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What are you required to do?

Underground Storage Tank Toolkit Companion CD

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Lesson Plan

References: Musts for USTs (PDF: 14pps, 802KB), Operating and Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems (PDF: 54 pps, 1.6MB), and Preventing Leaks and Spills at Service Stations (PDF: 20 pps, 1.6MB)

Please note: All regulated USTs must be registered with the implementing agency.

Release Detection is required for both tanks and piping:

a) Tanks- Monthly monitoring is required by using any of the following methods:

Automatic Tank Gauge (ATG) (ATG diagram, Automatic Tank Gauging Systems for Release Detection (PDF: 136 pps, 1.4MB), & Getting the Most Out of Your ATG System (PDF: 2 pps, 31KB)
Interstitial Monitoring image
Ground Water monitoring
Vapor monitoring
Inventory Control and tank tightness testing.

Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
b) Piping - Product piping must be monitored for releases by:

For Pressurized Systems:

Annual test, continuous monitoring
All pressurized product must be equipped with an Automatic or Electronic Line Leak Detector.

For Suction Systems:

Three (3) year test for suction system if the system is a “safe system” constructed system.

For information about the contents of this page, please contact Winston Smith.

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