25284.1
. (a) The board shall take all of the following actions with
regard to the prevention of unauthorized releases from petroleum
underground storage tanks:
(1) On or before June 1, 2000, initiate a field-based research
program to quantify the probability and environmental significance of
releases from underground storage tank systems meeting the 1998
upgrade requirements specified in Section 25284, as that section read
on January 1, 2002. The research program shall do all of the
following:
(A) Seek to identify the source and causes of releases and any
deficiencies in leak detection systems.
(B) Include single-walled, double-walled, and hybrid tank systems,
and avoid bias towards known leaking underground storage tank
systems by including a statistically valid sample of all operating
underground storage tank systems.
(C) Include peer review.
(2) Complete the research program on or before June 1, 2002.
(3) Use the results of the research program to develop appropriate
changes in design, construction, monitoring, operation, and
maintenance requirements for tank systems.
(4) On or before January 1, 2001, adopt regulations to do all of
the following:
(A) (i) Require underground storage tank owners, operators,
service technicians, installers, and inspectors to meet minimum
industry-established training standards and require tank facilities
to be operated in a manner consistent with industry-established best
management practices.
(ii) The board shall implement an outreach effort to educate small
business owners or operators on the importance of the regulations
adopted pursuant to this subparagraph.
(B) (i) Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), require
testing of the secondary containment components, including
under-dispenser and pump turbine containment components, upon initial
installation of a secondary containment component and periodically
thereafter, to ensure that the system is capable of containing
releases from the primary containment until a release is detected and
cleaned up. The board shall consult with the petroleum industry and
local government to assess the appropriate test or tests that would
comply with this subparagraph.
(ii) Secondary containment components that are part of an
emergency generator tank system may be tested using enhanced leak
detection, if the test is performed at the frequency specified by the
board for testing of secondary containment pursuant to Section
2644.1 of Title 23 of the California Code of Regulations. If the
results of the enhanced leak detection test indicate that any
component of the emergency generator tank system is leaking liquid or
vapor, the owner or operator shall take appropriate actions to
correct the leakage, and the owner or operator shall retest the
system using enhanced leak detection until the system is no longer
leaking liquid or vapor.
(iii) Any tank or piping that is part of an emergency generator
tank system and located within a structure as described in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (a) of Section 25283.5 is exempt from the
secondary containment testing required by clause (i), if the owner or
operator conducts visual inspections of tank or piping each time the
tank system is operated, but no less than monthly, and maintains a
log of inspection results for review by the local agency. This clause
is not applicable if the board adopts regulations pursuant to
Section 25299.3 that address the design, construction, upgrade, and
monitoring of unburied tanks that are part of an emergency generator
tank system.
(C) Require annual testing of release detection sensors and
alarms, including under-dispenser and pump turbine containment
sensors and alarms. The board shall consult with the petroleum
industry and local government to assess the appropriate test or tests
that would comply with this subparagraph.
(5) (A) Require an owner or operator of an underground storage
tank installed after July 1, 1987, if a tank is located within 1,000
feet of a public drinking water well, as identified pursuant to the
state GIS mapping database, to have the underground storage tank
system fitted, on or before July 1, 2001, with under-dispenser
containment or a spill containment or control system that is approved
by the board as capable of containing any accidental release.
(B) Require all underground storage tanks installed after January
1, 2000, to have the tank system fitted with under-dispenser
containment or a spill containment or control system to meet the
requirements of subparagraph (A).
(C) Require an owner or operator of an underground storage tank
that is not otherwise subject to subparagraph (A), and not subject to
subparagraph (B), to have the underground storage tank system fitted
to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), on or before December
31, 2003.
(D) On and after January 1, 2002, no person shall install, repair,
maintain, or calibrate monitoring equipment for an underground
storage tank unless that person satisfies both of the following
requirements:
(i) The person has fulfilled training standards identified by the
board in regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(ii) The person possesses a tank testing license issued by the
board pursuant to Section 25284.4, or a Class "A" General Engineering
Contractor License, C-10 Electrical Contractor License, C-34
Pipeline Contractor License, C-36 Plumbing Contractor License, or
C-61 (D40) Limited Specialty Service Station Equipment and
Maintenance Contractor License issued by the Contractors' State
License Board.
(E) Loans and grants for the installation of under-dispenser
containment or a spill containment or control system shall be made
available pursuant to Chapter 6.76 (commencing with Section
25299.100).
(6) Convene a panel of local agency and regional board
representatives to review existing enforcement authority and
procedures and to advise the board of any changes that are needed to
enable local agencies to take adequate enforcement action against
owners and operators of noncompliant underground storage tank
facilities. The panel shall make its recommendations to the board on
or before September 30, 2001. Based on the recommendations of the
panel, the board shall also establish effective enforcement
procedures in cases involving fraud.
(b) On or before July 1, 2001, the Contractors' State License
Board, in consultation with the board, the petroleum industry, air
pollution control districts, air quality management districts, and
local government, shall review its requirements for petroleum
underground storage tank system installation and removal contractors
and make changes, where appropriate, to ensure these contractors are
qualified.