Regulations

Failing to undergo required, regular tank inspections can lead to hefty fines, but are also an essential form of loss prevention.  With their many components, USTs and ASTs are susceptible to [...]

Underground Storage Tank Removal & Replacement: When To Do It? Removing or replacing an underground storage tank (UST) is never an easy decision, but is sometimes the most appropriate one. [...]

The federal underground storage tank regulations include several requirements that are not contained in all individual state-level regulations, but still apply to petroleum bulk storage [...]

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority has announced a new program offering low-interest loans of up to $5 million to potential brownfield site purchasers and current brownfield site [...]

NYCDEP DEADLINES ON FUEL CONVERSION FOR BOILERS The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), specifically in Title 24 Chapter 1, Subchapter 8 Section 24-168 of the NYC [...]

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 [...]

Objective The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requiring sampling of all environmental media and subsequent analysis for the emerging contaminants 1,4-Dioxane and PFAS as part of [...]

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 [...]