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Selected Violations Of Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulations D--Release Detection OSWER Directive 9610.14 Guidance For Federal Field Citation Enforcement April 9, 1992
Selected Violations of Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulations
SUBPART D -- RELEASE DETECTION
SUBPART D -- RELEASE DETECTION
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280.40 General requirements for all UST systems (Applies only to petroleum tanks) |
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| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| §280.40(a) | Failure to provide adequate release detection method | $300 |
| §280.40(b) | Failure to notify implementing agency when release detection indicates release | |
| §280.40(c) | Failure to provide any release detection method by phase-in date | $150 |
| §280.40(d) | Failure to close any UST system that cannot meet release detection requirements | $300 |
| 280.41 Requirements for petroleum UST systems | ||
| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| § 280.41(a) or | Failure to monitor tanks at least every 30 days, if appropriate | $300 |
| §280.41(a)(1) or | Failure to conduct tank tightness testing every 5 years, if appropriate | $300 |
| § 280.41(a)(2) | Failure to conduct annual tank tightness testing, if appropriate | $300 |
| §280.41(b)(1)(i) | Failure to equip pressurized piping with automatic line leak detector | $300 |
| §280.41(b)(1)(ii) | Failure to have annual tank tightness test or perform monthly monitoring on pressurized piping | $300 |
| § 280.41(b)(2) | Failure to conduct line lightness test or use monthly monitoring on suction piping | $300 |
| 280.42 Requirements for hazardous substance UST systems | ||
| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| §280.42(a) | Failure to provide release detection for an existing hazardous substance tank system | |
| §280.42(b) | Failure to provide adequate release detection for a new hazardous substance UST system | |
| §280.42(b)(1 | Failure to provide adequate secondary containment of tank for a hazardous substance UST | |
| §280.42(b)(2) | Failure to provide adequate double-walled tank/adequate lining for a hazardous substance UST | |
| §280.42(b)(3) | Failure to provide adequate external liners for a hazardous substance UST | |
| §280.42(b)(4) | Failure to provide adequate secondary containment of piping for a hazardous substance UST | |
| 280.43 Methods of release detection for tanks | ||
| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| §280.43(a) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of inventory control | $300 |
| §280.43(a)(1)-(6) | $50 each | |
| §280.43(b) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of manual tank gauging | $300 |
| §280.43(b)(1)-(4)* | $50 each | |
| §280.43(c) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of tank tightness testing | $150 |
| §280.43(d) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of automatic tank gauging | $300 |
| §280.43(d)(1)-(2) | $150 each | |
| §280.43(e) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of vapor monitoring | $300 |
| §280.43(e)(1)-(7)# | $150 each | |
| §280.43(f) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of ground-water monitoring | $300 |
| §280.43(f)(1)-(8)@ | $150 each | |
| §280.43(g) | Inadequate operation or maintenance of interstitial monitoring | $300 |
| 280.44 Methods of release detection for piping | ||
| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| §280.44 | Failure to provide any release detection for underground piping | $300 |
| §280.44(a) or | Failure to provide adequate line leak detector system for underground piping | $150 |
| §280.44(b) | Failure to provide adequate line tightness testing system for underground piping system | $150 |
| §260.44(c) | Inadequate use of applicable tank release detection methods | $150 |
| 280.45 Release detection recordkeeping | ||
| Regulatory Citation | Violation | Violations Appropriate for Regulatory Field Citations (Penalty Amount) |
| §280.45 | Failure to maintain records of release detection monitoring | $150 |
| §280.45(a) | Failure to document all release detection performance claims for 5 years after installation | $50 |
| §280.45(b) | Failure to maintain results of sampling, testing or monitoring for release detection for at least 1 year or failure to retain results of tightness testing until next test is conducted | $50 |
| §280.45(c) | Failure to document calibration, maintenance, and repair of release detection | $50 |
* If citing more than 3 subsections, cite instead §280.43(b) or §280.41 (a)
# If citing more than 1 subsection, cite instead §280.43(e)
@ If citing more than 1 subsection, cite instead §280.43(f)