Underground Storage Tanks

Read The Financial Responsibility And Installer Certification Grant Guidelines

On January 22, 2007, EPA issued final grant guidelines for financial responsibility and installer certification. View the grant guidelines (PDF) (10 pp, 61K, About PDF)

Obtain Paper Copy

You may request paper copies of the secondary containment grant guidelines from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), EPA's publications distribution warehouse, by calling 1-800-490-9198; writing to U.S. EPA/NSCEP, Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-0419; or faxing your request to NSCEP at 301-604-3408. Ask for EPA 510-R-07-002, "Grant Guidelines To States For Implementing The Financial Responsibility And Installer Certification Provision Of The Energy Policy Act Of 2005."

Request More Information

For more information about the financial responsibility and installer certification grant guidelines, contact Mark Barolo at barolo.mark@epa.gov or 703-603-7141.

Background

Title XV, Section B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amends Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the original legislation that created the underground storage tank (UST) program. The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act focus on preventing releases and direct EPA to help states comply with new UST requirements. EPA and states, working closely with other stakeholders, developed the financial responsibility and installer certification grant guidelines, which include definitions, requirements, criteria, and options for states choosing to implement the financial responsibility and installer certification or secondary containment requirements. States receiving federal funds must implement the financial responsibility and installer certification requirements by February 8, 2007. EPA regions will incorporate the guidelines into their future grant agreements with states.

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