Utah Admin. Code R311-201-3 - Eligibility for Certification
(1)
Certified PST consultant.
(a) training. For
initial and renewal certification, an applicant must meet:
(i) Occupational Safety and Health Agency
safety training requirements in accordance with
29 CFR
1910.120 and any other applicable safety
training, as required by federal and state law; and
(ii) within a six-month period before
application, complete an approved training course or equivalent in a program
approved by the director to provide training to include the following areas:
(A) state and federal statutes;
(B) rules and regulations;
(C) environmental media sampling;
and
(D) department
policies.
(b)
experience. Each applicant must provide with the application a signed statement
or other evidence demonstrating:
(i) three
years, within the past seven years, of appropriately related experience in PST
release abatement, investigation, and corrective action; or
(ii) an equivalent combination of appropriate
education and experience, as determined by the director.
(c) education. Each applicant must provide
with the application college transcripts or other evidence demonstrating the
following:
(i) a bachelor's or advanced degree
from an accredited college or university with major study in environmental
health, engineering, biological, chemical, environmental, or physical science,
or a specialized or related scientific field, or equivalent education or
experience as determined by the director;
(ii) a professional engineering certificate
licensed under Title 58, Chapter 22, of the Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors Licensing Act, or equivalent certification as determined by the
director; or
(iii) a professional
geologist certificate licensed under Title 58, Chapter 76 of the Professional
Geologist Licensing Act, or equivalent certification as determined by the
director.
(d) initial
certification examination. Each applicant who is not certified pursuant to
Section
R311-201-4
must successfully pass an initial certification examination or equivalent,
administered under the direction of the director.
(i) the director shall determine the content
of the initial examination based on the training requirements as outlined in
Subsection R311-201-3(1)(a).
(e) renewal certification examination.
Certified PST consultants seeking to renew their certification pursuant to
Section
R311-201-5 must
successfully pass a renewal certification examination, or equivalent
administered under the direction of the director.
(i) the director shall determine the content
of the renewal examination based on the training requirements as outlined in
Subsection R311-201-3(1)(a).
(ii)
the director may offer a renewal certification examination that is less
comprehensive than the initial certification examination.
(f) examination for revoked or expired
certification. Any applicant who is not a certified PST consultant on the date
the renewal certification examination is given because the consultant's prior
certification was revoked or expired before completing a renewal application,
must successfully pass the initial certification examination administered under
Subsection R311-201-3(1)(d).
(2) UST inspector.
(a) training. For initial certification, an
applicant must have successfully completed a PST inspector training course or
equivalent within the six -month period before application.
(i) the training course must be approved by
the director and shall include instruction in the following areas:
(A) corrosion;
(B) geology;
(C) hydrology;
(D) tank handling;
(E) tank testing;
(F) product piping testing;
(G) disposal;
(H) safety;
(I) sampling methodology;
(J) state site inspection protocol;
(K) state and federal statutes; and
(L) Utah PST rules and regulations.
(ii) renewal certification
training will be established by the director.
(iii) the applicant must provide
documentation of training with the application.
(b) certification examination. An applicant
must successfully pass a certification examination administered under the
direction of the director.
(i) the director
shall determine the content of the initial and renewal examinations, based on
the training requirements as outlined in Subsection R311-201-3(2)(a), and the
standards and criteria against which the applicant will be evaluated.
(ii) the director may offer a renewal
certification examination that is less comprehensive than the initial
certification examination.
(3) UST tester.
(a) financial assurance. An applicant or
applicant's employer must have insurance, surety bonds, liquid company assets
or other appropriate kinds of financial assurance which covers PST testing and
which, in combination, represent an unencumbered value of the largest PST
testing contract performed by the applicant or the applicant's employer, as
appropriate, during the previous two years, or $50,000, whichever is greater.
(i) an applicant who uses their employer's
financial assurance must also provide evidence of their employer's approval of
the certification application.
(b) training. For initial certification, an
applicant must complete a PST tester's training course within the six-month
period before application, in a program approved by the director, to provide
training to include applicable and related areas of state and federal statutes,
rules, and regulations.
(i) renewal
certification training will be established by the director.
(A) the applicant must provide documentation
of training with the application.
(ii) for initial certification to perform the
types of testing specified in Subsection
R311-201-2(3),
an applicant must have successfully passed a training course conducted by the
manufacturer of the PST testing equipment that they will be using, or a
training course determined by the director to be equivalent to the manufacturer
training, in the correct use of the equipment and testing procedures required
to operate the PST test system.
(iii) an applicant for renewal of
certification must have successfully passed an appropriate refresher training
course conducted by the manufacturer of the PST testing equipment that they
will be using, or training as determined by the director to be equivalent to
the manufacturer training, in the correct use of the equipment and testing
procedures required to operate the PST test system.
(A) for renewal certification, refresher
training, or equivalent must be completed within one year before the expiration
date of the certificate.
(iv) cathodic protection testing. For initial
and renewal of certification, the applicant must provide documentation of
training as a "Cathodic protection tester" as defined in
40
CFR 280.12 with the application.
(c) performance standards of
equipment. An applicant must submit documentation that demonstrates the PST
testing equipment used by the applicant meets the performance standards
specified in Subsection
R311-200-1(2)(ss)(v).
(i) this documentation shall be obtained
through an independent lab, professional engineering firm, or other independent
organization or individual approved by the director and submitted at the time
of application for certification.
(d) certification examination. An applicant
must successfully pass a certification examination administered under the
direction of the director.
(i) the director
shall determine the content of the initial and renewal examinations, based on
the training requirements as outlined in Subsection R311-201-3(3)(b), and the
standards and criteria against which the applicant will be evaluated.
(ii) the director may offer a renewal
certification examination that is less comprehensive than the initial
certification examination.
(4) Certified sampler.
(a) training. For initial certification an
applicant must successfully complete a petroleum storage tank environmental
media sampler training course or equivalent within the six -month period before
application.
(i) the training course must be
approved by the director and shall include instruction in the following areas:
(A) chain of custody;
(B) decontamination;
(C) EPA testing methods;
(D) environmental media sampling
protocol;
(E) preservation of
samples during transportation;
(F)
coordination with Utah certified laboratories; and
(G) state and federal statutes, rules, and
regulations.
(ii)
renewal certification training will be determined by the director.
(A) the applicant shall provide documentation
of training with the application.
(b) certification examination. An applicant
must successfully pass a certification examination administered under the
direction of the director.
(i) the director
shall determine the content of the initial and subsequent examinations, based
on the training requirements as outlined in Subsection R311-201-3(4)(a), and
the standards and criteria against which the applicant will be
evaluated.
(ii) the director may
offer a renewal certification examination that is less comprehensive than the
initial certification examination.
(5) UST installer.
(a) financial assurance. An applicant or the
applicant's employer must have insurance, surety bonds, liquid company assets,
or other appropriate kinds of financial assurance which covers PST installation
and which, in combination, represents an unencumbered value of not less than
the largest PST installation contract performed by the applicant or the
applicant's employer, as appropriate, during the previous two years, or
$250,000, whichever is greater.
(i) evidence
of financial assurance shall be provided with the application.
(ii) an applicant who uses their employer's
financial assurance must also provide evidence of their employer's approval of
the application.
(b)
training. For initial certification, an applicant must have successfully
completed a PST installer training course or equivalent within the six-month
period before the application.
(i) the
training course must be approved by the director, and shall include instruction
in the following areas:
(A) tank
installation;
(B) pre-installation
tank testing;
(C) product piping
testing;
(D) excavation;
(E) anchoring;
(F) backfilling;
(G) secondary containment;
(H) leak detection methods;
(I) piping;
(J) electrical; and
(K) state and federal statutes, rules, and
regulations.
(ii) the
applicant must provide documentation of training with the
application.
(c)
experience. Each applicant must provide with their application a sworn
statement or other evidence that they have actively participated in a minimum
of three PST installations.
(d)
certification examination. An applicant must successfully pass a certification
examination administered under the direction of the director.
(i) the director shall determine the content
of the initial and renewal examinations, based on the training requirements as
outlined in Subsection R311-201-3(5)(b), and the standards and criteria against
which the applicant will be evaluated.
(ii) the director may offer a renewal
certification examination that is less comprehensive than the initial
certification examination.
(6) UST remover.
(a) financial assurance. An applicant or the
applicant's employer must have insurance, surety bonds, liquid company assets
or other appropriate kinds of financial assurance which covers PST removal and
which, in combination, represents an unencumbered value of not less than the
largest PST removal contract performed by the applicant or the applicant's
employer, as appropriate, during the previous two years, or $250,000, whichever
is greater.
(i) evidence of financial
assurance shall be provided with the application.
(ii) an applicant who uses their employer's
financial assurance must also provide evidence of their employer's approval of
the application.
(b)
training. For initial certification, an applicant must have successfully
completed a PST remover approved training course or equivalent within the
six-month period before the application.
(i)
the training course must be approved by the director and shall include
instruction in the following areas:
(A) tank
removal;
(B) tank removal safety
practices; and
(C) state and
federal statutes, rules, and regulations.
(ii) the applicant must provide documentation
of training with the application.
(c) experience. Each applicant must provide
with their application a sworn statement or other evidence that they have
actively participated in a minimum of three PST removals.
(d) certification examination. An applicant
must successfully pass a certification examination administered under the
direction of the director.
(i) the director
shall determine the content of the initial and renewal examinations, based on
the training requirements as outlined in Subsection R311-201-3(6)(b), and the
standards and criteria against which the applicant will be evaluated.
(ii) the director may offer a renewal
certification examination that is less comprehensive than the initial
certification examination.
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