Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-4-933 - Secondary containment requirements; lining
(a) General
requirement. The base of a secondary containment facility, and any earthen
walls of the facility shall be lined with asphalt, concrete, an approved
synthetic liner, a clay soil liner or other product approved by the secretary,
designed to limit permeability of the base and walls. Liners shall meet the
requirements of this regulation.
(b) Asphalt or concrete liners. Asphalt or
concrete liners shall be designed, according to good engineering practices, to
withstand any foreseeable loading conditions, including a full hydrostatic head
of discharged fluid and static loads of storage containers, including
appurtenances, equipment, and contents. Cracks and seams shall be sealed to
prevent leakage.
(c) Synthetic
liners.
(1) All synthetic liners and
installation plans shall be approved by the secretary. Until the manufacturer
of the synthetic liner provides the secretary with a written confirmation of
compatibility and a written estimate of the life of the liner, no approval
shall be given.
(2) Synthetic
liners shall not react either chemically or electrolytically with the materials
being stored within the storage facility.
(3) Synthetic liners shall be installed
according to manufacturer's specifications. All field constructed seams shall
be tested and repaired, if necessary, in accordance with the manufacturer's
recommendations.
(d)
Clay soil liners. The surface soil, including the berm of an earthen dike and
10 feet beyond the berm, shall be sealed with a sealing agent such as sodium
bentonite, attapulgite clay or a similar clay material approved by the
secretary. The liner shall be constructed in accordance with reliable civil
engineering recommendations to establish a barrier layer which will maintain a
water level up to the working height of the containment structure for 72 hours,
or a clay application which results in a downward water movement of not greater
than one-half of an inch per 24 hour period. The floor of the containment area
shall be protected with a layer of gravel, sand, earth or crushed stone at
least six inches thick placed on top of the clay liner.
(e) Exemptions.
(1) A liner need not be installed directly
under a storage container with a capacity of 100,000 gallons or more that has
been constructed on site and put into use prior to the effective date of this
regulation if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) A second bottom made of steel or other
material approved by the secretary is constructed for the storage container,
placed over the original bottom, and topped with a layer of smooth, fine gravel
or coarse sand at least six inches thick;
(B) the original bottom of the storage
container is tested for leaks before the sand layer or second bottom, as
described in (A) are installed; and
(C) the newly constructed bottom is tested
for leaks before any fluid fertilizer is stored in the storage container;
(D) records of the tests described
in (B) and (C) are kept on file at the storage facility, or at the nearest
local office from which the storage facility is administered; and
(E) a method to readily detect leaks from the
newly constructed bottom into the sand layer is in place.
(2) The secondary containment requirements in
this regulation shall not apply to rail cars which are periodically removed
from the storage facility.
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