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LG 152-2 -6- <br />Guidance <br />6 - <br />Guidance (LG) Letter 113. LG 113 can be found on our website at: <br />http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ust/leak prevention/W13/index.html <br />It is important to note that regulated piping begins where piping exits/enters the <br />tank and continues to the point where piping extends above the surface of the <br />ground (e.g., at a shear valve). Statute does not provide an exemption for single - <br />walled piping transitions contained in sumps, or single -walled piping transitions in <br />UDCs, or fill piping contained in sumps. The following options may be used to <br />satisfy the requirements for single -walled piping transitions contained in sumps; <br />single -walled piping transitions contained in UDCs; and fill piping contained in <br />sumps: <br />L The entire piping length, including piping within sumps or UDCs, must be <br />double -walled and continuously monitored using vacuum, pressure, or <br />interstitial liquid level measurement methods; or <br />ii. The interstitial space between the primary (i.e., single -walled transition <br />pipe or fill piping) and secondary containment (i.e., sump, UDC) must be <br />continuously monitored using vacuum or pressure. (Note: Interstitial liquid <br />level measurement would not be appropriate for this option.); or <br />iii. The single -walled transition pipe or fill piping must be contained within a <br />double -walled sump and/or double -walled UDC that either: (1) extends to <br />the surface or (2) has a double -walled product tight lid that is continuously <br />monitored using vacuum, pressure, or interstitial liquid level measurement <br />methods. The secondary containment (of the sump or UDC, including <br />penetration fittings) must be continuously monitored using vacuum, <br />pressure, or interstitial liquid level measurement methods. <br />Pursuant to Section 2637(a)(6) of Title 23, CCR, portions of the UST system <br />which are continuously monitored using vacuum, pressure, or interstitial liquid <br />level measurement methods are exempt from periodic secondary containment <br />testing. Therefore, periodic secondary containment testing is not required for <br />secondary containment of tank and piping that are continuously monitored using <br />vacuum, pressure, or interstitial liquid level measurement methods. Please note <br />that annual certification of the leak detection equipment is still required. <br />B. What components of USTs installed on or after July 1, 2004 are required to <br />be monitored in accordance with H&S Code, Section 25290.1(d)? <br />Section 25290.1 requires that the "underground storage tank system" be <br />designed and constructed with a continuous monitoring system. Tank and <br />product piping monitored using constant vacuum, pressure, or interstitial liquid <br />level measurement methods satisfy this requirement through Section 25290.1(e). <br />However, other parts of the UST system not subject to Section 25290.1(e) must <br />satisfy the monitoring requirement in Section 25290,1(d). These components <br />include, but are not limited to, riser piping and access points on top of the tank, <br />California Environmental Protection Agency <br />rLd RencfedPaper <br />