PURPOSE: This rule specifies the registration procedures for underground storage tanks.

1. (1) Any owner who intends to install an underground storage tank (UST) system after October 28, 1990, must, at least thirty (30) days before installing the tank, notify the department by letter of the intent to install a UST. The letter must provide the owner’s name, the name and location of the facility where the UST will be installed, the date that the installation is expected to commence and the date that the tank is expected to be brought in-use.
2. (2) Any owner who brings a UST system inuse after September 28, 1990, must, within thirty (30) days of bringing the tank in-use, register the completed UST system on forms provided by the department. Note: Owners and operators of UST systems that were in the ground on or after May 8, 1986, unless taken out-of-operation on or before January 1, 1974, were required to notify the state in accordance with the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, P.L. 98-616, on a form published by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 8, 1985 (50 FR 46602), unless notice was given pursuant to section 103(c) of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Owners and operators who have not complied with the notification requirements may use forms provided by the department.
3. (3) Notices required to be submitted under section (2) of this rule must provide all of the information requested in the form provided by the department for each UST.

4. (4) All owners and operators of new UST systems must certify in the notification form compliance with the following requirements:

   1. (A) Installation of tanks and piping in 10 CSR 20-10.020(1)(E);
   2. (B) Cathodic protection of steel tanks and piping under 10 CSR 20-10.020(1)(A) and (B);
   3. (C) Financial responsibility in 10 CSR 20-11.090 through 10 CSR 20-11.112; and
   4. (D) Release detection in 10 CSR 20-10.041 and 10 CSR 20-10.042.
5. (5) An owner/operator shall complete and file an updated registration form if the owner information or information regarding tank equipment and operation, as reported on the current registration with the department, changes.
6. (6) All owners and operators of new UST systems must ensure that the installer certifies in the notification form that the methods used to install the tanks and piping comply with the requirements in 10 CSR 20-10.020(1)(D).
7. (7) The department shall issue a Certificate of Registration for any tanks which meet the requirements in sections (1) through (5) of this rule and 10 CSR 20-10.020 and 10 CSR 20-10.021. The Certificate of Registration shall be valid for five (5) years except as described in section (8) of this rule.
8. (8) The department shall establish effective dates and expiration dates for Certificates of Registration issued under this rule. These dates shall establish a period of from one to five (1–5) years for an initial Certificate of 10 CSR 20-10

Registration and a period of five (5) years for subsequent Certificates of Registration.

1. (9) Information submitted to the department after January 1, 1990, under sections (1) through (6) of this rule for a tank brought into use before January 1, 1990, or for a tank brought into use after September 28, 1990, is an application for a Certificate of Registration and shall be accompanied by a fee as described in section (10), except as described in section (11).
2. (10) Fees required under section (9) of this rule shall be paid in one (1) payment of seventy-five dollars ($75). No fees shall be collected for registration of tanks which were permanently closed prior to August 28, 1989. No further fees shall be assessed upon registered USTs once permanent closure has been completed and any fees to date have been paid.
3. (11) The department may waive part of the thirty (30)-day prior notice required in section (1) for reasons including, but not limited to, weather, contractual arrangements, department inspection scheduling and availability of tank service vendors. A request for a waiver must accompany the information required under section (1) of this rule.

AUTHORITY: sections 319.103 and 319.123, RSMo 1994 and 319.137, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed April 2, 1990, effective Sept. 28, 1990. Amended: Filed June 1, 1995, effective Jan. 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Jan. 2, 1996, effective Aug. 30, 1996. Amended: Filed Jan. 14, 1997, effective Sept. 30, 1997. Amended: Filed April 1, 1999, effective March 30, 2000. *Original authority: 319.103, RSMo 1989; 319.123, RSMo 1989; 319.137, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995.