New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 106 - NEW AND UPGRADED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSTALLATION
Section 20.5.106.602 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR STEEL USTS
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.5.106.602
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Owners and operators shall cathodically protect steel USTs by:
(1) coating the tank
with a suitable dielectric material;
(2) ensuring that field-installed cathodic
protection systems are designed by a corrosion expert;
(3) designing and installing impressed
current or galvanic systems to allow ready determination of current operating
status as required in Subsection C of 20.5.107.705 NMAC; and
(4) operating and maintaining cathodic
protection systems in accordance with 20.5.107 NMAC.
B. If a UST is constructed of steel, owners and operators shall comply with the requirements of the current edition of an industry standard or code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory approved in advance by the department. Owners and operators shall use one or more of the following to comply with the applicable requirements of this section:
(1)
Steel Tank Institute, "STI-P3
Specification and Manual for External Corrosion Protection of Underground Steel
Storage Tanks";
(2)
Underwriters Laboratories
Standard 1746,
"Standard for External Corrosion Protection Systems for Steel
Underground Storage Tanks";
(3)
Underwriters Laboratories of
Canada Standard 603, "Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and
Combustible Liquids";
(4)
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada Standard 603.1, "External Corrosion
Protection Systems for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and Combustible
Liquids";
(5)
Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada S631, "Standard for Isolating
Bushings for Steel Underground Tanks Protected with External Corrosion
Protection Systems";
(6)
NACE International Standard Practice SP0285, "External Corrosion
Control of Underground Storage Tank Systems by Cathodic
Protection";
(7)
Steel Tank Institute Standard F841, "Standard for Dual Wall Underground
Steel Storage Tanks"; or
(8)
Underwriters Laboratories
Standard 58, "Standard for Steel Underground Tanks for Flammable and
Combustible Liquids".
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