Rule 3745-267-198 | General operating requirements - tank systems - standardized permitting.
(A) Owners or operators shall not place hazardous wastes or treatment reagents in a tank system if the hazardous wastes or treatment reagents could cause the tank, the tank's ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.
(B) Owners or operators shall use appropriate controls and practices to prevent spills and overflows from tank or containment systems. These include, at a minimum:
(1) Spill prevention controls (for example, check valves, dry disconnect couplings).
(2) Overfill prevention controls (for example, level sensing devices, high level alarms, automatic feed cutoff, or bypass to a standby tank).
(3) Sufficient freeboard in uncovered tanks to prevent overtopping by wave or wind action or by precipitation.
(C) Owners or operators shall comply with the requirements of rule 3745-267-200 of the Administrative Code if a leak or spill occurs in the tank system.
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