Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Owners and operators of underground storage tank systems shall maintain records
as required under this chapter and provide records, as requested, and cooperate
fully with inspections, monitoring and testing conducted by the Department,
certified installers or certified inspectors. Owners and operators shall
provide records and cooperate fully in response to requests for document
submission, testing and monitoring by the owner or operator under section
107(c) of the act (35 P.S. §
6021.107(c)).
(b) Owners and operators shall maintain
required records either onsite at the storage tank facility or at a readily
available alternative site. Records maintained at the storage tank facility
shall be immediately available for inspection by the Department and certified
inspectors. If records are maintained offsite, the records shall be easily
obtained and provided for inspection or for review by the Department upon
request.
(c)
Reporting. Owners and operators shall submit the following
applicable information to the Department:
(1)
Notification in accordance with §
245.41 (relating to tank
registration requirements) for underground storage tank systems, including
change of ownership, closure of an underground storage tank system, change of
substance stored and change of tank status, and certification of installation
for new underground storage tank systems (§
245.421(c)
(relating to performance standards for underground storage tank
systems)).
(2) Reports of confirmed
releases (§
245.305(c)
(relating to reporting releases)).
(3) A site characterization report (§
245.310 (relating to site
characterization report)).
(4)
Remedial action plans (§
245.311 (relating to remedial
action plan)), remedial action progress reports (§
245.312 (relating to remedial
action)) and remedial action completion reports (§
245.313 (relating to remedial
action completion report)).
(5) A
notification before installation, permanent closure or change-in-service of a
storage tank or storage tank system (§
245.421(a)(2) and
§
245.452(a)
(relating to permanent closure and changes-in-service)).
(6) In the case of permanent closure, closure
records to the Department when requested.
(d)
Recordkeeping. Owners
and operators shall maintain all of the following records for underground
storage tank systems for the operational life of the system and retain the
records for a minimum of 1 year after the underground storage tank system has
been permanently closed:
(1) A corrosion
expert's analysis of site corrosion potential if corrosion protection equipment
is not used (§
245.421(b)(1)(iv) and
(2)(iii) and §
245.422(b)(2)(iv) and (c)(3)
(relating to upgrading of existing
underground storage tank systems)).
(2) The corrosion expert's design of an
impressed current system or field-installed cathodic protection system or
similar information that demonstrates compliance with §§
245.421(b)(2)(ii)(B) and 245.422(b)(2) and (c)(2).
(3) Documentation of underground storage tank
system installation, modification and upgrade activities.
(4) Underground storage tank system
assessment records prior to upgrading in accordance with §
245.422(b).
(5) Documentation of
the installation testing and commissioning reports required for corrosion
protection systems by manufacturers and National standards in accordance with
§
245.432 (relating to operation and
maintenance including corrosion protection).
(6) Documentation of underground storage tank
system repairs.
(7) Tank lining
evaluation reports (§ 245.432(d)).
(8) Documentation showing Department approval
for a variance or alternate leak detection method (§§
245.404 and
245.443 (relating to variances;
and requirements for hazardous substance underground storage tank
systems)).
(9) Documentation
showing the owner or operator of an underground storage tank system is
continuously participating in the USTIF.
(10) The current Storage Tank
Registration/Permit Certificate.
(11) Tank and piping release detection
records for the past 12 months, including written certifications or performance
claims for the release detection methods in use (§
245.446 (relating to release
detection recordkeeping)).
(12) The
last annual check/testing, and maintenance records of leak detection equipment
including probes, monitors, line leak detectors and automatic tank gauges that
verify they are working properly and tested as required by the equipment
manufacturers and this chapter.
(13) Documentation of the last three
impressed current cathodic protection system checks for each 60-day period in
accordance with § 245.432.
(14) The last two cathodic protection
surveys, done at 3-year intervals, on impressed current and galvanic cathodic
protection systems in accordance with § 245.432.
(15) Results of the site investigation
conducted at permanent closure or change-in-service (§
245.455 (relating to closure
records)).
(16) A properly
completed closure report required under § 245.452(f).
(17) Documentation of the last test that
demonstrates each containment sump and spill prevention equipment installed or
repaired after November 10, 2007, were tested and verified to be liquid-tight
in accordance with §
245.421(b)(4) and
§
245.434(4)
(relating to repairs allowed).
(18)
Documentation of operator training, including verification of training for
current Class A, Class B and Class C operators, current list of operators and
written instructions or procedures for Class C operators in accordance with
§
245.436 (relating to operator
training).
(19) For owners and
operators conducting periodic testing of containment sumps and spill prevention
equipment and evaluations of overfill prevention under §
245.437 (relating to periodic
testing), documentation of the last test for the containment sump and spill
prevention equipment and evaluation of the overfill prevention
equipment.
(20) For owners and
operators conducting periodic testing of containment sumps and spill prevention
equipment under §
245.437(a)(1)(i),
documentation showing that the equipment is double-walled and the integrity of
both walls is periodically monitored in accordance with §
245.438(a)(1)(i)
(relating to periodic operation and maintenance walkthrough inspections) for as
long as the equipment is monitored by walkthrough inspection.
(21) Records of walkthrough inspections as
required under §
245.438 for the past 12 months.
Records must include a list of each area checked, whether each area checked was
acceptable or needed action taken, a description of actions taken to correct an
issue and delivery records if spill prevention equipment is checked less
frequently than every 30 days due to infrequent deliveries.
(22) Documentation of investigations of
suspected releases in accordance with §
245.304 (relating to investigation
and reporting of suspected releases).
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
245.432 (relating to operation and
maintenance including corrosion protection); 25 Pa. Code §
245.436 (relating to operator
training); 25 Pa. Code §
245.446 (relating to release
detection recordkeeping); 25 Pa. Code §
245.451 (relating to temporary
removal from service (out-of-service)); and 25 Pa. Code §
245.455 (relating to closure
records).
