A. Until the rules adopted pursuant to subsection C are in effect, the owner and operator of an underground storage tank shall maintain a release detection system that complies with the requirements of 40 Code of Federal Regulations sections 280.40 through 280.44.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-1003

  • Director: means the director of environmental quality who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 49-101
  • Operator: means a person in control of, or having responsibility for, the day-to-day operation of an underground storage tank. See Arizona Laws 49-1001
  • Release: means a spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leach or disposal of a regulated substance from an underground storage tank into groundwater, surface water or soils. See Arizona Laws 49-1001
  • Tank: means a stationary device constructed of wood, concrete, steel, plastic or other nonearthen materials and used to contain regulated substances. See Arizona Laws 49-1001
  • Underground storage tank: means a tank or combination of tanks and underground pipes and impact valves connected to tanks being used or having been used to contain regulated substances and which has at least ten percent of the total volume of the tank and underground portions of pipes connected to the tank underground. See Arizona Laws 49-1001

B. Until the rules adopted pursuant to subsection C are in effect, the owner and operator of an underground storage tank shall maintain systematic and complete records of release detection information that complies with the requirements of 40 C.F.R. § 280.45.

C. The director shall adopt rules establishing release detection requirements and release detection record keeping requirements. The rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be consistent with and no more stringent than the federal regulations in effect on the date on which the rules are adopted.

 

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