Section 25270.4.5 Of Chapter 6.67. Aboveground Storage Of Petroleum From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.67.
25270.4.5
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each owner or
operator of a storage tank at a tank facility subject to this
chapter shall prepare a spill prevention control and countermeasure
plan applying good engineering practices to prevent petroleum
releases using the same format required by Part 112 (commencing with
Section 112.1) of Subchapter D of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, including owners and operators of tank
facilities not subject to the general provisions in Section 112.1 of
those regulations. Each owner or operator specified in this
subdivision shall conduct periodic inspections of the storage tank to
ensure compliance with Part 112 (commencing with Section 112.1) of
Subchapter D of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations. In implementing the spill prevention control and
countermeasure plan, each owner or operator specified in this
subdivision shall fully comply with the latest version of the
regulations contained in Part 112 (commencing with Section 112.1) of
Subchapter D of Chapter I of Title 40 of the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(b) A tank facility located on and operated by a farm, nursery,
logging site, or construction site is not subject to subdivision (a)
if no storage tank at the location exceeds 20,000 gallons and the
cumulative storage capacity of the tank facility does not exceed
100,000 gallons. Unless excluded from the definition of an
"aboveground storage tank" in Section 25270.2, the owner or operator
of a tank facility exempt pursuant to this subdivision shall take the
following actions:
(1) Conduct a daily visual inspection of any storage tank storing
petroleum. For purposes of this section, "daily" means every day that
contents are added to or withdrawn from the tank, but no less than
five days per week. The number of days may be reduced by the number
of state or federal holidays that occur during the week if there is
no addition to, or withdrawal from, the tank on the holiday. The
unified program agency may reduce the frequency of inspections to not
less than once every three days at a tank facility that is exempt
pursuant to this section if the tank facility is not staffed on a
regular basis, provided that the inspection is performed every day
the facility is staffed.
(2) Allow the UPA to conduct a periodic inspection of the tank
facility.
(3) If the UPA determines installation of secondary containment is
necessary for the protection of the waters of the state, install a
secondary means of containment for each tank or group of tanks where
the secondary containment will, at a minimum, contain the entire
contents of the largest tank protected by the secondary containment
plus precipitation.