the petroleum storage tank bureau of the department no later than June 15, 2012.

D. Registration becomes effective upon receipt of the first year's annual fee described in 20.5.103 NMAC. Registration shall be renewed annually by payment of the annual fee until the permanent closure of the tank pursuant to 20.5.115 NMAC.

E. If owners and operators do not have a current and valid registration certificate because of the failure to pay tank fees in accordance with 20.5.102.207 NMAC, the storage tank system shall not be operated and owners and operators shall comply with the temporary closure requirements of 20.5.115 NMAC or shall immediately permanently close the storage tank system in accordance with 20.5.115.1502 NMAC.