New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 110 - GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS
Section 20.5.110.1009 - COMPATIBILITY
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
Owners and operators shall use a storage tank system made of or lined with materials that are compatible with the substance stored in the storage tank system.
A. Owners and operators must notify the department at least 30 days prior to changing the substance in any of their tanks to a regulated substance containing greater than ten percent ethanol, greater than twenty percent biodiesel, or any other regulated substance identified by the department.
B. In addition, owners and operators with storage tank systems storing these regulated substances must meet one of the following:
C. Owners and operators must maintain records documenting compliance with this section for as long as the storage tank system is used to store the regulated substance.
D. Owners and operators shall use 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 to comply with the compatibility requirements of this section. American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice RP 1626, "Storing and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends at Distribution Terminals and Filling Stations" shall be used to comply with the requirements of this section as they pertain to storage of ethanol blends.