Owners and operators must permanently close (in accordance with sections 33-24-08-60 through 33-24-08-64) any underground storage tank system that does not meet the new underground storage tank system performance standards in section 33-24-08-10 or has not been upgraded in accordance with subsections 2 through 4. This does not apply to previously deferred underground storage tank systems described in sections 33-24-08-70 to 33-24-08-72 and where an upgrade is determined to be appropriate by the department.
(NOTE: The following codes of practice may be used to comply with the periodic lining inspection requirement of this section: American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1631, "Interior Lining and Periodic Inspection of Underground Storage Tanks"; National Leak Prevention Association Standard 631, Chapter B "Future Internal Inspection Requirements for Lined Tanks"; or Ken Wilcox Associates Recommended Practice, "Recommended Practice for Inspecting Buried Lined Steel Tanks Using a Video Camera.")
(NOTE: The following historical codes of practice were listed as options for complying with this section: American Petroleum Institute Publication 1631, "Recommended Practice for the Interior Lining of Existing Steel Underground Storage Tanks"; National Leak Prevention Association Standard 631, "Spill Prevention, Minimum 10 Year Life Extension of Existing Steel Underground Tanks by Lining Without the Addition of Cathodic Protection"; National Association of Corrosion Engineers Standard RP-02-85, "Control of External Corrosion on Metallic Buried, Partially Buried, or Submerged Liquid Storage Systems"; and American Petroleum Institute Recommended Practice 1632, "Cathodic Protection of Underground Petroleum Storage Tanks and Piping Systems".)
(NOTE: The codes of practice listed in the note following subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 33-24-08-10 may be used to comply with this requirement.)
N.D. Admin Code 33-24-08-11
General Authority: NDCC 23-20.3-03, 23-20.3-04.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-20.3-04.1