There are over half a million active underground storage tanks (USTs) currently regulated by the EPA’s UST program (as of March 2021), with a technical compliance rate (TCR) of 59.3% between April 2020 and March 2021. That means just over 40% of UST systems were out of compliance in one or more of the four […]
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SPCC Plans: Are you providing “sufficient freeboard” for secondary containment?
If you’re a facility owner/operator who stores, processes, refines, or uses oil, you’re likely quite familiar with the EPA’s Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Regulation (40 CRF 112). The goal of the regulation, first published in 1973 under the authority of the Clean Water Act, is to protect navigable waters and adjoining shorelines from […]
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Long-Time Client Wins Tank Excellence in Compliance Award
Congratulations to one of our long-time clients, Jr. Food Stores, a convenience store chain owned by Houchens Industries, for earning the Tank Excellence in Compliance Award from the Kentucky Petroleum Marketers Association (KPMA) and Kentucky Underground Storage Tank Branch this year. They won both the Large Facility Category (more than 11 locations) and the Overall […]
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New Petroleum UST Regulations: One Year after October 2018
A quick review of how the 2015 EPA UST Regulations have been changing the UST compliance landscape over the past year. First the Numbers: According to the EPA Semiannual Report of UST Performance Measures (Mid Fiscal Year 2019 October 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019): 548,682 – That’s the approximate number of regulated USTs at […]
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What’s Your Compliance Paradigm
Two important questions to stay on target with compliance Ric Federico and Adam Wanta have seen first-hand how easy it is to get distracted by slick new tools (platforms, apps, software, etc.) when it comes to underground storage tank (UST) compliance, and that distraction can cause you to lose sight of the most fundamental step […]
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