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UST File Review Procedures and UST File Review Form

  On an average day, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board – Underground Storage Tank Program, will receive twenty to twenty-five requests to review Underground Storage Tank (UST) files. In order to meet this demand and ensure a quick turn-around, the Regional Board has developed File Review Procedures to facilitate the numerous requests. To review an UST Regional Board case file, a File Reviewer is required to do the following:

  1. A written request or a faxed request (fax to 213-576-6707 or mail to our address, attn: UST File Review Request) indicating the sites to be reviewed must be submitted to the UST – File Review desk. To ensure prompt service and for tracking purposes, Regional Board staff will not make a review appointment for requests made by telephone or requests left on staff’s voice-mail. On the written request, a file reviewer must indicate the exact site address (Street No., Street Name, City, and Zip Code) and/or Regional Board case number for each file requested.
  2. Upon receipt of a file review request, Regional Board staff will compare the information submitted with the UST database and determine the status of the file.
  3. If the file requested is not a Regional Board case file, is overseen by another unit of the Regional Board or another regulatory agency, or if there is no record for the file, Regional Board staff will contact the requesting party and provide that information.
  4. If the file requested is a UST--Regional Board case, Regional Board staff will track down the file and determine its availability. There are instances when Regional Board staff is working on a file that has been requested. In these instances, Regional Board staff will inform the requesting party on when the case file will be available.
  5. If the case file is available for review, Regional Board staff will contact the requesting party and set a file review appointment. The actual time and date of the file review appointment depends on the availability of space in the file review room, the size and number of files requested, and the requesting party’s schedule.
  6. When finished with the file review, the case files are to be put back in the original/chronological order and condition. If copies are needed, you can arrange your own copy service. For details, please call 213-576-6748 or –6749.