Section 20-5505. PARTIAL APPLICABILITY OF UST REGULATIONS TO EMERGENCY GENERATOR UST SYSTEMS

 

5505.1Any UST system that stores fuel for use by an emergency power generator shall be subject to the requirements of this Subtitle, except as provided in §§ 5505.2 and 5505.3.

 

5505.2Emergency power generator tanks, that are 15 years old or older, shall use one of the release detection methods set forth below:

 

(a)Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) pursuant to § 6005; or

 

(b)Manual Tank Gauging pursuant to § 6006; or

 

(c)Automatic Tank Gauging pursuant to § 6009; or

 

(d)Monthly Ground Water Monitoring pursuant to § 6011; or

 

(e)Continuous Interstitial Monitoring pursuant to § 6012; or

 

(f)§ 6013 (Other Methods).

 

5505.3New or replaced emergency power generator tank systems, including systems replaced in accordance with the requirements of §§ 5902.5, 5902.6, 5902.7 and 5902.13, including all piping, shall be constructed to include secondary containment and interstitial monitoring as set forth in §§ 5701.4, 5701.5, and 5701.6.

 

5505.4The provisions of Chapter 61 pertaining to closure shall apply, except an emergency generator tank shall not be deemed temporarily closed until 15 months after it was last used to receive or dispense product.

 

authority

District of Columbia Underground Storage Tank Management Act of 1990, effective March 8, 1991, D.C. Law 8-242, D.C. Official Code, § 8-113.01 et seq. (2008 Repl.), as amended, and Mayor's Order 2006-61, dated June 14, 2006

source

Final Rulemaking published at 46 DCR 7699 (October 1, 1999); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6678 (August 21, 2009).