Underground Storage Tanks

The purpose of the December 22, 1998 deadline was to close substandard UST systems and leave in operation only those USTs that fully meet the standards.

• Preventing UST System Releases
• Replacing UST Systems
• Closing UST Systems
• Closing Underground Storage Tanks: Brief Facts. (EPA 510-F-96-006). July 1996. This 2-page, tri-fold flyer presents briefly stated facts about proper UST system closure.
  • CLO.EXE. Compressed, self-extracting file, decompresses into a WordPerfect V.6.1 file called CLO.W61 (89K, You may need the WordPerfect Viewer to read this file )
  • CLO.WPD, 177,966 bytes. WordPerfect V.6.1 file (114 pp, 175K, You may need the WordPerfect Viewer to read this file )

• EPA's Strategy For Enforcement Of The 1998 Deadline
  • Memorandum Signed by EPA Administrator Carol Browner Dated May 14, 1997 to EPA Regional Administrators entitled No Extension of December 1998 Deadline for Upgrading, Replacing, or Closing Underground Storage Tanks (1 pg, 894K, About PDF)
  • Memorandum Signed by AAs for OECA and OSWER (6 pp, 27K, About PDF) Dated December 9, 1998 and supplemental information regarding the August 10, 1998 Enforcement Strategy
  • Memorandum Signed by AAs for OECA and OSWER Dated August 10, 1998
    • PDF Format (3 pp, 69K, About PDF)
    • WordPerfect 6.1 Format (3 pp, 816K, You may need the WordPerfect Viewer to read this file )
  • Text of Enforcement Strategy Dated August 10, 1998
    • PDF Format, 15 KB (4 pp, 15K, About PDF)
    • WordPerfect 6.1 Format (4 pp, 18K, You may need the WordPerfect Viewer to read this file )
  • For more information about the enforcement strategy, contact Sammy Ng (703-603-7166).

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