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 20.5.106.615 - REQUIRED NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO INSTALLATION
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
To ensure that an inspector has an opportunity to be present during the steps in procedures which are important to the prevention of releases, owners, operators, and certified tank installers shall give the department notice of the dates on which critical junctures in the installation of an underground storage tank system are to take place. The inspector may require that critical junctures be performed from Monday through Friday during regular business hours.
A. For installations, the term "critical junctures" means:
B. Owners, operators and certified tank installers shall give at least 30 days written notice before the installation of an underground storage tank system. At a minimum, the installation notice shall contain the following information:
C. Owners, operators and certified tank installers shall provide required project drawings with the 30 day written notice.
D. In addition to the written notice described in this section, owners, operators and certified tank installers shall give oral notice at least 24 hours in advance of the commencement of the procedure. In the oral notice, owners, operators and certified tank installers shall describe any changes to the 30-day written notice required in Subsection B of this section, such as different equipment or installation methods.
E. If owners, operators and certified tank installers are separate persons, only one person is required to comply with the notice requirements of this section; however, all parties are liable in the event of noncompliance.
[The department provides an optional form that may be used for notification of installation. The form is available on the petroleum storage tank bureau's pages on the department's website or by contacting the Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau at 505-476-4397 or 2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.]