Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R311 - Environmental Response and Remediation
Rule R311-201 - Petroleum Storage Tanks: Certification Programs and UST Operator Training
Section R311-201-6 - Standards of Performance
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 311-201-6
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Individuals who are certified in accordance with Rule R311-201 must:
(a) display the certificate upon
request;
(b) comply with all local,
state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations regarding the PST activity for
which certification is granted;
(c)
report the discovery of any release caused by or encountered in the course of
performing the PST activity for which certification is granted to the director,
the local health district, and the local public safety office within 24 hours.
(i) certified PST consultants and certified
samplers must report the discovery of any release caused by or encountered in
the course of performing environmental media sampling for compliance with Utah
PST rules, or report the results indicating that a release may have occurred,
to the director, the local health district, and the local public safety office
within 24 hours.
(d)
not participate in fraudulent, unethical, deceitful, or dishonest activity with
respect to a certificate application or performance of work for which
certification is granted; and
(e)
not participate in any other regulated certification program activities without
meeting all requirements of that certification program.
(2) The director may audit or commission an audit of records which support eligibility for certification, or performance of work for which certification is granted, at any time.
(a) audits may be determined by random
selection or for specific reasons, including suspicion or discovery of
inaccuracies on an application for certification or performance of substandard
work for which certification is granted, or deficiencies in complying with
regulations.
(3) Certified individuals must, in addition to meeting the performance standards in Subsection R311-201-6(1), comply with the following:
(a) certified PST consultant. An individual
who provides PST consulting services in the state must:
(i) provide, or shall associate appropriate
personnel to provide a high level of experience and expertise in release
abatement, investigation, or corrective action;
(ii) perform, or take steps to ensure that
work is performed with skill, care, and diligence consistent with a high level
of experience and expertise in release abatement, investigation, or corrective
action;
(iii) perform work and
submit documentation in a timely manner;
(iv) review and certify by signature any
documentation submitted to the director in accordance with PST release-related
compliance; and
(v) ensure and
certify by signature pertinent release abatement, investigation, and corrective
action work performed under the direct supervision of a certified PST
consultant.
(b) UST
inspector. An individual who performs PST inspecting for the Division of
Environmental Response and Remediation shall:
(i) conduct inspections of PSTs and records
to determine compliance with this rule only as authorized by the
director.
(c) UST
tester. An individual who performs PST testing in the state must:
(i) perform work in a manner that does not
cause a release of the contents of the tank;
(ii) assure that operations of PST testing
which are critical to the integrity of the system and to the protection of the
environment are supervised by a certified person; and
(iii) perform work in a manner that the
integrity of the PST system is maintained.
(d) UST installer. An individual who performs
PST installation or repair in Utah must:
(i)
be certified to assure the proper installation of all elements of PST systems
which are critical to the integrity of the system and to the protection of the
environment, including:
(A) pre-installation
tank testing;
(B) tank site
preparation including anchoring, tank placement, and backfilling;
(C) cathodic protection installation,
service, or repair;
(D) vent and
product piping assembly;
(E) fill
tube attachment;
(F) installation
of tank manholes;
(H) secondary
containment construction; and
(ii) notify the director as required by
Subsection
R311-203-3(1)
before installing or upgrading an PST.
(e) UST remover. An individual who performs
PST removal in the state must:
(i) assure that
operations of tank removal which are critical to safety and to the protection
of the environment which includes:
(A)
removal of soil adjacent to the tank;
(B) disassembly of pipe;
(C) final removal of product and sludges from
the tank, cleaning of the tank, purging or inerting of the tank, removal of the
tank from the ground, and removal of the tank from the site must be supervised
by a certified person; and
(ii) not proceed to close a regulated PST
without an approved closure plan, except as outlined in Subsection
R311-204-2(2).
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