Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VI - General Health and Safety
Chapter 245 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE STORAGE TANK AND SPILL PREVENTION PROGRAM
Subchapter F - TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND FACILITIES
RELEASE PREVENTION AND LEAK DETECTION
Section 245.541 - Overfill prevention requirements
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Owners and operators shall ensure that releases due to spilling or overfilling do not occur. The owner and operator shall ensure that the volume available in the aboveground storage tank is greater than the volume of product to be transferred to the tank before the transfer is made and that the transfer operation is monitored constantly to prevent overfilling and spilling. Immediate action shall be taken to stop the flow of regulated substance prior to exceeding tank capacity or in the event that an equipment failure occurs.
(b) Aboveground storage tanks shall be installed with the following:
(c) Existing aboveground storage tanks must have a gauge or monitoring device installed by October 11, 2000.
(d) An existing aboveground storage tank which is taken out of service to perform a scheduled out-of-service inspection or a major modification to the tank shall be upgraded with a high-level alarm with a cut-off device or a high-level alarm with a manned operator shutdown procedure prior to being put back in service.
(e) An existing aboveground storage tank system which has not been required to be taken out of service to perform a scheduled inspection or modification must have overfill protection consistent with National industry standards.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 245.521 (relating to performance standards for aboveground storage tanks).