Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7425 – Certification of underground storage tank contractors
(a) The Department shall adopt regulations for certification of businesses and individuals to install, retrofit, remove, abandon or reline underground storage tank systems used to store regulated substances.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7425
- Department: means the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
- Removal: means the process of removing and disposing of an underground storage tank system, through the use of prescribed techniques for the purging of residues and vapors and removal of the vessel from the ground. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
- Retrofit: means modification or correction of an underground storage tank system to meet standards contained in regulations promulgated under this chapter through such means as replacement of valves, fill pipes, vents and liquid level monitoring systems, and the installation of overfill protection, transfer spill protection, leak detection and cathodic protection devices; but the term does not include the process of relining an underground tank through application of such materials as epoxy resins, nor does the term include the process of conducting a tightness test to establish the integrity of the tank. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
- State: means the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
- Underground storage tank: means a containment vessel, including underground pipes connected thereto, which is used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected thereto, is 10 per centum or more beneath the surface of the ground. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
- Underground storage tank system: means an underground storage tank and its associated ancillary equipment and containment system, if any. See Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 7402
(b) As a prerequisite for certification, the Department shall conduct written examinations within the State for the purpose of determining ability to perform installation, retrofit, relining, removal or abandonment of underground storage tank systems. The Department may waive the examination for persons who possess a valid certificate from another state, provided such certification is for similar work to be performed in Delaware.
(c) An underground storage tank system shall be installed, repaired, retrofitted, relined, removed or abandoned only in the presence and under the direction of an individual possessing a valid certificate issued by the Department. Certification requirements for contractors shall commence 6 months after adoption of regulations.
(d) Certification will not be required for owners of farm or residential underground storage tanks who wish to remove or abandon their own nonregulated underground storage tanks.
(e) Certification shall be valid for 2 years. The fee for certification shall be $250 for companies and $100 for on-site supervisors. Fees collected are appropriated to the Department to carry out the purposes of the Underground Storage Tank Program.