Section 18 AAC 78.056 - Reporting and recordkeeping requirements(a) The owner or operator of a UST shall cooperate fully(1) during inspections, monitoring, and testing conducted by the department, its designee, or a representative of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and(2) in response to requests for document submission, testing, and monitoring by the owner or operator under 42 U.S.C. 6991 d (sec. 9005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act).(b) The owner or operator of a UST shall submit the following information to the department: (1) the applicable registration information and forms required under AS 46.03.380(b), 46.03.385(d), 46.03.400, and 18 AAC 78.015;(2) notification for all USTs in accordance with 18 AAC 78.035; the notification includes certification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.025{i) of installation for new USTs and notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.035(b) when any person assumes ownership of a UST;(3) notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.025(d) before installation and notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.035(g) before a change in configuration;(4) notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.050(b) before USTs switch to certain products;(5) if applicable, reports of all releases including(A) suspected releases in accordance with 18 AAC 78.200;(B) spills or overfills in accordance with 1 8 AAC 78.212;(C) confirmed releases in accordance with 18 AAC 78.220; and(D) corrective actions planned or taken, including(i) initial abatement measures in accordance with 18 AAC 78.230;(ii) release investigation in accordance with 1 8 AAC 78.235;(iii) free product removal in accordance with 18 AAC 78.240;(iv) soil and groundwater cleanup in accordance with 18 AAC 78.600- 18 AAC 78.625; and(v) a copy of the corrective action plan in accordance with 18 AAC 78.250;(6) notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.085(a) before permanent closure or change-in-service;(7) a post-closure notification form in accordance with 18 AAC 78.085(c)(6)(A) after permanent closure or change-in-service;(8) a notification in accordance with 18 AAC 78.085(c)(6)(B) indicating whether closure requirements were met;(9) a site assessment in accordance with 18 AAC 78.090 after closure or change-in-service; and(10) an operations inspection report in accordance with 18 AAC 78.059.(c) The owner or operator shall maintain the following information for the time period specified in the referenced section unless indicated otherwise in this subsection: (1) in accordance with 18 AAC 78.025(e)(4) and (f)(3), a corrosion expert's analysis of site corrosion potential if corrosion protection equipment is not used;(2) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.045(f) of operation of corrosion protection;(3) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.050(c) of compatibility for USTs;(4) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.030 of UST upgrades and documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.055(b) of UST repairs;(5) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.057(c) of compliance for spill and overfill prevention equipment and containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping;(6) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.058(b) of periodic walkthrough inspections and documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.059 of operations inspection reports:(7) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.072 of compliance with release detection requirements under 18 AAC 78.060 - 18 AAC 78.072;(8) results in accordance with 18 AAC 78.085 of any site characterization or site assessment conducted at permanent closure or change-in-service;(9) documentation in accordance with 18 AAC 78.380 of operator training; and(10) information about any suspected or confirmed release and corrective actions for as long as the UST is used to store petroleum.(d) The owner or operator shall keep the records required under this section at the UST site and immediately available for inspection by the department, or shall keep them at a readily available alternative site and provide the records to the department upon request. However, in the case of permanent closure records required under 18 AAC 78.087, the owner or operator may mail closure records to the department if they cannot be kept at the site or at an alternative site.Eff. 9/27/2018,Register 227, October 2018Authority:AS 46.03.020
AS 46.03.365
AS 46.03.380
AS 46.03.390
AS 46.03.395
AS 46.03.400
AS 46.03.405