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Periodic Inspection Requirements "Uri l 'anks cf ,07� gallons nr less capagkr erre OATEGC'Rv ' TANKS. Ovcrers or CorVzult AS1s cf thi, s,e -re NOT requrcd to errlploy Courree OST Inspectors m inspect[tf er tanks to comply wi-h it estandard's reculrement;,but car be In comp lance with:the stanm,d by Inspecting the tanks themselves or having thelr employees Inspect to em.CenVaclt tarks larger thar 5000 ell rise•also sof-Insoecho.and only requ"re Inspection by in Cerrhele Inspector arts,20 years of ell _ What qualfficotlonsare required for the owner toself inspect his mnk,and how does the owneineed to know whorto inspect? Section 4 of the SP001 standard carries the qualifications of the Owner's Inspector as follows:"Period,2 Inspections are to be performed by an owner's lnspectoc The personnel performing these inspections 3 poll be knowledgeable o(storoge facihtyopera tic ns, the type ofAST an .its associated components,and characteristics of ml ligWd stored" Section 6 of the standard STI SP001 explains what is meant by the PERIODIC AST INSPECTION — and what needs to be _ inspected and kept In the owner's AST records.These are simple and straight forward tasks which can be performed by any competent owner or his employees.The staneard makes it very easy to know what to do and what to check for by providing a check list in the standard's Appendix C.The first section requires filling In Information about the owner and the ID ofthe tank,The second section Is the SP001 Monthly Inspection Checkllst which consists of 9 easy to check,Yes or No questions such as, is there water in primary or secondary containment,are there visible signs of leakage around the tank,corl - pad,or ground;are all tank openings properly sealed,e,c,The third section is the SP001 Annual Inspectign Checklistwhidl contains 27 questions with Yes or No answers and a space for comments. It should be noted that the Periodic Inspi. must be performed in addition to the Formal External Inspections Simply put,the periodic iispecdon requirements are visual,documented Inspections conducted by an owner's i nsoector,to assess the general AST co9ditions,as best as possible,withou°suspendrrg AST operations or removing the AST from service. ConVault strongly encourages theuse of the Monthly and Art Iospectlon Checklists provided In SPOo', and, ire fact, requlres some of these items he checked on a.weekly basis as part of the ConVault warranty. See Pages 10-12 fora Cortpuirspecific Maintenance Checkfisc ',. A copy of ConVault's weekly/monthly/yearly checklist is available online at litip://www.convault.com/pdfdoc/checklist,pdf. 888 965-322]