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 20.5.106.608 - GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR PIPING
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Owners and operators shall properly design and construct new piping, provide project drawings, initially test piping, and ensure that any steel portion of piping that routinely contains regulated substances and is in contact with an electrolyte, such as soil or water, shall be protected from corrosion, in accordance with 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 requirements of this section:
B. Owners and operators shall ensure that piping is compatible with any regulated substance conveyed in accordance with 20.5.107.708 NMAC.
C. Owners and operators shall protect all piping from impact, settlement, vibration, expansion, corrosion, and damage by fire.
D. Owners and operators shall install a containment sump at any point where piping transitions from above the surface of the ground to below the ground surface.
E. If owners and operators install more than one type of piping at an underground storage tank system, then owners and operators shall comply with the requirements applicable to each type of piping for that run of piping.