Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
Owners and operators of UST systems must cooperate fully
with inspections, monitoring and testing conducted by the department, as well
as requests for document submission, testing, and monitoring by the owner or
operator pursuant to § 9005 of Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act,
as amended.
1. Reporting. Owners and
operators must submit the following information to the department:
a. Notification for all UST systems
(9VAC25-580-70),
which includes certification of installation for new UST systems (subdivision 5
of
9VAC25-580-50)
and notification when any person assumes ownership of an UST system
(9VAC25-580-70);
b. Notification prior to UST systems
switching to certain regulated substances (subsection B of
9VAC25-580-100);
c. Reports of all releases including
suspected releases (9VAC25-580-190),
spills and overfills (9VAC25-580-220),
and confirmed releases (9VAC25-580-240);
d. Corrective actions planned or taken
including initial abatement measures (9VAC25-580-250),
site characterization (9VAC25-580-260),
free product removal (9VAC25-580-270),
and corrective action plan (9VAC25-580-280);
and
e. An amended notification form
must be submitted within 30 days after permanent closure or change-in-service
(9VAC25-580-320).
2. Recordkeeping. Owners and
operators must maintain the following information:
a. Documentation of operation of corrosion
protection equipment (subdivision 4 of
9VAC25-580-90);
b. Documentation of compatibility for UST
systems (subsection C of
9VAC25-580-100);
c. Documentation of UST system repairs
(subdivision 8 of
9VAC25-580-110);
d. Documentation of compliance and applicable
installation records for spill and overfill prevention equipment and
containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping (subsection C of
9VAC25-580-82);
e. Documentation of periodic walkthrough
inspections (subsection B of
9VAC25-580-85);
f. Documentation of compliance with release
detection requirements (9VAC25-580-180);
g. Results of the site investigation
conducted at permanent closure (9VAC25-580-350);
and
h. Documentation of operator
training required by
9VAC25-580-125,
including verification of training for current Class A, Class B, and Class C
operators, and current list of operators and written instructions or procedures
for Class C operators (9VAC25-580-125).
3. Availability and maintenance of
records. Owners and operators must keep the records required either:
a. At the UST site and immediately available
for inspection by the department; or
b. At a readily available alternative site
and be provided for inspection to the department upon request.
In the case of permanent closure records required under
9VAC25-580-350,
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 above.
Statutory Authority: §§ 62.1-44.15 and
62.1-44.34:9 of the Code of Virginia;
42 USC §
6901 et seq.; 40 CFR Parts 280 and
281.
