§ 13.35. Inspection of underground storage tanks.  


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  • (a) The local agency shall inspect every underground storage tank within its jurisdiction at least once every three years. The purpose of the inspection is to determine whether the tank complies with the design and construction standards of sections 13.38 or 13.39, whichever is applicable, whether the operator has monitored and tested the tank as required by the permit, and whether the tank is in a safe operating condition. After an inspection, the local agency shall prepare a compliance report detailing the inspection and shall send a copy of this report to the permit holder.
    (b) In addition to, or instead of, the inspection specified in subdivision (a), the local agency may require the permit holder to employ, periodically, special inspectors to conduct an audit or assessment of the permit holder's facility to determine whether the facility complies with the factors specified in subdivision (a) and to prepare a special inspection report with recommendations concerning the safe storage of hazardous materials at the facility. The report shall contain recommendations consistent with the provisions of this article, where appropriate. A copy of the report shall be filed with the local agency at the same time the inspector submits the report to the permit holder. Within thirty days after receiving this report, the permit holder shall file. with the local agency a plan to implement all recommendations contained in the report or shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the local agency, why these recommendations should not be implemented. (Ord. No. 944, § 3.)