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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 20. ENVIRONMENT |
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Chapter 20-56. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS - TANK NOTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION, RECORDKEEPING, REPORTS, AND NOTICES |
Section 20-5600. NOTICE OF USE OR INSTALLATION OF AN UST SYSTEM
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5600.1Any owner who has an underground storage tank or UST system that was in the ground on May 8, 1986, or was brought into use thereafter, or who brings an UST or UST system into use, shall submit a notice of the existence of the UST or UST system to the Director, on a form prescribed by the Director (hereinafter notification form). An owner who has previously filed a federal underground storage tank notification form (EPA Form 7530-1 or OMB No. 2050-0068) with the Director shall not be required to file a notice, unless required by the Director in writing for other reasons.
5600.2A notification form shall be completed in accordance with the instructions provided by the Director.
5600.3Pursuant to § 3 of the Act, as defined in § 7099.1, the notification form required under § 5600.1 shall be delivered to the Director within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of the Act or within thirty (30) days after the tank or UST system is brought into use, and shall contain all information required by § 3(a) of the Act and any additional information requested by the Director.
5600.4An owner of a heating oil tank having a capacity of one-thousand-one-hundred (1,100) gallons or greater shall have filed a notification form with the Director by January 12, 1994, or shall file a notification form with the Director within thirty (30) days after the UST or UST system is brought into use.
5600.5An owner required to submit a notification form under § 5600.1 of this section may provide notice for several tanks using a single notification form if the tanks are located at the same facility and are being brought into use simultaneously.
5600.6An owner who owns tanks located at more than one (1) facility shall file a separate notification form for each separate facility.
5600.7 The owner or operator of an UST system shall sign the notification form required under this section and shall certify compliance with the following requirements except as provided in § 5503.2:
(a)Section 5700.1;
(b)Sections 5706.2; 5706.4 through 5706.6;
(c)Sections 5701.2, 5701.3, 5702.2, 5702.3, 5703.2, 5703.3, 5704.3 and 5704.4;
(d)Chapter 60; and
(e)Chapter 67.
5600.8No person, other than the owner or operator, shall be authorized to sign the notification forms required in § 5600.7.
5600.9Any person who purchases an existing UST that has not been permanently closed or any tank that is intended to be used as an underground storage tank for the purposes governed by these regulations as set forth in Chapter 55, must file a new notification form with the Director within 30 days of purchase.
5600.10Any owner of real property who discovers any unknown UST on his/her property, shall notify the Director of the existence of the UST or UST system within seven (7) days of the discovery.
5600.11Any person who deposits regulated substances into an underground storage tank or sells or leases an underground storage tank shall inform the owner or the lessee of the tanks of the notification requirements of this section.
5600.12Each owner or operator of a UST system shall file an amended notification form with the Director within 30 days of any changes to any information required by Section 3 (a) of the Act, as defined in § 7099.1, and any other information required by the Director.
5600.13Each owner or operator of any UST system which has been upgraded or modified in any way, shall ensure that the installer certifies, in the notification form required under this section, that the methods used to upgrade or modify the UST system comply with the requirements of § 5801.
5600.14Each owner or operator of a UST system or a responsible party shall file a closure notification form with the Director within 30 days of permanent closure of the UST system by removal or abandonment.