Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Owners and
operators of UST systems with spill and overfill prevention equipment and
containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping must meet these
requirements to ensure the equipment is operating properly and will prevent
releases to the environment:
1. Spill
prevention equipment (such as a catchment basin, spill bucket, or other spill
containment device) and containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of
piping must prevent releases to the environment by meeting one of the
following:
a. The equipment is double walled
and the integrity of both walls is periodically monitored as described in
9VAC25-580-85
A 1 a (1) at a frequency not less than the frequency of the walkthrough
inspections described in
9VAC25-580-85.
Within 30 days of discontinuing periodic monitoring under this subdivision,
owners and operators must conduct a test in accordance with subdivision A 1 b
of this section and begin meeting the requirements of that subdivision;
or
b. The spill prevention
equipment and containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping are
tested at least once every three years to ensure the equipment is liquid tight
by using vacuum, pressure, or liquid testing in accordance with one of the
following criteria:
(1) Requirements
developed by the manufacturer (Note: Owners and operators may use this option
only if the manufacturer has developed requirements);
(2) Code of practice developed by a
nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory;
or
(3) Requirements determined by
the department to be no less protective of human health and the environment
than the requirements listed in subdivisions A 1 b (1) and (2) of this
section.
2.
Overfill prevention equipment must be inspected at least once every three
years. At a minimum, the inspection must ensure that overfill prevention
equipment is set to activate at the correct level specified in subdivision 3 of
9VAC25-580-50
and will activate when regulated substance reaches that level. Inspections must
be conducted in accordance with one of the criteria in subdivisions 1 b (1),
(2), or (3) of this subsection.
NOTE: The following code of practice may be used to comply
with subdivisions A 1 b and A 2 of this section: Petroleum Equipment Institute
Publication RP 1200, Recommended Practices for the Testing and Verification of
Spill, Overfill, Leak Detection and Secondary Containment Equipment at UST
Facilities.
B.
Owners and operators must begin meeting these requirements as follows:
1. For UST systems in use before January 1,
2018, the initial spill prevention equipment test, containment sump test, and
overfill prevention equipment inspection must be conducted not later than
January 1, 2021.
2. For UST systems
brought into use on or after January 1, 2018, these requirements apply at
installation.
C. Owners
and operators must maintain records as follows in accordance with
9VAC25-580-120
for spill prevention equipment, containment sumps used for interstitial
monitoring of piping, and overfill prevention equipment:
1. All records of testing or inspection must
be maintained for three years; and
2. For spill prevention equipment and
containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping not tested every
three years, documentation showing that the prevention equipment is double
walled and the integrity of both walls is periodically monitored must be
maintained for as long as the equipment is periodically monitored.
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.
