Reporting and recordkeeping

Owners and operators of underground storage tank systems must cooperate fully with inspections, monitoring, and testing conducted by the department, as well as requests for document submission, testing, and monitoring by the owner or operator pursuant to North Dakota Century Code section 23.1-04-06. 1. Reporting. Owners and operators must submit the following information to the department: a. Notification for all underground storage tank systems (section 33.1-24-08-12), which includes certification of installation for new underground storage tank systems (subsection 6 of section 33.1-24-08-10), and notification when any person assumes ownership of an underground storage tank system (subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-08-12); b. Notification prior to underground storage tank systems switching to certain regulated substances (subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-08-22); c. Reports of all releases, including suspected releases (section 33.1-24-08-40), spills and overfills (section 33.1-24-08-43), and confirmed releases (section 33.1-24-08-51); d. Corrective actions planned or taken, including initial abatement measures (section 33.1-24-08-52), initial site characterization (section 33.1-24-08-53), free product removal (section 33.1-24-08-54), investigation of soil and ground water cleanup (section 33.1-24-08-55), and corrective action plan (section 33.1-24-08-56); and e. A notification before permanent closure or change in service (section 33.1-24-08-61). 2. Recordkeeping. Owners and operators must maintain the following information: a. A corrosion expert's analysis of site corrosion potential if corrosion protection equipment is not used (subdivision d of subsection 1 of section 33.1-24-08-10 and subdivision c of subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-08-10); b. Documentation of operation of corrosion protection equipment (section 33.1-24-08-21); c. Documentation of compatibility for underground storage tank systems (subsection 3 of section 33.1-24-08-22); d. Documentation of underground storage tank system repairs (subsection 7 of section 33.1-24-08-23); e. Documentation of compliance for spill and overfill prevention equipment and containment sumps used for interstitial monitoring of piping (subsection 3 of section 33.1-24-08-25); f. Documentation of periodic walkthrough inspections (subsection 2 of section 33.1-24-08-26); g. Documentation of compliance with release detection requirements (section 33.1-24-08-35); and h. Results of the site investigation conducted at permanent closure (section 33.1-24-08-64). 3. Availability and maintenance of records. Owners and operators must keep the records required either: a. At the underground storage tank site and immediately available for inspection by the department; b. At a readily available alternative site and be provided for inspection to the department upon request; or c. In case of permanent closure records required under section 33.1-24-08-64, owners and operators are also provided with the additional alternative of mailing closure records to the department if they cannot be kept at the site or an alternative site as indicated above.