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Underground Storage Tank / LUST Information Resources (Regulations, Policies, Publications & Guidance)
Program Information
- Laws & Regulations
- UST Operation & Maintenance
- LUST
- Compliance Assistance
- General UST/LUST Information
- UST Closure Guidance
- Regulatory Interpretations
- State / Indian country / Industry Information
Laws & Regulations Pertaining to USTs
- Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
- Federal UST Regulations - Read the text of the regulations as it appears in the Code of Federal Regulations.
- Various EPA publications regarding automatic tank gauges, manual tank gauging, inventory control, release detection, financial responsibility and cleanups can be viewed or downloaded by visiting the Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) Publications web page. Publications include:
- Doing Inventory Control Right for Underground Storage Tanks
- Dollars and Sense: Financial Responsibility Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks
- Inspecting and Maintaining Sumps and Spill Buckets: Practical Help and Checklists
- Introduction to Statistical Inventory Reconciliation
- List of Known Insurance Providers for Underground Storage Tanks
- Manual Tank Gauging for Small Underground Storage Tanks
- Must for USTs: A Summary of the Federal Regulations for Underground Storage Tank Systems
- Operating and Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems: Practical Help and Checklists
- Straight Talk On Tanks: Leak Detection Methods for Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks and Piping
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – Provides answers to the most common general questions Region 4 has received.
- Hazardous Substance UST Requirements – Includes the definition of the term “hazardous substance”, a link to the CERCLA hazardous substance list and information on requirements for USTs containing hazardous substances.
- Meeting UST System Requirements (OUST) - Information on various topics pertaining to USTs including tank and piping installation, reporting and record keeping, detecting releases, corrosion, spill and overfill protection, financial responsibility, etc.
- Automatic Tank Gauging Systems for Release Detection: Reference Manual for Underground Storage Tank Inspectors (OUST) - This manual can help state and EPA UST Inspectors evaluate how well UST owner/operators are using their ATG systems to comply with release detection requirements. It also provides handouts that UST Inspectors can distribute to owner/operators to help them understand the proper operation and maintenance of their ATG systems.
- Automatic Tank Monitoring and Line Leak Detection (EPA Region 7) - Includes the Automatic Tank Gauging and Leak Detection Reference Manual compiled in conjunction with Ken Wilcox Associates, which has pictures and general summaries of some ATG systems with sample reports. There are also pictures of the most common mechanical and electronic line leak detectors. (Note: Summaries are not necessarily current.)
- Corrosion Protection (EPA Region 7) – This site provides information describing the corrosion process and how cathodic protection is usually accomplished.
- List of Leak Detection Evaluations for UST Systems (also known as USEPA Standard Evaluations or Third Party Evaluations) - Information generated by the National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations (NWGLDE) is now available at their own web site. This site contains a variety of information pertaining to leak detection, including the most recent list of leak detection methods that have been evaluated by third parties to see if they meet EPA's performance standards.
- Sumps and Spill Buckets (OUST) - UST Systems: Inspecting and Maintaining Sumps and Spill Buckets - Practical Help and Checklists (EPA-510-R-05-001, May 2005), a 16-page manual released in May 2005, offers UST owners and operators recommended inspection guidelines and best management practices for their sumps and spill buckets associated with USTs.
- How Do You Close Tanks?
- Indian Closure Guide PDF (32 pp, 398.03K)
- Hazardous Substance UST Closure Guidance PDF (5 pp, 90.86K)
- Cleaning Up Underground Storage Tank System Releases – General information on cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks from OUST. This page also provides links to other information resources within and outside EPA.
- Drinking Water and MTBE: A Guide for Public Well Owners (PDF, 6 pp, 357K)
This brochure, issued by the Center for Environment and Energy of the University of Wisconsin – Extension in conjunction with the National Farm*A*Syst / Home*A*Syst Office and funded by the EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, provides private well owners with basic information about the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE).
- UST Technical Compendium - This compendium contains EPA regulatory interpretations and guidance letters sent out by OUST and includes such topics as:
- Applicability, Definitions and Notification
- New/Upgraded UST Systems
- Release Detection
- Release Investigation, Confirmation and Corrective Action
- Closure
- Financial Responsibility
- UST Compliance Assistance - Provides UST compliance assistance and various links to other resources.
- UST Compliance Assistance Handbook (PDF, 62 pp, 7.32MB)
State / Indian country / Industry Information
- State Information (Regulations, Policies, Guidance, Site Lists)
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FL DEP)
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA DNR)
- Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KY EEC)
- Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MS DEQ)
- North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resource (NC DENR)
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC)
- Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation (TN DEC)
- Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
- Indian country
- Industry
For information about the contents of this page please contact Linda Williams