South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-92 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CONTROL REGULATIONS › Part 280 - TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (UST) › Subpart B - UST SYSTEMS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, NOTIFICATION AND PERMITTING › Section 61-92.280.B.22 - NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) After
				  January 1, 1986, an owner of a tank storing or having stored regulated
				  substances on or before January 1, 1986 must notify the Department of the
				  existence of such a tank specifying the type, location, storage capacity, age,
				  and uses of such a tank (i.e., operational status at the time of notification)
				  and of any known past failure(s) and corrective action taken as a result of the
				  failure. The notification shall be made using EPA Form 7530-1, a Department
				  form, or a Department approved form.
[Note to paragraph (a).Owners and operators of UST systems
					 that were in the ground on or after January 1, 1986, unless taken out of
					 operation on or before January 1, 1974, were required to notify the Department
					 in accordance with the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, Public Law
					 98-616, on a form published by EPA on November 8, 1985 unless notice was given
					 pursuant to section 103(c) of CERCLA. Owners and operators who have not
					 complied with the notification requirements may use a Department approved
					 form.]
(b) Within 30 days of
				  acquisition, any person who assumes ownership of a regulated underground
				  storage tank system, except as described in paragraph (a) of this section, must
				  submit a notice of the ownership change to the Department on a Department form
				  or a form approved by the Department, including all supporting documents
				  required by the Department notification form.
(c) Not later than May 26, 2020, all owners
				  of previously deferred UST systems must submit a one-time notice of tank system
				  existence to the Department, using EPA form 7530-1, a Department form, a
				  Department approved form, or submitted in a format as approved by the
				  Department in accordance with Section 280.22(c). Owners and operators of UST
				  systems in use as of May 26, 2017 must demonstrate financial responsibility at
				  the time of submission of the notification form as required by Section
				  280.251.
(d) Owners required to
				  submit notices under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section must provide notices
				  to the Department for each tank they own. Owners may provide notice for several
				  tanks using one notification form, but owners who own tanks located at more
				  than one place of operation must file a separate notification form for each
				  separate place of operation.
(e)
				  All owners and operators of new UST systems must certify in the notification
				  form compliance with the following requirements:
(1) Installation of tanks and piping under
				  Section 280.20(e);
(2) Cathodic
				  protection of steel tanks and piping under Section 280.20(a) and (b);
(3) Financial responsibility under Subpart H
				  of this part; and
(4) Release
				  detection under Sections 280.41 and 280.42.