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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS


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Catalog Of EPA Materials On USTs
An annotated list of UST materials, including ordering information. Most of the leaflets, booklets, videos, and software items listed provide UST
owners and operators with information to help them comply with federal UST requirements (32 pages).

Operating And Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems: Practical Help And Checklists
Owners and operators of UST systems will find this manual contains checklists and information that will help them properly operate and
maintain their USTs. UST inspectors can use the manual and its checMists to help educate UST owners and operators (49 pages).

Automatic Tank Gauging Systems for Release Detection: Reference Manual for Underground Storage Tank Inspectors
This manual can help State and EPA inspectors of underground storage tanks (USTs) evaluate how well UST owners and operators are
using their automatic tank gauging (ATG) systems to comply with release detection requirements (134 pages).

Musts For USTs: A Summary Of Federal Regulations For Underground Storage Tank Systems
Plain language summary of federal UST requirements for installation, release detection, spill, overfill, and corrosion protection, corrective
action, closure, reporting and recordkeeping. Updated & revised 1995 (36 pages).

Straight Talk On Tanks: Leak Detection Methods For Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks
Bqjlains federal regulatory requirements for leak detection and briefly describes allowable leak detection methods.
Updated & revised 1997 (28 pages).

Getting The Most Out Of Your Automatic Tank Gauging System
Trifold leaflet provides UST owners and operators with a basic checklist they can use to make sure their automatic tank gauging systems
work effectively and provide compliance with federal leak detection requirements.

Doing Inventory Control Right: For Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet describes how owners and operators of USTs can use inventory control and periodic tightness testing to temporarily meet federal
leak detection requirements. Contains recordkeeping forms (16 pages).

Manual Tank Gauging: For Small Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet provides simple, step-by-step directions for conducting manual tank gauging for tanks 2,000 gallons or smaller.
Contains recordkeeping forms (12 pages).

Introduction To Statistical Inventory Reconciliation: For Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet describes how Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) can meet federal leak'detection requirements (12 pages).

Closing Underground Storage Tanks: Brief Facts
Trifold leaflet presents "brief facts" on property closing USTs in order to comply with federal closure requirements.

Underground Storage Tanks: Requirements And Options
Trifold leaflet alerts UST owners and operators who are "nonmarketers" (who do not sell stored petroleum) that they need either to find
alternatives to managing their USTs or to make decisions about UST compliance.

Dollars And Sense: Financial Responsibility Requirements For Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet summarizes the "financial responsibility" required of UST owners and operators (16 pages).

List Of Known Insurance Providers For Underground Storage Tanks
Provides UST owners and operators with a list of insurance providers who may be able to help them comply with financial responsibility
requirements by providing suitable insurance mechanisms (12 pages).

Controlling UST Cleanup Costs
Fact sheet series on the cleanup process includes: Hiring a Contractor, Negotiating the Contract, Interpreting the Bill, Managing the Process,
and Understanding Contractor Code Words (10 pages).

Financing Underground Storage Tank Work: Federal And State Assistance Programs
Booklet identifies potential sources of financial assistance to cover the costs of upgrading, replacing, or closing an UST, or of cleaning up an
UST release (23 pages). Revised and updated, March 1999.

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                          Videos About UST Requirements
VIDEOS
TntE/COST
AVAILABLE I
Tank Closure Without Tears: An Inspector's Safety Guide
Focuses on explosive vapors and safe tank removal (30 minutes).
Video and Booklet Cost $35;  Booklet $5

What Do We Have Here?: An Inspector's Guide To Site Assessment At
Tank Closure
Inspecting sites for contamination where tanks have been removed.
Part 1: Site Assessment Overview (30 minutes); Part 2: Field Testing Instruments
At A Glance (14 minutes); Part 3: Soil And Water Sampling
At A Glance (7 minutes). Video and Booklet Cost: $45; Booklet: $5

Searching For The Honest Tank: A Guide To UST Facility Compliance
Inspection
Covers major aspects of UST inspections, including protocols, equipment,
"cathodte protection, and leak detection. Directed at inspectors, yet also helpful to
owners and operators (30 minutes). Video and Booklet Cost: $40; Booklet: $5
 New England Interstate
 Environmental Training Center
 ATTN:VIDEOS
 2 Fort Road
 South Portland, ME 04106
 207767-2539
Tank Time
Humorous presentation explains what UST owners and operators must do to
comply with the December 1998 deadline to upgrade, replace, or close tanks
Instated before December 1988 (18 minutes). Cost: $24
 Scene Three, Inc.
 ATTN: Tank Time"
 1813 Eighth Avenue,
 South
 Nashville, TN 37203
 615385-2820
Doing ft Right
Illustrates proper installation of underground tanks and piping for installation crews.
Part 1: Tanks (24 minutes); Part 2: Piping (16 minutes).

Doing It Right II: Installing Required UST Equipment
Illustrates installation of spill and overfill equipment, observation wells, and piping
leak detection (23 minutes).

Keeping It Clean: Making Safe And Spill-Free Motor Fuel Deliveries
Making poMon-free deliveries to USTs.  Includes Stage 1 vapor recovery, overfill
prevention and spill containment.  For fuel tanker drivers and UST
owner/operators (25 minutes).

Petroleum Leaks Underground
How liquids and vapors move in the subsurface and why early response to leaked
petroleum is so important Part 1: How Liquids Move (14 minutes);
Part 2: How Vapors Move (15 minutes).

Straight Talk on Leak Detection
Overview of the teak detection methods available for complying with federal
regulations (30 minutes).

RBCA: Initial Site Assessment
Overview of risk-based corrective action process (25 minutes).
 Contact EPA's Hotline at
 800 424-9346 for cost and ordering
 information.

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