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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 334UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANKS
SUBCHAPTER CTECHNICAL STANDARDS
RULE §334.45Technical Standards for New Underground Storage Tank Systems

    (C) properly enclosed in or equipped with spill and overfill prevention equipment as required in §334.51(b) of this title; and

    (D) equipped with a removable or permanent factory-constructed drop tube which shall extend to within 12 inches of the tank bottom.

  (3) Release detection equipment. All release detection equipment shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements for the particular type of equipment, as described in the applicable provisions in §334.50 of this title.

  (4) Monitoring wells and observation wells.

    (A) All monitoring wells and observation wells installed on or after September 29, 1989, shall be designed, constructed, and installed in accordance with the requirements in §334.46(g) of this title.

    (B) Each separate tank hole in a new UST system installed on or after September 29, 1989, shall include a minimum number of four-inch diameter (nominal) observation wells, as specified in the following clauses:

      (i) for a tank hole containing only one tank, a minimum of one observation well shall be required; and

      (ii) for a tank hole containing two or more tanks, a minimum of two observation wells shall be required.

(f) Records for technical standards for new UST systems. Owners and operators of new UST systems shall maintain adequate records to demonstrate compliance with the applicable provisions in this section, which at a minimum, shall include all records required in §334.46(i) of this title. All records shall be maintained in accordance with §334.10(b) of this title (relating to Reporting and Recordkeeping).


Source Note: The provisions of this §334.45 adopted to be effective September 29, 1989, 14 TexReg 4714; amended to be effective November 23, 2000, 25 TexReg 11442; amended to be effective April 2, 2002, 27 TexReg 2522; amended to be effective October 30, 2008, 33 TexReg 8790; amended to be effective March 17, 2011, 36 TexReg 1675; amended to be effective May 31, 2018, 43 TexReg 3390

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