25 Pa. Code § 129.82a - Requirements to decommission a Stage II vapor recovery system
(a)
Applicability. Beginning March 26, 2022, this section applies
to the owner and operator of a gasoline dispensing facility that uses, has
decommissioned or is decommissioning a Stage II vapor recovery
system.
(b)
Compliance
deadline.
(1)
Stage II
vacuum assist vapor recovery system. The owner or operator of a
gasoline dispensing facility located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks,
Butler, Chester, Delaware, Fayette, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Washington or
Westmoreland County that uses a Stage II vacuum assist vapor recovery system
shall decommission the Stage II vacuum assist vapor recovery system on or
before December 31, 2022.
(2)
Stage II vapor balance vapor recovery system. The owner and
operator of a gasoline dispensing facility in this Commonwealth that uses a
Stage II vapor balance vapor recovery system shall comply with this section
when the owner or operator decommissions the Stage II vapor balance vapor
recovery system.
(c)
Test procedure documents. The following are the full names of
the vapor recovery test procedure documents specified in this section:
(1) PEI/RP300-09-The Petroleum Equipment
Institute's "Recommended Practices for Installation and Testing of
Vapor-Recovery Systems at Vehicle -Fueling Sites," Chapter 14, Decommissioning
Stage II Vapor-Recovery Piping, sections
14.1 through
14.6.13, including applicable
updates and revisions.
(2) CARB
TP-201.3-"Determination of 2 Inch WC Static Pressure Performance of Vapor
Recovery Systems of Dispensing Facilities," amended July 26, 2012, including
updates and revisions.
(3) CARB
TP-201.3C-"Determination of Vapor Piping Connections to Underground Gasoline
Storage Tanks (Tie-Tank Test)," adopted March 17, 1999, including updates and
revisions.
(d)
Process to decommission a Stage II vapor recovery system. The
owner or operator of a gasoline dispensing facility that decommissions a Stage
II vapor recovery system shall decommission the Stage II vapor recovery system
by meeting all of the following:
(1)
Successfully completing all of the steps in PEI/RP300-09, Chapter 14. The owner
or operator shall cap off the vapor tight return line of the Stage II vapor
recovery system at the gasoline storage tank top if accessible at the time of
decommissioning. If the vapor tight return line is not accessible at the time
of decommissioning, the vapor tight return line must be capped when either of
the following circumstances occurs:
(i) The
storage tank system or an associated piping component is under concrete, and a
replacement or repair of the underground storage tank system or associated
piping component involves breaking concrete on top of the tank where the vapor
tight return line terminates.
(ii)
The CARB TP-201.3 procedure performed under paragraph (2) indicates a problem
with the vapor tight return line.
(2) Successfully completing all of the steps
in CARB TP-201.3.
(3) Successfully
completing all of the steps in CARB TP-201.3C.
(4) Completing Form 2700-FM-BAQ0129,
including updates and revisions to the form, after decommissioning is complete,
regardless of whether the vapor tight return line is accessible at the time of
decommissioning and has been capped under paragraph (1). The owner or operator
shall send the completed form within 10 business days of completion of the
decommissioning to the Department Regional Air Program Manager or to the
appropriate approved local air pollution control agency responsible for the
county in which the decommissioning occurred.
(5) Maintaining onsite at the gasoline
dispensing facility or electronically stored allowing for onsite examination a
copy of the completed form that was submitted under paragraph (4). The owner or
operator shall maintain the form onsite or electronically stored allowing for
onsite examination for 2 years unless a longer period is required under Chapter
127 (relating to construction , modification , reactivation and operation of
sources) or a plan approval, operating permit, consent decree or order issued
by the Department .
(e)
Certification requirements for installers and industry
inspectors. The owner and operator of a gasoline dispensing facility
subject to this section shall ensure that a person who performs underground
storage tank system installation or modification work under this section is
appropriately certified for the work they perform, as follows:
(1) The person must be a certified UMI or UMX
storage tank installer under Chapter 245, Subchapter A (relating to general
provisions).
(2) The person must
comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 245, Subchapter B (relating
to certification program for installers and inspectors of storage tanks and
storage tank facilities).
(f)
Removal of responsibilities under
§
129.82 (relating to control of
VOCs from gasoline dispensing facilities (Stage II)). The owner and
operator of a gasoline dispensing facility that decommissions a Stage II vapor
recovery system under subsections (d) and (e) are no longer subject to §
129.82 at the gasoline dispensing
facility .
(g)
Retention of
responsibilities under §
129.61 (relating to small gasoline
storage tank control (Stage I control)). The owner and operator of a
gasoline dispensing facility remains subject to §
129.61 after decommissioning a
Stage II vapor recovery system.
(h)
Retention of responsibilities under §
129.61a (relating to vapor leak
monitoring procedures and other requirements for small gasoline storage tank
emission control). The owner and operator of a gasoline dispensing
facility located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Chester,
Delaware, Fayette, Montgomery, Philadelphia, Washington or Westmoreland County
that decommissions a Stage II vapor recovery system remains subject to §
129.61a.
Notes
The provisions of this § 129.82a added under section
5(a)(1) and (8) of the
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