ICC CALIFORNIA UST INSPECTOR EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024

ICC CALIFORNIA UST INSPECTOR

Notification to perform a secondary containment test must be given to
the local agency by:
a.) A service technician or a licensed tank tester.
b.) Cathodic protection tester.
c.) Owner/operator of UST.
d.) State Water Resources Control Board. – ANSWER- c.)
Owner/operator of UST
CCR Title 23, Sec 2637(f)
An owner or operator of an underground storage tank or any part thereof
that is destined for a specific reuse shall advise the local agency, within
the time frame specified by that agency, of all of the following, except:
a.) The nature of intended use
b.) The name of the new owner and new operator of the UST
c.) The location of intended use
d.) The State Water Resources Control Board must be advised not the
local agency – ANSWER- d.) The State Water Resources Control Board
must be advised not the local agency
CCR Title 23, Sec 2672(b)(4)

Any person(s) installing underground storage tank systems or
components shall be certified or licensed by:
a.) The Contractors State License Board
b.) The local agency
c.) The State Water Resources Control Board
d.) The Regional Water Quality Board – ANSWER- a.) The Contractors
State License Board
CCR Title 23, Sec 2715(g)
The designated UST operator(s) shall perform monthly visual
inspections of all UST’s for which they are designated. The monthly
visual inspection shall include all of the following, except:
a.) Inspecting for the presence of hazardous substances, water, or debris
in spill containers.
b.) By July 1, 2005, verify that all facility employees have been trained.
c.) Reviewing the alarm history report or log for the previous month.
d.) Inspecting for the presence of hazardous substances, water, or debris
in containment sumps regardless of documentation showing each alarm
for the previous month has been responded to appropriately. –
ANSWER- d.) Inspecting for the presence of hazardous substances,
water, or debris in containment sumps regardless of documentation
showing each alarm for the previous month has been responded to
appropriately.
CCR Title 23, Sec 2715(c)

The following statements are true about the certification of monitoring
equipment, except:
a.) The certification is an annual requirement.
b.) The certification shall be made on a “Monitoring System
Certification” form.
c.) UST owners and operators shall submit a completed
“Monitoring System Certification” form to the local agency
within 30 days after completion of the inspection.
d.) The “Monitoring System Certification” form must be posted. –
ANSWER- d.) The “Monitoring System Certification” form must be
posted.
CCR Title 23, Sec 2638, 2641(j)
Field-installed cathodic protection systems shall be designed and
certified as adequate by a:
a.) Cathodic protection tester.
b.) A corrosion specialist.
c.) Owner/Operator.
d.) A service technician or a licensed tank tester. – ANSWER- b.) A
corrosion specialist
CCR Title 23, Sec 2635(a)(2)(A)
A facility has a single wall tank and has chosen statistical reconciliation
plus tank integrity testing as their quantitative release detection method.
The following statements are false about this method, except:

a.) A tank integrity test shall be conducted once every year.
b.) Statistical inventory reconciliation shall be conducted at least once
per month in accordance with section 2646.1.
c.) The SIR method shall be capable of detecting a release of 0.1 gallon
per hour.
d.) The product level in the tank is at least 5 feet. – ANSWER- b.)
Statistical inventory reconciliation shall be conducted at least once per
month in accordance with section 2646.1.
CCR Title 23, Sec 2643(b)(3)
The designated UST operator must train the employees about all of the
following, except:
a.) Permit conditions
b.) Monitoring plan
c.) Best management practices
d.) Leak response plan – ANSWER- a.) Permit conditions
CCR Title 23, Sec 2715(f)(1)
When steel tanks arrive at the jobsite, they should be unloaded by:
a.) Sliding off the truck
b.) Pulling off the truck with a winch
c.) Rolling off the truck sideways
d.) Lifting off the truck with a cable attached to tank-lifting lugs –
ANSWER- d.) Lifting off the truck with a cable attached to tank-lifting
lugs

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