Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 334 - UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS › Subchapter C - TECHNICAL STANDARDS › Section 334.52 - Underground Storage Tank System Repairs and Relining

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) General requirements.
(1) Owners and operators shall ensure that
				  any repair or relining of an underground storage tank (UST) system will prevent
				  releases due to structural failure or corrosion for the remaining operational
				  life of the system.
(2) Owners and
				  operators shall ensure that any repair or relining is conducted by qualified
				  personnel possessing the appropriate skills, experience, competence, and, if
				  applicable, any required license or certification to complete the work in
				  accordance with the provisions of this subsection.
(3) Any repairs or relining shall be properly
				  conducted in accordance with a standard or code of practice developed by a
				  nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory, such as:
(A) National Fire Protection Association
				  (NFPA) Standard 30, "Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code;"
(B) American Petroleum Institute (API)
				  Recommended Practice RP 2200, "Repairing Hazardous Liquid Pipelines;"
(C) API Recommended Practice RP 1631,
				  "Interior Lining and Periodic Inspection of Underground Storage
				  Tanks;"
(D) NFPA 326, "Standard for
				  the Safeguarding of Tanks and Containers for Entry, Cleaning, or
				  Repair;"
(E) National Leak
				  Prevention Association Standard 631, Chapter A, "Entry, Cleaning, Interior
				  Inspection, Repair, and Lining of Underground Storage Tanks;"
(F) Steel Tank Institute Recommended Practice
				  R972, "Recommended Practice for the Addition of Supplemental Anodes to
				  sti-P3 Tanks;"
(G) NACE International Standard Practice SP
				  0285, "Corrosion Control of Underground Storage Tank Systems by Cathodic
				  Protection;" or
(H) Fiberglass Tank
				  and Pipe Institute Recommended Practice T-95-02, "Remanufacturing of Fiberglass
				  Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Underground Storage Tanks."
(4) After completion of any repairs or
				  relining of a UST system, the owner or operator shall obtain detailed written
				  records of the repairs or relining from the person who performed the
				  work.
(5) The requirements of this
				  section shall not be applicable to routine and minor maintenance activities
				  related to the tank and piping systems, such as tightening loose fittings and
				  joints, adjusting and calibrating equipment, and conducting routine inspections
				  and tests. Tank and piping systems may be placed back into operation
				  immediately after the satisfactory completion of such minor maintenance
				  activities.
(6) If any release of
				  regulated substances is discovered or suspected during the UST system repair or
				  relining activity, the owner or operator shall comply with the applicable
				  release reporting, investigation, and corrective action requirements in
				  Subchapter D of this chapter (relating to Release Reporting and Corrective
				  Action).
(7) The performance of any
				  repairs or relining of an existing UST shall not relieve the owner or operator
				  from timely compliance with the technical standards for such tanks, as required
				  in §
											334.47
				  of this title (relating to Technical Standards for Existing Underground Storage
				  Tank Systems).