Illinois Administrative Code › Title 41 - FIRE PROTECTION › Part 175 - TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND THE STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION, SALE AND USE OF PETROLEUM AND OTHER REGULATED SUBSTANCES › Subpart C - PERMITS, FEES AND SCHEDULING › Section 175.320 - Scheduling of UST Activity

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) All
				permitted activity shall be scheduled with OSFM. There are 2 sets of procedures
				for scheduling permitted activity, Operational Safety Inspection (OSI) or
				Performance Assurance Inspection (PAI). The procedures for scheduling OSI
				Activity (Date Certain) are set forth in subsection (c) and for PAI Activity
				(Date and Time Certain) are set forth in subsection (d). A licensed contractor
				shall have at least one employee certified for the UST activity for which the
				permit was issued actively supervising in person the UST activity being
				performed on the site. At all times during permitted activity, including at all
				STSS inspections, including any final inspection, there shall be an employee or
				individual contractor certified in the work to be done on the job site.
				Subcontractors are not "employees" for this purpose.
b) No permitted and scheduled OSI or PAI
				activity can be performed outside the schedule unless changes have been
				approved in advance by OSFM. Notice of cancellation must be received by OSFM no
				later than 6:00 a.m. of the scheduled date and the revised date of the work
				must be at least one complete working day after OSFM receipt of the revised job
				schedule request. The day of receipt is not included in the advance
				notice/receipt calculation. A new permit and fee will be required when there is
				a failure to meet any of the schedules. This includes not being present for
				inspection, not being completely ready for inspection, violation of any
				technical requirements for the permitted work, allowing permit to expire before
				completing the final inspection, or not canceling the job within the allowed
				time frame. Failure to meet the schedules also includes a failure to complete
				all UST work and site preparation necessary for the STSS inspection, including
				any necessary testing and related corrections, prior to the time the STSS is
				scheduled to first arrive. Upon these events, the permit is considered void and
				no work may commence until a new permit is issued and the work scheduled
				pursuant to this Section.
c) OSI
				(Date Certain) Activity. OSI activity includes UST installations, installation
				or removal of an entire pipe run, tank removal, abandonment-in-place, lining
				and lining inspection, tank entry and any hot work. Regarding UST installation,
				scheduled OSFM inspections are required for an air test on the tank prior to
				installation, tank installation, air test on primary lines, air test on
				secondary containment, hydrostatic test on containments prior to backfill, and
				final inspection. Regarding installation of an entire pipe run, OSFM
				inspections are required for both the primary and secondary air test on the
				piping and a hydrostatic test on containments prior to backfill, and final
				inspection. Any additional inspection in follow-up to tank penetration via hot
				work, including a final lining inspection and tank precision testing, shall be
				scheduled as a PAI inspection. For a listing of OSI activities, see Appendix A
				to this Part.
1) For OSI activity, the
				licensed contractor shall have a granted permit before scheduling with OSFM to
				establish a specific date and time that is not less than one complete working
				day before the anticipated date of the permitted activity. A UST contractor
				portal for the on-line submission of permit applications and the scheduling of
				permitted work can be found at the UST Applications and Forms page for the DPCS
				at
https://webapps.sfm.illinois.gov/USTPortal/Home/Login?ReturnUrl=%2fUSTPorta
.
2) Only the licensed contractor or an
				employee of the contractor (this does not include subcontractors) may schedule
				the work with OSFM.
3) For OSI
				activity, the work will not be allowed to be done unless an STSS is on
				site.
4) At the final OSI (Date
				Certain) inspection on a lining, a licensed contractor representative is not
				required to be on site but scheduling of the final inspection is
				required.