Section 245.423. Registration requirements

(a) An underground storage tank shall be registered with the Department prior to adding a regulated substance. The owner of a tank that was in use after May 8, 1986, shall have notified the Department of the system’s existence.

(b) Owners required to submit notices under subsection (a) shall provide notices to the Department for each tank they own. Owners may provide notice for several tanks using one registration form, but owners who own tanks located at more than one facility shall file a separate registration form for each separate facility.

(c) Notices required to be submitted under subsection (a) shall provide all of the requested information on the registration form for each tank for which notice is required to be given.

(d) Owners and operators of new underground storage tank systems shall certify compliance with the following requirements in the registration form provided by the Department:

(1) Installation of tanks and piping under § 245.421(c) (relating to performance standards for new underground storage tank systems).

(2) Cathodic protection of steel tanks and piping under § 245.421(b)(1) and (2).

(3) Financial responsibility under Subchapter H (relating to financial responsibility requirements for owners and operators of underground storage tanks and storage tank facilities).

(4) Release detection under § § 245.442 and 245.443 (relating to requirements for petroleum underground storage tank systems; and requirements for hazardous substance underground storage tank systems).

(5) Use of a Department-certified installer under § 245.21 (relating to tank handling and inspection requirements).

(e) Beginning October 24, 1988, a person who sells a tank intended to be used as an underground storage tank or a property containing an existing tank system shall notify the purchaser, in writing, of an owner’s obligations under subsection (a). The following form may be used to comply with this requirement:

Federal law (the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) and Commonwealth law (the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act) require that the owner of a regulated underground storage tank notify the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection of the existence of its tank.

Notification for tanks brought into service after August 5, 1989, must be made prior to placing the tank system into service. Consult EPA 40 CFR Part 280 and PA Code Title 25 Chapter 245 to determine if you are affected by these laws.

(f) Every owner, including a new owner of an existing tank system, shall comply with tank registration requirements in Subchapter A (relating to general provisions).

The provisions of this § 245.423 amended November 9, 2007, effective November 10, 2007, 37 Pa.B. 5979. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (234728) to (234729).

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Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 245.435 (relating to reporting and recordkeeping).