New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 14B - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS › Subchapter 4 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION › Section 7:14B-4.1 - Performance standards for underground storage tank systems

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Owners
				and operators of underground storage tank systems which are installed on or
				after September 4, 1990, shall obtain a permit in accordance with N.J.A.C.
				7:14B-10 before installation and ensure that the systems meet the following
				performance standards:
1. Each tank shall be
				properly designed and constructed, and any portion underground that routinely
				contains product shall be protected from corrosion, in accordance with a code
				of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent
				testing laboratory as specified below:
i. The
				tank shall be constructed of fiberglass-reinforced plastic;
ii. The tank shall be constructed of steel
				and cathodically protected in the following manner:
(1) The tank shall be coated with a suitable
				dielectric material;
(2)
				Field-installed cathodic protection systems shall be designed by a Cathodic
				Protection Specialist certified in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14B-13. The
				design shall be based upon data collected onsite by a Cathodic Protection
				Specialist or Cathodic Protection Tester certified in accordance with N.J.A.C.
				7:14B-13;
(3) Impressed current
				systems shall be designed to allow determination of current operating status as
				required in
				7:14B-5.2(a)3;
				and
(4) Cathodic protection systems
				shall be operated and maintained in accordance with N.J.A.C.
				7:14B-5.2;
iii. The tank
				shall be constructed of a steel-fiberglass-reinforced-plastic
				composite;
iv. The tank shall be
				constructed of metal without additional corrosion protection measures provided
				that:
(1) The tank is installed at a site
				that is determined by a Department certified Cathodic Protection Specialist not
				to be corrosive enough to cause it to have a release due to corrosion during
				its operating life; and
(2) Owners
				and operators maintain records that demonstrate compliance with the
				requirements of (a)1iv(1) above for the remaining life of the tank;
v. Except as set forth in (a)1v(1)
				below, each tank for which installation begins on or after April 11, 2016,
				shall be designed and constructed with secondary containment and interstitial
				monitoring in accordance with
N.J.A.C.
				7:14B-6.5(a)
7,
				such that in the event of a primary containment breach the secondary
				containment shall contain regulated substances until they are detected and
				removed. Secondary containment shall prevent the release of regulated
				substances to the environment at all times during the operational life of the
				tank.
(1) The provisions of (a)1v above shall
				apply to a regulated heating oil tank system for which installation begins on
				or after July 15, 2018.
vi. For each tank installed prior to January
				16, 2018, that has secondary containment and is performing interstitial
				monitoring as of January 16, 2018, shall maintain interstitial monitoring at
				all times during the operational life of the tank.