New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS
Part 120 - CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR UST SYSTEMS CONTAINING OTHER REGULATED SUBSTANCES
Section 20.5.120.2003 - MINIMUM SITE ASSESSMENT, 72-HOUR AND 14-DAY REPORTS

Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.5.120.2003

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

A. Owners and operators shall make an oral report summarizing the abatement procedures undertaken and the results of action taken under 20.5.120.2001 and 20.5.120.2002 NMAC within 72 hours of the discovery or confirmation of a release pursuant to 20.5.118 NMAC.

B. Owners and operators shall submit a paper and electronic copy of a written report to the department within 14 days of the discovery or confirmation of a release pursuant to 20.5.118 NMAC in addition to the written notice required under 20.5.118 NMAC. This report shall summarize all the work performed pursuant to 20.5.120.2001 and 20.5.120.2002 NMAC and shall include the following information, as appropriate:

(1) a map based on a United States geologic survey topographic map showing locations of actual and potential receptors, including, but not limited to, private and public water supplies identified pursuant to Subsection B of 20.5.120.2002 NMAC; owners and operators shall draw two concentric circles, at 1,000 feet and at one mile radii from the center of the release, and shall also show on the map all surface water courses within a one mile radius of the site;

(2) information about any water supplies known or suspected to have been contaminated by the release;

(3) most likely direction of groundwater flow;

(4) a site plan map showing locations of utilities, surface structures and storage tank systems;

(5) information about underground utilities gathered in accordance with Subsection E of 20.5.120.2002 NMAC;

(6) soil borings, logs, and details of construction of all wells, if available;

(7) description of any actions taken to abate adverse effects;

(8) data from vapor monitoring performed in the vicinity of the site;

(9) description of any actions taken to abate potentially explosive or harmful vapors and any plans for further action;

(10) description of fire and safety hazards resulting from the release and actions taken to abate such hazards;

(11) description of current and past ownership of the property, UST systems, the substance stored in the system, age of tank and history of any tank removals;

(12) present land use, within 1,000 feet of the site; and

(13) records of tightness tests, repairs to the UST system, release detection and monitoring results.

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