EPA 510-F-96-006
                  Free Publications About UST Requirements
AVAILABLE FREE...You can call EPA's toll-free RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 800 424-9346
and order up to 30 free copies.  Just identify the titles you want. Or you can write and ask for
titles by addressing your request to:  NCEPI, Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242.   Or you can
fax your order to NCEPI at 513 891 -6685.  If you want more than 30 copies, contact Jay Evans

at 703 603-7149.

TITLES	.	

Musts For USTs: A Summary Of The Federal Regulations For Underground Storage Tank Systems
Booklet clearly summarizes federal UST requirements for installation, release detection, spill, overfill, and corrosion
protection, corrective action, closure, reporting and  recordkeeping.  Updated & revised 1995 (40 pages).

Normas y Procedimientos para T.S.A.
Spanish translation of 1988 edition of Musts For USTs  (40 pages).

Straight Talk On Tanks: A Summary Of Leak Detection Methods For Petroleum Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet explains federal regulatory requirements for leak detection and briefly describes allowable leak detection
methods. Updated & revised 1995 (30 pages).

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
meet federal leak detection requirements.  Contains reporting forms (16 pages).

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

Introduction To Statistical Inventory Reconcffiation: For Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet describes the use of Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) to meet federal leak detection requirements
(12 pages).

Don't Wait Until 1998: Spi. OverfS, And Corrosion Protection For Underground Storage Tanks
Information to help owners and operators of oo.» meet the 1998 deadline for compliance with requirements to
upgrade, replace, or close USTs installed before Decemuer 1988:  Materials available as a 16- page booklet, a tn-
fold leaflet, or Spanish translation of the booklet (No Espere Hasta El 1998!).

Dofars And Sense: Financial Responsibiity Requirements For Underground Storage Tanks
Booklet clearly summarizes the "financial responsibility"  required of UST owners and operators by federal UST
regulations (16 pages).

An Overview Of Underground Storage Tank Remediation Options                              .....
Fact sheets provide information about technologies that can be used to remediate petroleum contamination in soil
and groundwater (26 pages).

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

Pay-For-Performance Cleanups: Effectively Managing Underground Storage Tank Cleanups
Booklet explores potential advantages of using pay-for-performance cleanup agreements to reduce the cost and
time of cleanups and more effectively manage cleanup resources (32 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 (30 pages).

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                          Videos About UST Requirements
 There are several helpful videos you can order, at cost, as explained below:
 VIDEOS
 TITLE/COST
  AVAILABLE FROM
 Doing It Right
 Illustrates proper installation of underground tanks and piping for
 installation crews.  Part 1: Tanks {24 minutes); Part 2: Piping (16 minutes).
 Cost: $25

 Doing ft Right II: Installing Required UST Equipment
 Illustrates installation of spill and overfill  equipment, observation wells, and
 piping leak detection {23 minutes).  Cost: $60

 Doing It Right and Doing it Right H  Set Cost: $75

 Keeping it dean: Making Safe And Spill-Free Motor Fuel Deliveries
 Making pollution-free deliveries to USTs. Includes Stage 1 vapor recovery,
 overfill prevention and spill containment. For fuel tanker drivers and UST
 owner/operators (25 minutes). Cost: $60

 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). Cost: $75

 Straight Talk on Leak Detection
 Overview of the leak detection methods available for complying with
 federal regulations.  Part 1: Straight Talk From Tank Owners (owners
 address the problems of UST compliance [5 minutes]); Part 2: Straight Talk
 On Leak Detection (30 minutes). Cost: $40

 RBCA: Initial Site Assessment
 Overview of risk-based corrective action process produced by bhell Oil
 Company {25 minutes). Cost: $60.
Environmental Media Center
Box 30212
Bethesda, MD20814
301 654-7141
800 522-0362
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: Reid 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 FacZty Compiance
Inspection
Covers major steps of UST inspections from protocols and equipment to
enforcement and followup; from cathodic protection to 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
207 767-2539

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