Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 449(d) - Underground Storage Tank System Management › Section 22a-449(d)-108 - Operator training required

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Training
			 and certification
(1) Effective August
			 8, 2012, no person shall own or operate a UST or UST system without designating
			 Class A, B, and C Operators who have been trained and certified in accordance
			 with an approved training program.
(2) On or before August 8, 2012, for each
			 existing underground storage facility in the state, owners or operators shall
			 submit to the commissioner a statement, in a format approved by the
			 commissioner and signed by the owner or operator and the designated Class A and
			 Class B Operators, identifying the following:
(A) the names of the designated Class A and B
			 Operators,
(B) the approved
			 training programs from which they obtained their certification,
(C) the dates of certification and
(D) the dates such certification expires. For
			 underground storage facilities whose USTs or UST systems begin operation after
			 August 8, 2012, this information shall be submitted prior to beginning
			 operation.
(3) Effective
			 August 8, 2012, at each underground storage facility, owners or operators shall
			 post operator response guidelines meeting the requirements of subsection (c)
			 (1) of this section.
(4) Effective
			 August 8, 2012, at each underground storage facility, owners or operators shall
			 post an information sheet regarding all Class C Operators assigned to that
			 underground storage facility. Such information sheet shall include:
(A) the names of each designated Class C
			 Operator,
(B) the name of the
			 approved training program(s) from which each Class C Operator obtained her or
			 his certification, or the name of the certified Class A or B Operator who
			 trained each Class C Operator,
(C)
			 the certification dates for each Class C Operator,
(D) the expiration dates of each such
			 certification, and
(F) the most
			 recent date of Class C Operator training.
(5) After August 8, 2012, owners or operators
			 shall revise and resubmit to the commissioner a signed statement that includes
			 the information required in subsection (b) of this section whenever there is a
			 change in designated Class A or B Operators, a change of approved training
			 programs, or when a designated Class A or B Operator has been retrained as
			 ordered by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, not
			 more than 30 days after the change for each affected underground storage
			 facility.
(6) After August 8, 2012,
			 newly designated Class A and B Operators shall be trained in accordance with an
			 approved training program not more than 30 days after being designated and
			 newly designated Class C Operators shall be trained in accordance with an
			 approved training program or by a certified Class A or B Operator before
			 assuming the responsibilities of the Class C Operator.
(7) If an approved operator training program
			 has had its approval revoked pursuant to subsection (d) (1) of this section,
			 any Class A, B, or C Operator who has been trained and certified by this
			 program shall remain trained and certified unless (A) they are directed by the
			 commissioner to retrain pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, or (B)
			 their certification expires pursuant to the previously approved training
			 program curriculum.