UST Program - Various Publications

Just UST News

• Winter 2002
• Spring 2001
• Fall 2000

• Field Evaluation of UST Leak Detection Sensor
• Advisory Panel Reports, (Jan 1999)
• Field-Based Research Project
• Line Leak Detection and Automatic Tank Gauge Equipment Field Evaluation Study
• UST Marina Fuel Facility

Requirements

• Enhanced Leak Detection Notification
• Secondary Containment Testing Requirements

• Understanding Automatic Tank Gauging Systems
• Understanding Line Leak Detection Systems
• UST Regulation Compliance/Inspection Training

Leak Detection Documents

• List of Leak Detection Equipment and Methods for USTs (LG 113-16 )
• KWA Leak Detection Technical Forum
• Leak Detection Equipment and Methods (Y2K Compliance Report)
• Leaking Site Survey Report
• Automatic Tank Gauging Systems for Release Detection: Reference Manual for Underground Storage Tank Inspectors (Published by OUST)
• Leak Detection Protocols
• UST Facility Inspection Handbook

New Construction or Tank Upgrades

• Advisory to Underground Storage Tank Owners/Operators Regarding Ethanol Blend Fuel Compatibility
• Hydraulic Lift Tanks Report
• Upgrade Compliance Certification

Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA)

• CUPA Contacts
• Supplemental CUPA Evaluation Guidance Manual

Industry Standards

• ASTM Standards & Publications
• NACE International, The Corrosion Society
• UL Standards

Other

• UST Program Local Guidance (LG) Letters
• UST Requirements Table
• Under Dispenser Containment

• Guidelines for Investigation & Cleanup of MTBE and Ether-Based Oxygenates, State Water Resources Control Board, March 27, 2000
• Expedited Site Assessment Tools for Underground Storage Tank Sites, A Guide for Regulators, EPA, March 1997
• Guidelines for Hydrogeologic Characterization of Hazardous Substance Release Sites, EPA, July 1995, (Guidance Manuals for Groundwater Investigations)
• Strategies for Characterizing Subsurface Releases of Gasoline Containing MTBE, API Publication 4699, February 2000

Evaluating Alternative Remediation Technologies

• How to Evaluate Alternative Cleanup Technologies for Underground Storage Tank Sites: A Guide for Corrective Action Plan Reviewers, EPA, October 1994.

Studies

• Health & Environmental Assessment of MTBE, Report to the Governor of California, University of California at Davis, November 1998
• Recommendations to Improve the Cleanup Process for California’s Leaking Underground Fuel Tanks, LLNL, October 1995.
• California Leaking Underground Fuel Tank (LUFT) Historical Case Analysis, LLNL, November 1995.
• SB 1764 Advisory Committee Report (May 1996)

Electronic Reporting

• Instruction for Accessing Leaking UST Reports Online Using Geotracker
• Electronic Data Submittal in Geotracker

Closure Petition Documents

• Site Closure Petition Process-Fact Sheet
• State Water Board Resolution No. 88-23
• State Water Board Resolution No. 92-49
• UST Water Quality Board Orders

Other

• A Guide for Private Well Owners
• Drinking Water and MTBE: A Guide to Private Well Owners, study funded by US EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
• EPA Publications on MTBE, EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks.
• MTBE-National Water Quality Assessment Program, United States Geological Survey.
  
  

Licensing Information

• Requirements for Obtaining a Tank Testers License
• Information about the Tank Tester Licensing Program
• Tank Tester Responsibilities
• Application for Tank Tester License
• Certificate in Support of Experience
• Application for Renewal
• Application for Renewal and Re-instatement

Licensing Study Materials

• Study Guide for UST Testers Licensing Examination
• Reference #1 NFPA 329
• Reference #2 Chapter 17
• Reference #3 UST Leak Detection Methods
• Reference #4 Copyrighted book
• Reference #5 Excerpt from 40 CFR, Part 280
• Reference #6 CCR Title 8
• Reference #7 Causes of Releases - Final Report to US EPA / OUST
• Reference #8 Installation of Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Systems

Tank Tester Licensing Documents

• List of Licensed Tank Testers (LG 105)
• List of Leak Detection Equipment (LG 113)

• Enforcement Policy
• Cal/EPA Enforcement Progress Report
• Cal/EPA Enforcement Panel Report
• Recommendation for Prompt Closure of Non-upgraded USTs
• Flexible Piping Advisory (State of California)
• Flexible Piping Advisory (State of Mississippi)
• Repeal of Requirement for UST Upgrade Compliance Certificate

• Library of Water Board Publications
• State and Regional Repository of Water Quality Standards
• State Water Board Resolutions/Orders/Decisions
• Every two months the University of Wisconsin-Madison publishes UST technology updates in a document titled Underground Tank Technology Update.
• The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) issues a report on Federal and State tank programs to control leaking underground storage tanks in a publication called L.U.S.T.LINE.
• EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks
• Vapor Recovery Information - California Air Resources Board
• Other Agencies and Organizations

( updated 02/02/08 )