General Requirements

(1) Owners and Operators shall comply with all general and specific operating requirements in 310 CMR 80.23 through 80.36, as applicable. (2) The Owner or Operator shall activate and keep in working condition all electrical equipment, components and alarms for UST systems and UST components. (3) The Owner or Operator shall respond to every UST system alarm that may indicate the presence of leakage or a release, and document the response to each of those alarms in a report or log which shall include the date, the cause and any corrective action taken. The Owner or Operator shall keep records of such alarms in accordance with 310 CMR 80.36. (4) The Owner or Operator shall ensure that fill pipe covers of tanks are painted and maintained in accordance API Recommended Practice 1637, 4th Edition, 2020, Using the API Color-Symbol System to Identify Equipment, Vehicles, and Transfer Points for Petroleum Fuels and Related Products at Dispensing and Storage Facilities and Distribution Terminals, if applicable. (5) When all reg ulated substance is removed from a UST system, the Owner or Operator shall take the UST system temporarily out-of-service in accordance with 310 CMR 80.42 or remove or permanently close in-place the UST system in accordance with 310 CMR 80.43. When any regulated substance remains in a UST system, unless the concentration of regulated substance in the UST system meets the de minimis standard in 310 80.04(5)(c), the UST system shall comply with all applicable requirements of 310 CMR 80.00. (6) After January 2, 2015, an Owner or Operator shall not line or reline any tank to extend the operating life of the UST system. (a) Tanks that were internally lined on or before January 2, 2015 shall be internally inspected on or before 12 months after the October 1, 2021 and every five years thereafter, in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association to determine whether the tank is structurally sound and the lining still performing in accordance with the original design specifications. (b) If the lining is determined to be no longer performing in accordance with original design specifications and cannot be repaired in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory or the tank is found to not be structurally sound, the tank shall be immediately taken temporarily out-of-service in accordance with 310 CMR 80.42 and removed or permanently closed in-place in accordance with 310 CMR 80.43 within 90 days of the determination.