N.M. Admin. Code § 20.5.107.701

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 20.5.107.701 - OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN

Owners and operators of all storage tank systems shall adopt and implement a written operations and maintenance plan, which they shall keep at the facility for the life of the storage tank system. Owners and operators of unmanned storage tank systems may keep the operations and maintenance plan at an alternate location as long as it is made readily available to the department upon request. The operations and maintenance plan shall be as specific as possible for each facility and shall include the piping and ancillary equipment that routinely contains regulated substances, or controls the flow of regulated substances. Owners and operators may use, by reference, operational and maintenance guidance from the current edition of an industry standard or code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory. Owners and operators who reference a current edition of an industry standard or code of practice shall maintain a copy of the code or standard they reference. Owners and operators shall not implement the plan until it has been approved by the department.

A. At a minimum, the operations and maintenance plan shall include the following:

(1) a detailed plan showing inspections, operations, testing and maintenance to be done on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis; the plan shall include tank charts for each tank, a description of how owners and operators properly dispose of regulated substances spilled at the facility, and any water or soil removed from any part of the storage tank system where there is any indication it might be or have been contaminated with a regulated substance;

(2) a description of periodic operation and maintenance walk-through inspections in accordance with 20.5.107.707 NMAC; and

(3) responses to emergency situations; this information shall be readily accessible at the facility; responses to emergency situations shall include the following:

(a) the location of equipment to be shut down during an emergency and how to safely perform these tasks;

(b) actions to be taken in the event of a fire, flooding, a spill, or a release of regulated substances;

(c) a site diagram; and

(d) a list of whom to notify or call during or after an emergency situation.

B. Owners and operators shall use one or more of the following to comply with the requirements of this section:

(1)Petroleum Equipment Institute Recommended Practice RP 900, "Recommended Practices for the Inspection and Maintenance of UST Systems",

(2)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency #510-R-05-001, "UST Systems: Inspecting and Maintaining Sumps and Spill Buckets"; or

(3)U.S. Environmental Protection Agency #510-R-05-002, "Operating and Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems: Practical Help and Checklists".

C. Owners and operators may submit to the department for approval an alternate plan which contains all the information requested in this section.

D. Owners and operators of storage tank systems that have been placed in temporary closure in compliance with 20.5.115.1501 NMAC shall not be required to have an operations and maintenance plan, unless one or both of the following conditions is present:

(1) the storage tank contains greater than one inch of regulated substance; or

(2) the storage tank system has steel components that are in contact with an electrolyte, such as soil, water or concrete.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.5.107.701

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 14, July 24, 2018, eff. 7/24/2018