Underground Storage Tanks

Regularly testing the key components of your fuel station ensures that equipment is functioning properly and continues to hold up to manufacturer standards. Tanks and associated equipment are [...]

(Post via CSP Daily News) While it’s not uncommon to have water in underground storage tanks (USTs), microbes in the water contaminate the fuel and lead to corrosion of tank surfaces. Water is [...]

The EPA regulations for petroleum storage tanks are getting more complicated every year. It takes experienced compliance specialists to stay up to date with the new requirements, enforcement [...]

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of underground storage tanks (USTs) that were installed to meet the 1988 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency UST regulations will be closed in the next [...]

EPA will periodically update this compendium. If you would like to submit a resource for possible inclusion, please contact us. Introduction A typical leaking underground storage tank (LUST) [...]

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Rome Gas, Inc. (“Rome”) entered into an October 1st Consent Agreement and Final Order (“CAFO”) addressing alleged violations of the [...]

U.S. EPA Declines to Extend UST Compliance Deadline of October 2018 for testing of sumps, spill buckets, and overfill devices The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied requests by [...]

Regulations for replaced tanks and or piping Beginning April 11, 2016, if tanks are being replaced, or if > 50% of piping is being replaced, then the tanks must have secondary containment. [...]