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Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUSTs)
A: "Reported cleaned up" means:
- The property owner or their consultant has submitted a report to Ecology
that indicates that
contamination has been cleaned up. ("Reported Cleaned Up" is NOT the
same as "No Further Action" -- see next question, below.)
Please note the following clarifications:
- In some cases, soil contamination may remain under existing
structures or in otherwise inaccessible areas if groundwater is not threatened
and there has been no migration of contamination into the structure.
- "Reported cleaned up" is a cleanup status assigned by Ecology based
on an informal review of the information received regarding the cleanup.
It's
possible that a more thorough review under the fee-based
Voluntary Cleanup Program
could determine that the site has not been cleaned up to
Model Toxics Control Act standards.
A: If a cleanup report has been reviewed by Ecology under the fee-based
Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) and the reviewer determines that
no further action is needed, a LUST site may receive "No Further Action" status.
(Please note that institutional controls may have been required
due to soil contamination that may remain under existing structures or in
otherwise inaccessible areas.)
A: Visit our
Web Reporting Portal and check out the
'Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites' reports.
Other Questions?
For questions regarding specific sites or situations, please see:
UST/LUST Contacts
We'd like to make this
page more helpful over time. To suggest a general question
that doesn't appear above, please email:
Melani Zimmer-Fallon
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