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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 26.10.05.04" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="05" heading="Inventory Control.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Inventory Variations.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>An owner and an operator of a UST system shall review the reconciled inventory records required by COMAR 26.10.04.01 for the following:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Inventory variations exceeding 1 percent plus 130 gallons of the metered quantity of a regulated substance each calendar month; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Daily inventory records that show 7 consecutive days of shortage totaling 80 gallons or more.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An owner and an operator of a UST system shall conduct a review of reconciled inventory records at the following frequencies:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Review inventory variation as required under §A(1)(a) of this regulation monthly; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Review daily inventory records as required under §A(1)(b) of this regulation daily.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Reporting and Investigating Inventory Variations.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An operator of a UST system shall report a variation or shortage as described in §A(1) of this regulation to the owner of the UST system;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Upon discovery of an inventory variation, an owner and an operator of a UST system shall immediately investigate the cause of the variation or shortage;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>If the investigation required under §A(3)(b) of this regulation reveals no indication of a discharge or release from a UST system, an owner and an operator of a UST system shall state the cause of the inventory variation or shortage in the daily inventory records; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If the investigation required under §A(3)(b) of this regulation reveals a discharge or release from a UST system, an owner and an operator of a UST system shall follow the procedures established under COMAR 26.10.08.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department may require an owner and an operator of a UST system to perform a precision tightness test of the UST system:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the owner and the operator fail to reconcile daily inventory records as specified in COMAR 26.10.04.01 and review the reconciled records in accordance with §A of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the owner and the operator fail to comply with monthly release detection requirements of Regulation .05 of this chapter; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For any other good cause as determined by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Department may require an owner and an operator of a UST system to perform a precision tightness test of the UST system and install monitoring wells or conduct a site assessment if there is reason to believe there is or may have been a discharge or release of a regulated substance from the UST system.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>