Guidelines for Tennessee Hazardous Substance Underground Storage Tanks
Tennessee Hazardous Substance UST System Operator Training Requirements
Through an April 24, 2000, Memorandum of Agreement with the Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 is responsible for the verification of operational compliance of regulated hazardous substance underground storage tanks in the State of Tennessee. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandated that all regulated USTs storing regulated products be inspected at a minimum of every three years, and with the new federal UST regulations implemented on October 13, 2015, all designated UST operators must have bene trained and certified by October 13, 2018. For the most part, the regulations for hazardous substance and petroleum USTs are the same; however, there are some differences, particularly in notification requirements in Tennessee.