Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-762 - ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS › Section 62-762.201 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
All words and phrases defined in Sections
				   376.031,
				   376.301, and
				   487.021, F.S., shall have the
				  same meaning when used in this chapter unless specifically stated otherwise in
				  this chapter. See Sections
				   376.031,
				   376.301, and
				   487.021, F.S., for definitions
				  of the following terms: "Bulk product facility, " "Compression vessel, "
				  "Contaminant, " "Contaminated site, " "Department, " "Discharge, " "Facility, "
				  "Flow-through process tank, " "Hazardous substances, " "Operator, " "Owner, "
				  "Pesticides, " "Petroleum products, " "Pollutants, " "Transfer, " or
				  "transferred, " and "Vessel." The following words and phrases used in this
				  chapter shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following
				  meaning:
(1) "Ammonia" includes
				organic amines and inorganic compounds that are liquids at standard temperature
				and pressure that, when discharged, release free ammonia
				(NH3), or ammonium ion
				(NH4+).
(2) "AST" means an aboveground storage
				tank.
(3) "Biofuel" means fuel
				produced from renewable resources, especially, but not limited to, organic
				feedstocks such as plant biomass, vegetable oils, animal fats, and treated
				municipal and industrial wastes.
(4) "Bulk product piping" means on-site
				integral piping with an internal diameter greater than three inches utilized
				for transporting regulated substances.
(5) "Cathodic protection" means a method of
				preventing corrosion of a metal surface through the use of galvanic anodes or
				impressed current.
(6) "Cathodic
				Protection Tester" means a person who can demonstrate an understanding of the
				principles and measurements of all common types of cathodic protection systems
				as applied to buried or submerged metal piping and tank systems. At a minimum,
				such persons shall have education and experience in soil resistivity, stray
				current, structure-to-soil potential, and component electrical isolation
				measurements of buried metal piping and tank systems and be certified as a NACE
				or STI cathodic protection tester.
(7) "Chlorine" includes organic and inorganic
				compounds that are liquids at standard temperature and pressure that, when
				discharged, may release free chlorine (Cl2) or chlorides
				(Cl-).
(8) "Closure Integrity Evaluation for shop
				fabricated storage tank systems" is an assessment of shop fabricated storage
				tank system integrity for storage tanks, integral piping, piping sumps,
				dispenser sumps, and spill containment systems that are in contact with the
				soil, that is performed by a third-party inspection or testing entity at
				closure or replacement. The evaluation is a physical test of interstitial
				tightness or visual inspection of the interstice of a secondarily contained
				storage tank system, secondarily contained storage tank system component, or a
				primary integrity test of a single-walled storage tanks, or containment
				integrity test of a single-walled piping sump, dispenser sump, or spill
				containment system.
(9) "Closure
				Integrity Evaluation for field erected storage tank systems" is an assessment
				of field erected storage tank system integrity for storage tanks, integral
				piping, hydrant sumps, and containment systems that are in contact with the
				soil, that is performed by a third-party inspection or testing entity at
				closure or replacement. The evaluation is a physical test of interstitial
				tightness or visual inspection of the interstice of a secondarily contained
				storage tank system, secondarily contained storage tank system component, or a
				containment integrity test of a single-walled hydrant sump or containment
				system.
(10) "Closure Integrity
				Report" means Closure Integrity Evaluation Report Form for ASTs
				 62-762.901(7),
				incorporated by reference in paragraph
				 62-762.411(2)(c),
				F.A.C.
(11) "Closure Report" is a
				report prepared in accordance with
Instructions for Conducting Sampling
				During Aboveground Storage Tank Closure
, July 2019 Edition.
(12) "Compatible" means the ability of two or
				more substances to maintain their respective physical and chemical properties
				upon contact with one another for the design life of the storage tank system
				under conditions likely to be encountered in the storage tank system.
(13) "Containment" means a sufficiently
				impervious structure, release prevention barrier, or device designed to prevent
				the discharge of regulated substances in the event of a release.
(14) "Corrosion professional" means a person
				who, by reason of knowledge of the physical sciences and the principles of
				engineering and mathematics acquired by a professional education and related
				practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of corrosion
				control on buried or submerged metal components of a storage tank system.
				Corrosion Professionals shall be accredited or certified by NACE International
				as either a Corrosion Specialist or a Cathodic Protection Specialist, or be a
				professional engineer licensed in the State of Florida. Corrosion professionals
				using vapor corrosion inhibitor technologies for corrosion control must have
				experience with and knowledge of vapor corrosion inhibitors. Vapor corrosion
				inhibitors must be registered in accordance with subsection
				 62-762.851(2),
				F.A.C. Installers of vapor corrosion inhibitors must have certification from
				the VCI equipment registration holder.
(15) "Corrosion Protection" means the
				minimization of corrosion by the use of cathodic protection or vapor corrosion
				inhibitors.
(16) "County" means a
				locally administered governmental program under contract with the Department to
				perform compliance verification activities at facilities with storage tank
				systems within the boundaries stipulated in the applicable contract.
(17) "Day tank" means a storage tank
				connected to a regulated tank by way of integral piping, that contains the
				amount of fuel commonly used in a 24-hour period.
(18) "Dike field area" means the area around
				the tank or tanks that extends from the circumference of the base of a storage
				tank to the top of the berm, dike, or retaining wall surrounding the
				tank.
(19) "Discovery" means either
				actual knowledge or knowledge of facts that could reasonably lead to actual
				knowledge of the existence of a previously unreported incident, release, or
				discharge.
(20) "Dispenser" means a
				dispensing system that is used to transfer regulated substances from a fixed
				point to a vehicle or portable container.
(21) "Dispenser sump" means a storage tank
				system component installed as secondary containment beneath a dispenser to
				prevent discharges of regulated substances.
(22) "Docklines" means piping originating at
				the first shore side valve after the marine transfer area, as determined by the
				U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port, and terminating at the:
(a) First valve inside the dike field area or
				other approved containment within a bulk product facility;
(b) Valve or manifold nearest to the
				double-walled storage tank that the piping conveys regulated substance to at a
				bulk product facility, or
(c) Valve
				or manifold nearest to the storage tank containing high viscosity product that
				piping conveys regulated substance to at a bulk product
				facility.