UST Program - LUFT Task Force

Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program

Leaking Underground Fuel Tank (LUFT) Task Force

At the direction of State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) Resolution No. 2009-0042, the Division of Water Quality created a LUFT program task force on June 11, 2009 composed of State Water Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards (Regional Water Boards) staff, Local Oversight Program (LOP), other local agency staff, consultants and tank owners and operators. The LUFT Task Force will make recommendations for improvements to the LUFT cleanup program including additional approaches to risk-based cleanup.

LUFT Task Force Recommendations (posted 1/27/10)

This site will be updated regularly with information on the progress of the LUFT task force. To offer comments or suggestions to the task force, please contact one of the committee leaders for your particular interest group.

A separate task force has been created by the Division of Financial Assistance (DFA). To make recommendations for improving the UST Cleanup Fund program, please contact Lori Casias, DFA Manager, at (916) 341-5650 for information about this task force.

Task Force Meetings	Task Force Documents
Task Force Meeting - December 16, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - December 16th Public Meeting (posted 12/21/09) Task Force Meeting - December 1, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - December 1st Public Meeting (posted 12/7/09) Task Force Meeting - November 17, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - November 17th Public Meeting (posted 11/18/09) Task Force Meeting - November 4, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - November 4th Public Meeting (posted 11/05/09) Task Force Meeting - October 20, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - October 20th Public Meeting (posted 10/23/09) Task Force Meeting - September 30, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - September 30th Public Meeting (posted 10/12/09) Task Force Meeting - September 15, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - September 15th Public Meeting (posted 10/12/09) Task Force Meeting - September 1, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - September 1st Public Meeting (posted 9/14/09) Task Force Revising Article 11 Committee Meeting - August 31, 2009 Public Notice Task Force Accountability and Administration Committee Meeting - August 27, 2009 Public Notice Task Force Planning Meeting - August 13, 2009 (CANCELED) Public Notice Task Force Meeting - August 4, 2009 Public Notice Meeting Attendee List - August 4th Public Meeting (posted 08/18/09) Task Force Planning Meeting - July, 31, 2009 Public Notice Task Force Meeting - July 8, 2009 Public Notice Members Attendee List - July 8th Public Meeting (posted 10/12/09) Visitors Attendee List - July 8th Public Meeting (posted 10/12/09)	California Independent UST Case Closure Study: A Quantification of Cases Potentially Closable Under Low-Risk Criteria, December 9, 2009 (posted 12/28/09) Senate Bill 1764 Advisory Committee Recommendations Report Regarding California's UST Program May 31, 1996 (posted 9/14/09) Meeting Transcriptions - September 1st Public Meeting (posted 9/14/09) Break-out Session Reports from Public Meeting held on August 4, 2009 (posted 08/18/09) Report from Public Meeting held on August 4, 2009 (posted 08/18/09) CA Code Regs. Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16, UST Regulations (posted 8/6/09) Current Draft of Proposed Low-Threat Closure Assessment Tool July 31, 2009 (posted 8/6/09) Discussion of Current SWRCB Low Risk Cleanup Policy May 19, 2009 (posted 8/6/09) Draft Fuel Cleanup Policy from 1997 that was Never Adopted (posted 8/6/09) SF Bay Regional Board Supplemental Instructions to Walt Pettit's 1996 Letter (posted 8/6/09) UST Regulations from the State of Florida 2007 (posted 8/6/09) Walt Pettit Letter of December 8, 1995 (posted 8/6/09) Recommendations to Improve the Cleanup Process for California's LUFTs (posted 8/3/09) California UST Cleanup Program Review an Unprecedented Opportunity for Process Improvement (posted 8/3/09) Draft Recommendations to SWRCB from UST Program Task Force (posted 8/3/09) Draft Closure of Pre-MTBE Gasoline Cases (posted 8/3/09) Draft Revision of SWRCB Resolutions 68-16, 88-63, and 92-49 (posted 8/3/09) Draft Administrative Authority of SWRCB Executive Officer (posted 8/3/09) Update Supplemental Instructions Document (posted 8/3/09) Streamlined Ideas from public meeting held on July 8, 2009 (posted 7/31/09) Break-out Session Reports from public meeting held on July 8, 2009 (posted 7/31/09) Draft Informal Dispute Resolution-Ombudsman July 27, 2009 (posted 7/29/09) Policy Issues for Risk Based Cleanups July 27, 2009 (posted 7/27/09) Summary of Issues - June 11, 2009 (posted 7/20/09) Task Force Members (posted 7/20/09) Assessment Tool for Closure of Low-Treat Chlorinated Solvent Sites, July 31, 2009 (posted 12/7/09) Interim Guidance on Required Cleanup at Low Risk Fuel Sites, January 5, 1996 (posted 12/7/09) Low Risk Rationale, May 19, 2009 (posted 12/7/09) Underground Storage Tank Regulations, October 13, 2005 (posted 12/7/09) Policy for Investigation and Cleanup of Petroleum Discharges to Soil and Ground Water, January 21, 1997 (posted 12/7/09) Petroleum Contamination Site Cleanup Criteria, 2007 (posted 12/7/09)

Task Force Meetings

Task Force Documents

Task Force Meeting - December 16, 2009