Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Title 310 CMR 80.00 - Underground Storage Tank Systems › GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Section 80.28 - Requirements for Spill Buckets and Overfill Prevention Equipment

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) Owners and Operators shall at all times
				operate and maintain spill buckets and overfill prevention equipment in
				accordance with
				310
				CMR 80.21 and 80.28(2) and (3).
(2) Requirements for the proper operation and
				maintenance of spill buckets and covers are as follows:
(a) The Owner or Operator shall keep spill
				buckets clean and free of solid and liquid material.
(b) The Owner or Operator shall maintain the
				spill bucket and cover so that they are free of cracks and holes at all
				times.
(c) The Owner or Operator
				shall remove and manage any solid or liquid material that collects within a
				spill bucket in accordance with local, state and federal laws and regulations.
				(d) The Owner or Operator shall maintain spill buckets in accordance with the
				manufacturer's specifications.
(e)
				The Owner or Operator shall inspect spill buckets no less frequently than once
				every 30 days in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.35.
(f) The Owner or Operator shall test spill
				buckets in accordance with 310 CMR 80.28(2)(g) on or before January 2, 2017, on
				or before October 13, 2022 and once every three years thereafter.
1. Double-walled spill buckets, if the
				integrity of both walls is monitored every 30 days by checking vacuum, pressure
				or liquid interstitial integrity indicators are exempt from the testing
				requirement in 310 CMR 80.28(2)(f).
2. A sensor in a dry interstice does not meet
				the requirements of monitoring the integrity of both walls.
3. In order to claim the exemption from
				testing, the Owner or Operator shall keep documentation showing that the spill
				bucket is double-walled and that the integrity of both walls is monitored at
				least every 30 days, in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.36.
(g) The Owner or Operator shall conduct an
				integrity test on spill buckets in accordance with the schedule at 310 CMR
				80.28(2)(f) and after repairs, in accordance with the following requirements:
1. Spill buckets shall pass an integrity test
				to ensure the spill bucket is liquid tight by using vacuum or hydrostatic test
				in accordance with PEI RP1200-19.
2. If the spill bucket fails the test, the
				Owner or Operator shall repair or replace the spill bucket in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.33. Prior to commencing operation, the
				repaired spill bucket shall be retested in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.27(2)(g)1.
3. Repairs which do not affect the integrity
				of a spill bucket to retain liquid or disturb the seal between the spill bucket
				and the riser do not require an integrity test prior to commencing
				operation.
(h) The Owner
				or Operator shall repair or replace spill buckets as necessary in accordance
				with
				310 CMR
				80.33. Prior to commencing operation, the
				repaired spill bucket shall be retested in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.27(2)(g)1.
(i) If a spill bucket is equipped with
				sensors, the sensors shall be placed in accordance with the manufacturer's
				specifications, or, if no such specifications exist, the sensors shall be
				placed at the lowest possible location in the spill bucket.
(j) The Owner or Operator shall keep the
				following spill bucket records in accordance with
				310 CMR
				80.36.
1.
				Records of spill bucket inspections to demonstrate compliance with 310 CMR
				80.28(2)(e).
2. Records of spill
				bucket integrity tests to demonstrate compliance with 310 CMR 80.28(2)(f) and
				(g).