New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 115 - OUT-OF-SERVICE STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS AND CLOSURE
Section 20.5.115.1500 - REQUIRED NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT CLOSURE, RETURN TO SERVICE, REMOVAL, OR CHANGE IN SERVICE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Notice required.
B. Opportunity for inspector to be present. To ensure that a department 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 removal, change in service, return to service and closure of the storage tank system are to take place. This notice shall be given at least 24 hours before any critical juncture begins, and shall be either oral or written. The inspector may require that critical junctures be performed from Monday through Friday during regular business hours.
C. Critical junctures. For removal, change in service, return to service, or storage tank system closure, the term "critical junctures" means:
D. At a minimum, the notice for removal, change in service, return to service or temporary or permanent closure of a storage tank system shall contain the following information:
E. In addition to the written notices 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 D of this section, such as different equipment or removal methods.
F. 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 bureau provides an optional form that may be used. The form is available on the petroleum storage tank bureau's pages on the department website or by contacting the petroleum storage tank bureau at 505-476-4397 or 2905 Rodeo Park Drive East, Building 1, Santa Fe, NM 87505.]