Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-360A - Underground storage tank regulations › Part 9 - SERVICE PROVIDERS › Section 173-360A-0920 - Certifications required to perform services

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Owners and operators must ensure that UST system services
				  are performed by or under the direct supervision of a service provider
				  certified in accordance with the requirements of this section. Table 0920-1
				  identifies the UST system services requiring the use of a service provider and
				  the certification that a service provider must have to perform those services.
				  There are six types of certification, which are specified in WAC 173-360A-0930.
				  Some UST system services may be performed by more than one type of service
				  provider.
Table 0920-1: Type of Certification Required to Perform
				  UST System Services
UST System Service
Service Requirements
Type of Certification
Services not involving corrosion
						  protection
Installing UST systems or components
WAC 173-360A-0300
Installation/repair
Performing internal inspections of tanks
WAC 173-360A-0320(1) and (2)(a)(ii)(A), WAC
						  173-360A-0330(1) and (2)(a)(i)(B), or WAC 173-360A-0440
Installation/repair
Tightness testing of containment sumps used
						  for interstitial monitoring
WAC 173-360A-0450
Tightness testing or installation/repair
Tightness testing of spill prevention
						  equipment
WAC 173-360A-0460
Tightness testing or installation/repair
Inspecting overfill prevention equipment
WAC 173-360A-0470
Tightness testing or installation/repair
Testing of electronic or mechanical release
						  detection equipment
WAC 173-360A-0480
Tightness testing or installation/repair
Repairing UST system components, except
						  cathodic protection systems
WAC 173-360A-0490
Installation/repair
Tightness testing of secondary containment
						  areas of tanks or piping used for interstitial monitoring
WAC 173-360A-0490(4)(c)
Tightness testing or installation/repair
Tightness testing of tanks
WAC 173-360A-0635
Tightness testing
Tightness testing of piping
WAC 173-360A-0650
Tightness testing
Site evaluations required to use vapor or
						  groundwater monitoring as a release detection method
WAC 173-360A-0660(2) or WAC
						  173-360A-0665(2)
Site assessment
Site assessments, including site checks
WAC 173-360A-0730
Site assessment
Decommissioning tanks or piping undergoing
						  permanent closure or change-in-service
WAC 173-360A-0810(2) or WAC
						  173-360A-0820(2)
Decommissioning
Services involving corrosion
						  protection
Assessments of corrosion potential
WAC 173-360A-0310(3)(c)
Corrosion expert
Designing cathodic protection systems
WAC 173-360A-0310(3)(b) and WAC
						  173-360A-0300
Corrosion expert
Installing cathodic protection systems
						  designed by corrosion expert
WAC 173-360A-0300
Installation/repair, corrosion expert, or
						  cathodic protection tester
(1)
Testing cathodic protection systems
WAC 173-360A-0430(2)
Corrosion expert or cathodic protection
						  tester
Evaluating cathodic protection systems that
						  are inadequately protecting tanks or piping based on results of cathodic
						  protection tests or rectifier inspections
WAC 173-360A-0430(2) or WAC
						  173-360A-0430(3)
Corrosion expert
Specifying or designing repairs of cathodic
						  protection systems, including rectifier adjustments
WAC 173-360A-0310(3)(b) and WAC
						  173-360A-0490
Corrosion expert
Repairing cathodic protection systems,
						  including making rectifier adjustments, specified or designed by corrosion
						  expert
WAC 173-360A-0490
Installation/repair, corrosion expert, or
						  cathodic protection tester
(1)
Footnotes:
(1) To perform the specified UST
				  system services, a cathodic protection tester must be certified by the
				  International Code Council.