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 G - SIMPLIFIED PROGRAM FOR SMALL ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 245.617 - Temporary removal from service (out-of-service)

(a) The owner and operator shall complete and submit an amended registration form to the Department within 30 days after the change in tank status.

(b) The owner and operator shall empty the aboveground storage tank system of regulated substances and conduct a visual examination of the area surrounding the tank as required under § 245.618(b) (relating to permanent closure or change-in-service), excluding the surface and soil underlying any tank bottom in contact with the ground before placing the tank in temporary removal from service status.

(c) Monitoring standards in § 245.613(a) (relating to monitoring standards) are not required when an aboveground storage tank is reported to the Department as temporarily removed from service.

(d) Inspection requirements shall be maintained as specified in § 245.616 (relating to inspection requirements). In-service inspection intervals may be delayed for a tank that is temporarily removed from service. The delayed inspections shall be conducted prior to placing regulated substance in a tank and returning the tank to operating status. Deficiencies noted during inspection shall be addressed and remedied and an amended registration form submitted to the Department prior to returning the tank to operating status.

(e) Aboveground storage tanks shall be permanently closed within 5 years of being placed temporarily out-of-service unless the owner requests in writing an extension to this temporary removal from service period and the Department approves the request.

(f) The Department may impose conditions and require submission of documentation when reviewing and approving a request for an extension of the temporary removal from service period, including: