25 Pa. Code § 245.234 - Siting requirements
(a) The
Department will not issue a site -specific storage tank system or facility
installation permit if:
(1) The installation
of storage tank systems and facilities is proposed on 100-year floodplains or a
larger area that the flood of record has inundated unless an industrial use on
the proposed site was in existence as of August 5, 1989.
(2) The installation of storage tank systems
and facilities is proposed in wetlands in a manner inconsistent with Chapter
105 (relating to dam safety and waterway management).
(3) The Department determines that
construction design criteria or engineering specifications submitted by a
professional engineer are not in accordance with generally accepted sound
engineering practices or existing conditions at the site require mitigation to
properly support the tank systems and the applicant 's proposed mitigation
actions are not deemed adequate.
(b) The applicant shall provide the following
additional information if appropriate:
(1)
Over areas underlain by carbonate bedrock, the applicant shall provide
information and analysis to the Department which assesses the prevalence of
solution channels and the potential for sinkholes at the facility
site .
(2) If any part of a proposed
facility has been previously mined by deep mining methods, the applicant shall
provide the results of an engineering study of the proposed site by a
Pennsylvania registered professional engineer or Pennsylvania registered
professional geologist. The study must be detailed enough to assess the
potential for and degree of surface subsidence. The study must also include
methods which have been used or will be used to stabilize the surface. The
applicant shall provide assurance that minerals providing surface support will
not be mined as long as the facility stores regulated substances.
(3) A professional engineer's construction
design criteria and engineering specifications necessary to mitigate surface or
subsurface conditions which may result in excessive storage tank system
settlement or unstable support of the applicant 's proposed storage tank
systems.
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