Section 664.0195. Inspections.

 

(1)  The owner or operator shall develop and follow a schedule and procedure for inspecting overfill controls.

(2)  The owner or operator shall inspect at least once each operating day all of the following:

(a) Aboveground portions of the tank system, if any, to detect corrosion or releases of waste.

(b) Data gathered from monitoring and leak detection equipment (e.g., pressure or temperature gauges, monitoring wells) to ensure that the tank system is being operated according to its design.

(c) The construction materials and the area immediately surrounding the externally accessible portion of the tank system, including the secondary containment system (e.g., dikes) to detect erosion or signs of releases of hazardous waste (e.g., wet spots, dead vegetation).

(3)  The owner or operator shall inspect cathodic protection systems, if present, according to, at a minimum, all of the following requirements to ensure that they are functioning properly:

(a) The proper operation of the cathodic protection system shall be confirmed within 6 months after initial installation and annually thereafter.

(b) All sources of impressed current shall be inspected or tested, or both, as appropriate, at least bimonthly (i.e., every other month).

(4)  The owner or operator shall document in the operating record of the facility an inspection of those items in subs. (1) to (3) .

History: CR 05-032 : cr. Register July 2006 No. 607 , eff. 8-1-06.

Note

Section NR 664.0015(3) requires the owner or operator to remedy any deterioration or malfunction found. Section NR 664.0196 requires the owner or operator to notify the department within 24 hours of confirming a leak. Also, if a hazardous substance is released to the environment, 40 CFR part 302 may require the owner or operator to notify the national response center and s. 292.11 , Stats., and ch. NR 706 may require the owner or operator to notify the department. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 The practices described in the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) standard, "Recommended Practice (RP-02-85)—Control of External Corrosion on Metallic Buried, Partially Buried, or Submerged Liquid Storage Systems" and the American Petroleum Institute (API) Publication 1632, "Cathodic Protection of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks and Piping Systems", may be used, where applicable, as guidelines in maintaining and inspecting cathodic protection systems . Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1