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Title: EPA Releases 414-Page Proposed Rule to Revise UST Regulations

Description: Among the contents, EPA is proposing to improve prevention and detection of UST releases and increase emphasis proper tank maintenance.

Page Content: WASHINGTON ? The U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) yesterday released proposed rule-making changes to underground storage tank (UST) regulations. The proposal spans 414 pages, which NACS is in the process of reviewing and will be preparing comments for the agency.

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According to the transmittal received by NACS from EPA, the proposed revisions will help improve prevention and detection of UST releases and will increase the emphasis on ensuring that tank owners properly operate and maintain their systems.

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Discussions regarding this revision of regulations have been ongoing with stakeholders, including NACS, for the past several years. The table of contents of the proposal indicates that it willaddress operator training and secondary containment requirements, inspection and equipment testing requirements, regulations pertaining to tanks that had not been subject to regulations previously, changes to overfill prevention requirements, internal lining, notification and a variety of other requirements.

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NACS will inform our members of details once an analysis of the proposal is complete.

Content Subject: Government Relations

Formatted Article Date: October 27, 2011

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