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§ 6021.302. Interim requirements for aboveground storage tanks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: July 5, 2005

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 29D. Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 3. Aboveground Storage Tanks
Effective: July 5, 2005
35 P.S. § 6021.302
§ 6021.302. Interim requirements for aboveground storage tanks
(a) Registration fees and requirements.--
(1) Annual registration fees to be paid by owners of aboveground storage tanks are hereby established as follows:
(i) Three hundred dollars for each aboveground storage tank with a capacity of more than 50,000 gallons.
(ii) One hundred twenty-five dollars for each aboveground storage tank with a capacity of more than 5,000 gallons and less than or equal to 50,000 gallons.
(iii) Fifty dollars for each aboveground storage tank with a capacity of up to or equal to 5,000 gallons.
(2) The owner of any aboveground storage tank with a capacity greater than 5,000 gallons shall, along with the registration fee, submit to the department all information required on the data plate required by section 8.1 of API 650 Large Welded Storage Tanks (Atmospheric) and such other information as is required by the department.
(b) Interim installation requirements.--
(1) Until such time as the department adopts installation requirements by regulation, no person shall install a new or reconstructed aboveground storage tank or make a substantial modification to an aboveground storage tank unless the tank meets the applicable technical standards for the specific type and class of tank as set forth in the applicable Underwriters Laboratory Standards No. 142 and by the American Petroleum Institute in each of the following (including any appendices):
(i) API-12B - Bolted Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids.
(ii) API-12D - Field Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids.
(iii) API-12F - Shop Welded Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids.
(iv) API-12H - New Bottoms for Old Tanks.
(v) API-12P - Fiberglass Tanks for Storage of Production Liquids.
(vi) API-620 - Large Welded Low Pressure Storage Tanks.
(vii) API-650 - Large Welded Storage Tanks (Atmospheric).
(viii) API-RP 2000 - Guide for venting atmospheric and low pressure storage tanks.
(2) Unless modified by the rules and regulations of the department, the owner, subject to paragraph (1), shall, along with the registration form required by this act, submit a certification by a registered professional engineer qualified in tank construction that the requirements of paragraph (1) have been met.

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1989, July 6, P.L. 169, No. 32, § 302, effective in 30 days. Amended 2005, July 5, P.L. 97, No. 36, § 2, imd. effective.
35 P.S. § 6021.302, PA ST 35 P.S. § 6021.302
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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