# COMAR Title 26 — Department of the Environment

## Subtitle 10 — Oil Pollution Control and Storage Tank Management

### Chapter 06 — UST System Technician, Remover, and Inspector Certification

#### Regulation .07 Conflict of Interest.

*COMAR 26.10.06.07*

A. A certified UST system inspector may not perform, and an owner and an operator of a UST system may not allow, a UST system inspector to perform an inspection on a UST system for compliance with COMAR 26.10.03.10 if the UST system inspector is also:

  (1) The owner or the operator of the UST system to be inspected;

  (2) An employee of the owner or the operator of the UST system to be inspected; or

  (3) The certified UST system technician who completed the installation, replacement, or upgrade work on the UST system to be inspected.

B. The Department shall refuse a UST system inspection report submitted in compliance with COMAR 26.10.03.10D if the UST system inspector who performed the inspection and signed and provided their Department issued certification number on the inspection report is also one of the individuals identified in §A of this regulation.

C. A certified UST system inspector who is also a certified UST system technician may correct deficiencies while performing an inspection on a UST system in compliance with COMAR 26.10.03.10.

D. A certified UST system inspector shall be subject to the actions available to the Department as stated in Regulation .08 and .09 of this chapter if the individual performed the inspection and signed and provided their Department issued certification number on the inspection report refused by the Department under §B of this regulation.