Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
Owners and operators of UST systems must cooperate fully
with inspections, upon request, including but not limited to, providing access
to all UST system components for visual inspection, monitoring and testing
conducted by the Department, as well as requests for document submission,
testing, and monitoring by the owner or operator pursuant to Section 9005 of
Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended.
All test results required to be submitted to the Department
must be documented using a Department form or a Department approved form, or
submitted in a format as directed by the Department, and must demonstrate
proper testing protocols, per manufacturer's guidelines, code of practice
developed by a nationally recognized association or independent laboratory or
other Department approved guidelines, were used.
(a) Reporting. Owners and operators must
submit the following information to the Department:
(1) Notification for all UST systems (Section
280.22), which includes certification of installation for new UST systems
(Section 280.20(f) and notification when any person assumes ownership of an UST
system (Section 280.22(b));
(2)
Notification prior to UST systems switching to certain regulated substances
(Section 280.32(b));
(3) Reports of
all releases including suspected releases (Section 280.50), spills and
overfills (Section 280.53), and confirmed releases (Section 280.61);
(4) Corrective actions planned or taken
including initial abatement measures (Section 280.62), initial site
characterization (Section 280.63), free product removal (Section 280.64),
investigation of soil and groundwater cleanup (Section 280.65), and corrective
action plan (Section 280.66);
(5) A
notification before permanent closure or change-in-service (Section
280.71);
(6) Documentation of all
completed UST system upgrading (Section 280.21); and;
(7) Results of site investigation on a form
supplied by the Department or an approved substitute (Section
280.72).
(b)
Recordkeeping. Owners and operators must maintain the following information:
(1) A corrosion expert's analysis of site
corrosion potential if corrosion protection equipment is not used (Section
280.20(a)(4); Section 280.20(b)(3)).
(2) Documentation of operation of corrosion
protection equipment (Section 280.31(d));
(3) Documentation of compatibility for UST
systems (Section 280.32(c));
(4)
Documentation of UST system repairs and testing results (Section
280.33(g));
(5) Documentation of
compliance for spill and overfill prevention equipment and containment sumps
used for interstitial monitoring of piping (Section 280.35(c));
(6) Documentation of periodic walkthrough
inspections (Section 280.36(b)).
(7) Documentation of compliance with release
detection requirements (Section 280.45);
(8) Results of the site investigation
conducted at permanent closure (Section 280.74); and
(9) Documentation of operator training
(Section 280.245).
(c)
Availability and Maintenance of Records. Owners and operators must keep the
records required either:
(1) At the UST site
and immediately available for inspection by the Department; or
(2) At a readily available alternative site
and be provided for inspection to the Department upon request.
(3) In the case of permanent closure records
required under Section 280.74, owners and operators are also provided with the
additional alternative of mailing closure records to the Department if they
cannot be kept at the site or an alternative site as indicated in paragraphs
(c)(1) and (2) of this section.
