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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 26.10.03.09" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="03" heading="UST System Registration Requirements.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of one or more UST systems shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Register each UST system with the Department and maintain up-to-date registration for each UST system with the Department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Submit to the Department a completed registration form for a UST system to the Department not later than 30 days following the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Installation of a new or replacement UST system; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Acquisition of a new or replacement UST system;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Amend the registration for a registered UST system by submitting to the Department a registration form not later than 30 days following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The return of a temporarily closed UST system to in-service status;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A change in the regulated substance stored;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A change-in-service to store a non-regulated substance in a UST system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>An upgrade of an existing UST system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The temporary closure or permanent closure of a UST system; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>If applicable, an owner of UST system being released from the requirement to maintain financial responsibility or obtaining coverage under an alternate mechanism of financial responsibility; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Include on a submitted registration form all of the information requested on the form, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>If amending the registration for a registered UST system, information remaining unchanged since the last registration form was submitted for the UST system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A certification of the UST system owner’s compliance with the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Installation of a UST and piping requirements under this chapter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Installation of spill and overfill prevention equipment requirements under this chapter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Cathodic protection of steel USTs and piping requirements under Regulations .01 and .02 of this chapter;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Financial responsibility requirements under COMAR 26.10.11; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>Release detection requirements under COMAR 26.10.05 and, if a UST system with a field-constructed tank or an airport hydrant system, 26.10.12;</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the UST system is used in the operation of a commercial or business entity, certification and proof that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>The owner has registered the commercial or business entity with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The commercial or business entity is in good standing with the State at the time of the UST system initial or amended registration; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A certification from a certified UST system technician that the methods used to install the UST system comply with the requirements in COMAR 26.10.02—26.10.12 and 26.10.16.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of a UST system required to register or amend the registration for a UST system under §A of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May register or amend the registration for one or more UST systems located at one place of operation using one registration form; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Shall register or amend the registration for UST systems located at separate places of operation using separate registration forms for each place of operation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A person who sells a UST system shall inform the purchaser of the registration obligation under §A of this regulation and provide the purchaser with a copy of the Department’s registration form.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and person in charge of a UST system that is not registered with the Department may not sell, receive, or dispense oil or any other regulated substance to or from the UST system, with the exception of the minimum amount of a regulated substance necessary to conduct an initial precision tightness test for a new or replacement UST system.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An owner, an operator, and a person in charge of a registered UST system shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Display the UST system registration certificate issued by the Department at the regulated substance storage facility; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Produce the UST system registration certificate immediately upon the request of the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>