It applies throughout the national territory and areas where the Nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction, is generally enforced and is mandatory for all Regulated Persons undertaking the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, as well as the pre-lease security review of service stations for the purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel for motor vehicles.

Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-023-ASEA-2025, Estaciones de Servicio con fin Específico para Expendio al Público de gasolinas y/o diésel para Vehículos Automotores (cancela a la NOM-005-ASEA-2016, Diseño, construcción, operación y Mantenimiento de Estaciones de Servicio para almacenamiento y expendio de diésel y gasolinas) (Draft Official Mexican Standard PROY-NOM-023-ASEA-2025, Service stations with the specific purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel to the public for motor vehicles (annulling NOM-005-ASEA-2016, Design, construction, operation and maintenance of service stations for the storage and retailing of diesel and gasoline)); (168 pages, in Spanish)

The notified draft Official Mexican Standard establishes the technical specifications and requirements regarding industrial safety, operational safety and environmental protection, which must be applied during the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, as well as the pre-lease security review of service stations for the purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel for motor vehicles, which shall apply throughout the national territory and areas where the Nation exercises its sovereignty and jurisdiction, shall be generally enforced and shall be mandatory for all Regulated Persons undertaking the design, construction, operation and maintenance stages, as well as the pre-lease security review of service stations for the purpose of selling gasoline and/or diesel for motor vehicles.

The draft text addresses the following aspects:

(a) Requirements for the design and construction stages by discipline: civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and safety systems.

(b) Update of the manufacturing materials for double-walled storage tanks.

(c) Preparation of a project manual, containing plans and technical specifications with regard to civil, mechanical and electrical engineering and safety systems.

(d) Risk scenarios and interactions to be evaluated as part of the risk analysis for the hydrocarbons sector.

(e) Requirements for preparing a mechanical integrity report for each storage tank and for the pipelines.

(f) Requirements for undertaking the pre-lease security review.

(g) Environmental protection specifications for site preparation and construction.

(h) Safety measures that must be included in the service station operation and maintenance procedures.

(i) Requirements for evaluating the mechanical integrity of the storage tank and determining how long it may continue to used after the expiration date specified in its manufacturing certificate.

(j) Requirements for the reinforcement or construction of double-walled storage tanks through on-site conversion.

(k) Requirements to demonstrate the professional competence of service station supervisors.

(l) Conformity assessment procedure, detailed by stage, for obtaining the design, construction, operation and maintenance certificates.

(m) Requirements for submitting the operation and maintenance certificates to the Agency.