Underground Storage Tank (UST) Program

Statutes & Regulations

California Statutes

• Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (California Water Code, Division 7. Water Quality)
• Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances (Health & Safety Code, Chapter 6.7)
• Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (Health & Safety Code, Chapter 6.75)
• Unified Program for Hazardous Materials Management (Health & Safety Code, Chapter 6.11)
• Installation and Monitoring Requirements for USTs Installed on or after 7/1/03
  • Assembly Bill 1702 Summary
  • AB 2481 Fact Sheet
  • AB 2481 and AB 1702 Summary Tables
  • Text of AB 2481
• EVR Multi-Agency Review Process Workshop - Assembly Bill 2955

California Regulations

• UST Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16)
• UST Cleanup Fund Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 18)
• Tank Tester Licensing Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 17)
• Unified Program Regulations (CCR, Title 27, Division 1, Subdivision 4, Chapter 1, Sections 15100 - 15620)

Rulemaking

• Proposed Underground Storage Tank Regulations (May 2007)
  • Final Text of Regulations as approved by OAL (12/18/07)
  • Text of Proposed Regulations
  • Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/Informative Digest
  • Initial Statement of Reasons
  • Public Hearing Announcement
• Archived Rulemaking Files
  • 1985 - UST Rulemaking File - 351.9 MB (Complete File)
  • 1985 - UST Rulemaking File - (Divided)
    • Final Regulations - 5.6MB
    • Final Statement of Reasons & Statutues - 18.7MB
    • Documentation - 19.2MB
    • Statute Board Supporting Documents - 15.8 MB
    • Comments and Technical Documents Submitted - 19.8MB
    • Updated Alphabetical Index to Commenters - 684KB
    • Written Comments on Drafts - 501KB
    • Late Comments - 4.2MB
    • Ancilliary Incoming Correspondence - 4.3MB
    • Technical Reference - 152.4MB
    • Technical Complaince Guidelines - 13.7MB
    • Rulemaking Files - 6.7MB
    • Original Comments 1 - 50 - 20.7MB
    • Original Comments 51 - 100 - 21.7MB
    • Original Comments 101 - 150 - 23.1MB
    • Original Comments 151 - 211 - 13.7MB
  • 1989 - UST Rulemaking File - Tank Testers - 6.5 MB
  • 1991 - UST Rulemaking File - 26.7 MB
  • 1992 - UST Rulemaking File - 1.9 MB
  • 1993/1994 - UST Rulemaking File - 31.4 MB
  • 1994 - UST Rulemaking File - Tank Testers - 4.6 MB
  • 1996 - UST Rulemaking File - 1.9 MB
  • 1997/1998 - UST Rulemaking File - 5.1 MB
  • 1998 - UST Rulemaking File - Compliance Certificate - 1.3MB
  • 2001 - UST Rulemaking File - 43.2MB
  • April 2002 - UST Rulemaking File - Section 100 - 287KB
  • 2003/2004 - UST Rulemaking - "Training Plus"
  • 2004/2005 - UST Rulemaking - Red Tag
    • Office of Adminstrative Law (OAL) approval of Underground Storage Tank "Red Tag" Regulations (May 13, 2004)
    • Office of Adminstrative Law (OAL) approval of regulations defining "Interstitial Liquid Level Measurement" (August 19, 2005)
  • 2005 UST Rulemaking - ILLM

Other Policies

• State and Regional Repository of Water Quality Standards
• State Water Board Resolutions/Orders/Decisions

Local Ordinances

• Survey of Local Agencies with UST Local Ordinances More Stringent than State Requirements
• CUPA Regional Map
• Directory of Local Agencies
• Search for other Assembly and Senate Bills in California

(Updated 3/12/09)