Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations (SOR/2008-197)

Permanent Withdrawal from Service

• 44 (1) The owner or operator of a storage tank system that permanently withdraws the system or any component of it from service must have the system or component withdrawn by a person approved to do so by the province in which the system or component is located. If no person has been approved in the province where the storage tank system or component is located, the withdrawal must be supervised by a professional engineer.

• (2) The owner or operator must keep a record that includes the date on which they withdrew the system or component from service and that establishes that the storage tank system or component was withdrawn by an approved person or that the withdrawal was supervised by a professional engineer.

• (3) The owner or operator of the storage tank system must ensure that

  • (a) all liquids and sludge are removed and disposed of;

  • (b) if a tank is being withdrawn from service, the tank is purged of vapours to less than 10% of the lower flammability limit and the presence of vapours is checked with a combustible gas meter; and

  • (c) the withdrawal is done in a way such that there will be no immediate or long-term harmful effect on the environment and it will not constitute a danger to human life or health.

• (4) The owner or operator of the storage tank system must affix a label to the system’s fill pipe stating that the system is permanently out of service.

• (5) The owner or operator must notify the Minister, in writing, of the permanent withdrawal from service of a storage tank system or any component of a storage tank system within 60 days after the day on which it is permanently withdrawn from service.

Removal of Storage Tank Systems

• 45 (1) If a storage tank system or any component of a storage tank system is required to be removed under these Regulations, the owner of the system must have the system or the component removed by a person approved to do so by the province in which the system is located. If no person has been approved in the province where the storage tank system is located, the owner must have the removal supervised by a professional engineer.

• (2) The owner must keep a record establishing that the storage tank system or the component was removed by an approved person or that the removal was supervised by a professional engineer.

Record Keeping

• 46 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 31, the owner or operator of a storage tank system that is required to keep a record under these Regulations must keep the record at the owner’s or operator’s place of work nearest to the system for five years after the day on which that record was made.

• (2) The owner or operator of a storage tank system must keep the following records and documents until the system is removed:

  • (a) the record referred to in section 27

    • (i) in respect of an inspection performed under section 22, or

    • (ii) that includes the information referred to in paragraph 27(g); and

  • (b) the record referred to in subsection 33(2) and the documents referred to in section 34.

Repeal

47 [Repeal]

Coming into Force

48 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.