Underground Storage Tanks

Puerto Rico was granted state program approval (SPA) in 1997. In Region 2, only Puerto Rico has an approved program.

UST And LUST Performance Measures (as of September 30, 2008)

Number of active underground storage tanks	4,545 (national total: 623,319)
Number of confirmed releases	1,030 (national total: 479,817)
Number of cleanups completed	487 (national total: 377,019)
Number of cleanups in backlog to be completed	543 (national total: 102,798)

Percent of facilities in significant operational compliance with:

	Release prevention requirements	data not available
	Release detection requirements	data not available
	Both prevention and release detection requirements	data not available

The UST And LUST Program Performance Measures provide program performance data for all states and territories.

State Contact Information

UST Program

Environmental Quality Board
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Water Quality Area
Ponce De Leon Avenue
431 National Plaza Building
12th Floor
Hato Rey, PR 00917

Phone: 787-767-8056
Fax: 787-767-8122

UST Program: http://www.gobierno.pr/gprportal/inicio

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