Code of Maine Rules › 06 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 096 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - GENERAL › Chapter 691 - RULE FOR UNDERGROUND OIL STORAGE FACILITIES › Section 096-691-7 - Regulation of facilities for the underground storage of waste oil

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Applicability
This section applies to any person, except a waste oil
				  dealer, who stores or proposes to store waste oil in underground tanks. Waste
				  oil dealers are subject to the Maine
Waste Oil Management
				  Rules,
06-096 C.M.R. ch. 860.
B.
Design and installation standards
				for new and replacement facilities
(1)
				All tanks and associated piping used for the underground storage of waste oil
				must be registered in accordance with section
				4.
(2) The installation of new and replacement
				tanks constructed of bare steel or asphalt coated steel is
				prohibited.
(3) All new and
				replacement tanks must be installed by an underground oil storage tank
				installer who has been properly certified pursuant to
				32 M.R.S. §§
											10001 -
				10016.
(4) New and replacement waste oil tanks,
				associated piping and other facility components routinely containing oil must
				be equipped with secondary containment with continuous interstitial space
				monitoring, designed and installed in accordance with section
				5(B) except as
				provided below.
(5) Piping for a
				new or replacement waste oil facility supplying a waste oil furnace or boiler
				may not use PVC piping for secondary containment but instead must be
				constructed of fiberglass, cathodically protected steel or other noncorrosive
				materials approved by the Commissioner.
(6) Fill and removal pipes at new and
				replacement facilities must be installed with a spillbucket with a capacity of
				at least 15 gallons with a liquid tight seal around the fill pipe that will
				collect spillage during product delivery or withdrawal.
(7) In addition to the siting restrictions of
				the Department's
Rules for Siting Oil Storage Facilities
,
				06-096 C.M.R. ch. 692, and the
Wellhead Protection Law,
38 M.R.S.
				§§1391 -
				1400, new and
				replacement underground waste oil facilities may not be located in the
				following areas:
(a) Beneath a building or
				other permanent structure; or
(b)
				Within 25 feet of a classified body of surface water.
(8) No used or previously installed
				fiberglass, cathodically protected steel, or other tank meeting section
				5(B) of this Chapter
				may be re-installed unless the owner has provided the Commissioner with
				satisfactory documentation that the manufacturer will warrant the tank or
				piping against internal and external corrosion and structural failure for a
				period of 10 years, after which the tank or piping must be properly abandoned
				in accordance with the requirements of section
				11. Reinstallation of a tank or
				piping requires an amendment of the facility registration in accordance with
				section
				4(M). The warranty
				documentation shall accompany the submission of the registration amendment.
				Used piping may not be reinstalled.
(9) Certification of proper installation.
				Owners of new and replacement facilities shall ensure that the installer(s)
				provides certification to the Commissioner within 30 days of completion of
				installation that the facility's materials, design and installation are in
				compliance with the requirements of this Chapter. This certification must be
				provided in writing on a form provided by the Commissioner.
(10) After July 1, 2019, a Certified
				Underground Oil Storage Tank Installer overseeing a tank removal must be
				trained in best management practices for erosion and sedimentation control by
				the Department or through an equivalent program approved by the
				Department.