(), including demonstrating that the UST system is Biodiesel Blends Greater Than 20 Percent compatible with the substance stored and keeping certain records. Beginning on October 13, 2015, in addition to the 1988 requirement of ensuring that the UST system is compatible, UST owners and operators intending to regulated substances must also meet these additional compatibility requirements: Notification You must notify your implementing agency at least 30 days before switching to any of the following products: Regulated substances containing greater than 10 percent ethanol Regulated substances containing greater than 20 percent biodiesel Any other regulated substance identified by your implementing agency Please see Appendix 1 for a sample letter for notifying your implementing agency that you plan to switch to store a biofuel. Additionally, owners and operators storing one or more of regulated substances must meet the compatibility requirement by demonstrating compatibility of the system with the fuel or by using an alternative method approved by the implementing agency: Demonstration of compatibility If you store any of these substances, you must either: Demonstrate that the following UST system components are compatible with the regulated substance: tank, piping, containment pumping equipment, release detection equipment, spill prevention equipment, and overfill prevention equipment Use another option determined by the implementing agency to be no less protective of human health and the environment than the demonstration method Recordkeeping Beginning on October 13, 2015, if you store regulated substances containing greater than 10 percent ethanol, greater than 20 percent biodiesel, or other substances identified by your implementing agency, you must keep records showing that your UST system is compatible with those substances. If you choose to follow an alternative method determined to be no less protective of human health and the environment established by your implementing agency, then you must keep documentation of adherence to this requirement as required by the implementing agency’s rules. You must keep these records for as long as you store these regulated substances Owners and operators may wish to consult American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 1626, Storing and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends at Distribution
Biodiesel Blends Greater Than 20 Percent (), including demonstrating that the UST system is compatible with the substance stored and keeping certain records. Beginning on October 13, 2015, in addition to the 1988 requirement of ensuring that the UST system is compatible, UST owners and operators intending to regulated substances must also meet these additional compatibility requirements: Notification You must notify your implementing agency at least 30 days before switching to any of the following products: Regulated substances containing greater than 10 percent ethanol Regulated substances containing greater than 20 percent biodiesel Any other regulated substance identified by your implementing agency Please see Appendix 1 for a sample letter for notifying your implementing agency that you plan to switch to store a biofuel. Additionally, owners and operators storing one or more of regulated substances must meet the compatibility requirement by demonstrating compatibility of the system with the fuel or by using an alternative method approved by the implementing agency: Demonstration of compatibility If you store any of these substances, you must either: Demonstrate that the following UST system components are compatible with the regulated substance: tank, piping, containment pumping equipment, release detection equipment, spill prevention equipment, and overfill prevention equipment Use another option determined by the implementing agency to be no less protective of human health and the environment than the demonstration method Recordkeeping Beginning on October 13, 2015, if you store regulated substances containing greater than 10 percent ethanol, greater than 20 percent biodiesel, or other substances identified by your implementing agency, you must keep records showing that your UST system is compatible with those substances. If you choose to follow an alternative method determined to be no less protective of human health and the environment established by your implementing agency, then you must keep documentation of adherence to this requirement as required by the implementing agency’s rules. You must keep these records for as long as you store these regulated substances Owners and operators may wish to consult American Petroleum Institute’s Recommended Practice 1626, Storing and Handling Ethanol and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends at Distribution
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