UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS (USTs)

MORE INFORMATION...

• Home Heating Oil Tanks
• Data and Lists
• Reporting a Spill
• Flood Information
• UST Publications
• Links
  
  

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Home Heating Oil Tanks

The Department of Ecology does not regulate home heating oil tanks.  For help and information, please contact the Pollution Liability Insurance Agency at 1-800-822-3905 of visit them at www.plia.wa.gov.  Ecology's Residential Heating Oil Tanks focus sheet also provides helpful information.

Web Information

Look up available information about a property with regulated USTs.  Always check with your local environmental authority as they may have regulations for activities regarding USTs .

• UST and LUST Lists:
  Try out the Web Reporting Portal.
• LUST List Instructions
• Regulated USTs List Instructions (November 8, 2007)
  
• Facility Site on the Web
  The Facility/Site Identification System contains key information for each facility/site that is currently, or has been, of interest to Ecology, including underground storage tanks (UST) and leaking underground storage tanks (LUST) . The system allows users to dynamically query the database based on specific criteria (e.g. county, city, facility site, site id, Standard Industrial Classification codes, etc.).
  
• Facilities with Compliance Tags -- August 31, 2010
  
• Data Submittal Requirements
• Still need information? Contact Us

Report a Spill

• What To Do If You Find A Leak or Spill from Your UST
• Contact Us.
  
• Guidance for Site Check/Site Assessment for UST


• Department of Ecology Guidance for Reporting Spills and Overfills of Petroleum


• Small Spill Cleanup and Guidance:
  • Small Spill Preparedness
  
  
  • Small Spill Cleanup

Flood Information for Underground Storage Tank Owners

• Flood Prevention for Underground Storage Fuel Tanks in the Green River Valley --  Added August 24, 2009
• King County Web Page on Flooding
• Focus on Flooding - December 2007
• Korean: 정부 간행물을 애크로밧 (Acrobat) PDF 형식으로 보기

UST Publications

• FAQ: Financial Responsibility for Underground Storage Tanks


• Free Technical Assistance for Managing your UST System
  
• Check your Farm Tank


• Automatic Tank Gauges
  
  
  Hindi:
  
• Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites Near Sensitive Wellheads
  
• (also check with local environmental agency)


• Biodiesel in Underground Storage Tanks


• Automatic Tank Gauging System for Release Detection Reference Manual for Underground Storage Tank Inspectors


• Guidance for Site Check/Site Assessment for Underground Storage Tanks


• Analytical Methods for Petroleum Hydrocarbons


• Managing Ozone Air Pollution Through Stage 2 Gasoline Vapor Recovery Systems


• Waste Oil Tanks


• Heating Oil Tanks


• Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE)


• Flood Information for Underground Storage Tank Owners


• Flood Prevention for Underground Storage Fuel Tanks in the Green River Valley


• King County Web Page on Flooding


• Focus on Flooding


• Korean: 정부 간행물을 애크로밧 (Acrobat) PDF 형식으로 보기

Links

• Documents Available by Mail (paper copies) -- Updated September 8, 2004
• Department of Health (Washington State)
• Department of Revenue, Business Licensing Service (BLS) (Washington State)
• EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) -- Added Feb 27, 1998
• Pollution Liability Insurance Agency (PLIA)