                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECORDKEEPING AND ACCESS TO RECORDS AND FACILITIES (§ 62.1-44.34:19.2)

A. All records relating to compliance with the requirements of this article
shall be maintained by the operator of a facility at the facility or at an
alternate location approved by the Board for a period of at least five years.
Such records shall be available for inspection and copying by the Board and
shall include books, papers, documents and records relating to the daily
measurement and inventory of oil stored at a facility, all information relating
to tank testing, all records relating to spill events or other discharges of oil
from the facility, all supporting documentation for developed contingency plans,
and any records required to be kept by regulations of the Board.

B. In the case of a pipeline, all records relating to compliance with the
requirements of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, all records
relating to spill events or other discharges of oil from the pipeline in the
Commonwealth, and all supporting documentation for approved contingency plans
shall be maintained by the operator of a pipeline at the facility or at an
alternate location approved by the Board for a period of at least five years.

C. A record of all discharges of oil to state lands in amounts less than
twenty-five gallons shall be established and maintained for a period of five
years in accordance with subsections A and B of this section.

D. Every operator of a facility shall, upon reasonable notice, permit at
reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances a duly designated official
of the political subdivision in which the facility is located or of any
political subdivision within one mile of the facility or duly designated agent
retained or employed by such political subdivisions to have access to and to
copy all information required to be kept in subsections A, B and C.

E. Any duly designated official of the political subdivision in which the
facility is located or of any political subdivision within one mile of the
facility or duly designated agent retained or employed by such political
subdivisions may, at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances, enter
and inspect any facility, provided that in nonemergency situations such local
official, agent or employee shall be accompanied by the operator or his
designee.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 456.