UST Program - UST Facility Compliance Inspection Handbook
UST FACILITY COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS
PART I - PREPARING FOR THE INSPECTIONS
- Prioritizing Inspections
- Announced vs. Unannounced Inspections
- Your First Inspection Should be by Appointment
- Send a Copy of the Inspection Checklist
- Call Ahead or Drop In?
- Announced or Unannounced Chart
- Reviewing Your Files
- What to Take on the Inspection
- Educational and Informational Materials
- Tools
- Equipment for Documenting Your Inspection
- Safety Equipment
- Inspection
- Take Pictures
- Use a Checklist and Write a Field Inspection Report
- Include Esstential Elements in Your Inspection Report
- Looking at the Owner's Records
- What to Inspect at the Facility
- Automatic Tank Gauges (ATGs
- Galvanic System
- Impressed Current System
- Galvanic (sacrifical anode) Systems
- Impressed Current Systems
- Dispenser Areas
- Emergency Shut-off Switch
- Facility Plot Plan
- Ground Water Monitoring Wells
- Interstitial Monitors and Sump Sensors (including Dispenser Pan Sensor)
- Maintenance/Calibration Records
- Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
- Dipsticking
- Manual Tank Gauging
- Monitoring Program
- Operating Permits
- Piping (Line) Leak Detection
- Pressurized Piping
- Suction Piping
- Both Suction and Pressurized Piping Systems
- Repair Records
- Emergency Response Plan
- Spill Containment and Overfill Prevention
- Overfill Prevention
- Audible and Visible Alarm
- Ball Float Valve or Float Vent Valve
- Automatic Shut-off Device
- Spill/Leak Reports
- Tank and Piping Integrity Tests
- For the Tank Test Part of the Report
- For the Piping Test Part of the Report
- Third-Party Evaluations
- Vapor or Vadose Zone Monitoring Wells
- Writing the Inspection Report
- Tracking UST Site Activitiy
- If You Found No Problems During Your Inspection
- What to About Violoations
- Separating Minor Problems From Major Violations
- Identify the Consequences of Noncompliance
- Suspending the Operating Permit
- Locking Down the Facility
- Eligibility for the Cleanup Fund
- Stalled Real Estate Transactions
- Financial Penalties
- Local Field Citation Program
- Outreach Tools