N.M. Admin. Code § 20.5.110.1000

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

Section 20.5.110.1000 - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS

Owners and operators shall properly maintain all tanks, piping, secondary containment and other associated equipment required in 20.5.109 NMAC, and shall ensure that all tanks, piping, secondary containment and other associated equipment for all storage tank systems are fully operational at all times. Owners and operators shall notify the department in accordance with 20.5.118 NMAC if a visual inspection, other inspection or testing conducted in accordance with 20.5.110 NMAC or 20.5.111 NMAC indicates that a release may have occurred.

A. Owners and operators shall visually inspect monthly an AST and all its components that are readily accessible to visual inspection.

B. Owners and operators shall maintain the exterior coating of an AST and ancillary equipment not in contact with soil in accordance with the current edition of an industry standard or code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory approved in advance by the department. The following may be used to comply with this requirement:

(1)Societyof Protective Coatings SSPC-PA 1, "Shop, Field, and Maintenance Painting of Steel";

(2)Society of Protective Coatings, "The Inspection of Coatings and Linings: A Handbook of Basic Practice for Inspectors, Owners and Specifiers";

(3)Society of Protective Coatings SSPC-PA Guide 4, "Guide to Maintenance Repainting with Oil Base or Alkyd Painting Systems"; or

(4)Society of Protective Coatings SSPC-PA Guide 5, "Guide to Maintenance Coating of Steel Structures in Atmospheric Service".

C. Owners and operators shall mark fill port lids and label the tanks of ASTs as to the regulated substance stored in accordance with the current edition of an industry standard or code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory approved in advance by the department. The following shall be used to comply with this requirement: American Petroleum Institute RP 1637, "Using the API Color-Symbol System to Mark Equipment and Vehicles for Product Identification at Gasoline Dispensing Facilities and Distribution Terminals".

D. If any steel piping installed in a trench is used in an AST system, owners and operators shall visually inspect the trench monthly. Owners and operators shall draw off any liquid that has accumulated in the trench within one week of the accumulation, and shall remove any other debris that has accumulated inside the trench. Owners and operators shall properly treat and dispose of any accumulated liquid with a visible sheen and the disposal shall be in accordance with all federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, and regulations. If a basin sump is located in the trench, owners and operators shall keep the basin sump free of accumulated liquid and debris. Owners and operators shall not install any valves in any basin sump in a piping trench.

E. Owners and operators shall check ASTs monthly for the presence of any accumulated liquids, other than the intended regulated substance. ASTs shall be checked at the lowest possible point inside the tank. Any accumulated liquid other than the intended regulated substance shall be removed to the extent technically possible. Owners and operators shall properly dispose of any liquid removed from an AST.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.5.110.1000

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