2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-449q - Storage of underground storage tank system records.

The owner or operator of an underground storage tank system storing petroleum that is subject to section 22a-449(d)-101 et seq. of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, who owns or operates more than ten facilities with underground storage tank systems, may store records required to be maintained under section 22a-449(d)-103(e) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, in a central location in the state of Connecticut, provided such owner or operator: (1) Specifies, in writing, the location of any such centrally stored records and such other information as the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may prescribe related to such storage on a form prescribed by said commissioner and submits such form to said commissioner; and (2) ensures that such records are immediately available for inspection by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner’s designee, at any such central location. The following records may not be stored solely at such a central location but shall be maintained at the site of the underground storage tank system: (A) A copy of all Underground Storage Tank Facility Notification Forms, or EPHM-6, submitted to the commissioner, regarding underground storage tanks for the site; (B) for all metallic underground storage tank systems, records concerning the most recent cathodic protection test; (C) for underground storage tank systems with impressed current cathodic protection, the last six months of records regarding the inspection of the cathodic protection systems, if applicable; (D) the most recent prior twelve months of records related to repairs of the underground storage tank system required by section 22a-449(d)-103(d)(6) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies; (E) the most recent six months of records demonstrating compliance with the release detection requirements of section 22a-449(d)-104 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, including, but not limited to, inventory control and reconciliation of such inventory control records; (F) records regarding the two most recent underground storage tank tightness pursuant to section 22a-449(d)-104(e)(3) of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies; and (G) any other records regarding the underground storage tank system that the commissioner specifies, in writing. Nothing in this section shall affect any requirement of this chapter other than the location of where certain records may be stored.

(P.A. 07-192, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.