New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 5 - PETROLEUM STORAGE TANKS › Part 105 - CERTIFICATION OF TANK INSTALLERS AND JUNIOR INSTALLERS; REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTERS › Section 20.5.105.506 - INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATION FOR INSTALLER OF AST SYSTEMS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. An applicant for an individual's AST
				installer certification shall meet all of the following requirements in order
				to receive certification from the department.
(1) The applicant shall file an application
				with the department with the information required in Paragraph
(1)
of Subsection A of 20.5.105.505 NMAC, accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of
				$50.00.
(2) The applicant shall be
				an individual and at least 18 years of age.
(3) The applicant need not, for purposes of
				this part, be a resident of the state.
(4) The applicant shall demonstrate that the
				applicant is in good standing with all licensing authorities by whom licensing
				is required, given the nature and scope of the applicant's work, and that the
				applicant has not had a business or occupational license or certificate
				suspended or revoked in this or any other state, except as provided in
				Subsection B of this section.
(5)
				Applicants shall demonstrate in the application that they have met the
				experience requirements of 20.5.105.509 NMAC.
(6) The applicant shall pass the on-site
				examination for which 20.5.105.510 NMAC provides. The installation for an
				on-site examination shall include the on-site installation of a tank and tank
				foundation, dispenser system or meter, venting, ancillary equipment and initial
				testing. Installation of a self-contained, concrete-encased or self-contained,
				skid-mounted AST system is not an AST system installation for purposes of this
				requirement.
(7) The applicant
				shall provide the department with evidence in the application that, within the
				prior three months, the applicant has passed:
(a) a New Mexico laws and rules AST test
				administered by the department pursuant to 20.5.105.514 NMAC; and
(b) a national technical AST installer's test
				administered by an approved certification educator and has been certified by
				that educator. For purposes of this section, the international code council is
				an approved certification educator.
(8) As an alternative to the tests required
				in Paragraph (7) of this subsection, applicants may propose alternate tests and
				approved certification to the department for consideration, including a tank
				installer certification program sponsored by another state or organization, but
				these courses shall not be approved for the requirements in Paragraph (7) of
				this subsection unless approved by the department in writing. Applicants
				seeking approval of alternate courses and alternate certification shall provide
				the department with all information about the course and the proposed educator
				to allow the department to determine whether to approve them, in the
				department's sole discretion. In determining whether to approve an alternate
				course and alternate certification, the department shall determine whether the
				alternate course and alternate certification provide an equivalent
				demonstration of knowledge of New Mexico petroleum storage tank regulations,
				20.5 NMAC, and technical installation requirements.
(9) The applicant shall provide to the
				department a notarized affidavit from the applicant stating that all
				information submitted in the application is true and correct.