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Underground Storage Tanks
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Information about LUST Recovery Act Assistance Agreement between
U.S. EPA Region 4 and the State of Alabama as of July 9, 2009
In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Congress appropriated $200 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund to EPA for assessing and cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks. This money will pay for activities at shovel-ready sites and may be used either to:
- Oversee assessing and cleaning up eligible underground tank leaks, or
- Directly pay for assessing and cleaning up leaks from federally regulated tanks where the responsible party is unknown, unwilling, unable, or the cleanup is an emergency response.
Because the underground storage tank program is primarily implemented by states and territories, EPA allocated the vast majority of LUST Recovery Act money to state and territorial underground storage tank programs.
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Assistance Agreement between U.S. EPA Region 4 and the State of Alabama
Date Assistance Agreement was awarded: July 9, 2009
Amount of Assistance Agreement: $4,086,000
Summary of Work: To date, 24 sites throughout the state of Alabama have been identified for site investigation in response to potential motor fuel releases and, if necessary, to fully characterize the extent of any motor fuel releases and rehabilitate such sites.
For More Information
- Alabama’s Department of Environmental Management ARRA Site
- EPA Region 4 and the Recovery Act
- EPA’s Underground Storage Tanks Program and the Underground Storage Tank Program’s actions under the Recovery Act
- EPA’s actions under the Recovery Act
- Recovery.gov
Please note the information provided here comes from the EPA/state assistance agreement. Activities described are subject to change.