Underground Storage Tanks

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)

• Survey of State Experiences with Petroleum and Hazardous Substance Releases at LUST Sites, Heating Oil Tanks, and Out of Service Tanks (December 2006)
• Summary Report on a Survey of State Experiences with MTBE and Other Oxygenate Contamination at LUST Sites (30 pp, 105K, About PDF) (August 2003)
• Survey of State Experiences with MTBE Contamination at LUST Sites (PDF) (6 pp, 25K, About PDF) (December 2000)

Arizona

• UST Program Interim Policy for Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Groundwater (PDF) (3 pp, 15K, About PDF) (August 20, 2002)

California

• An Evaluation of MtBE Occurrence at Fuel Leak Sites with Operating USTs (PDF) (5 pp, 61K, About PDF) May 2000.
  This report summarizes key UST and MtBE occurrence studies and discusses findings of a detailed case study of 16 leaking underground storage tank (LUST) sites with operating USTs and high concentrations of MtBE in groundwater. The objective of the detailed case studies was to evaluate potential causes of significant MtBE contamination at operating UST facilities. This study also included an evaluation of whether undetected releases are occurring and identification of actual and potential weaknesses in fuel storage, management and delivery operations. For more information contact Cris Tulloch (mailto:christul@scvwd.dst.ca.us, (408) 265-2607, ext 2636).
• Guidelines for Investigation and Cleanup of MTBE and other Ether-Based Oxygenates (PDF) (20 pp, 72K, About PDF)
  Final Draft 3/27/00.
• Health and Environmental Assessment of MTBE
  Report to the Governor and Legislature of the State of California as sponsored by SB521. November 12, 1998.
• An evaluation of MTBE Impacts to California Groundwater Resources (80 pp, 387K, About PDF)
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories report UCRL-AR-130897, June 11, 1998. This report (by Happel, Beckenbach, and Halden) was co-funded by the California State Water Resources Control Board UST Program, DOE Office of Fossil Fuels, and Western States Petroleum Association.
• MTBE in California Drinking Water
  includes drinking water standards, maximum contaminant levels, and comprehensive evaluation of health and environmental effects of MTBE and other oxygenates
• GeoTracker
  GeoTracker is a geographic information system (GIS) that provides online access to environmental data. GeoTracker is the interface to the Geographic Environmental Information Management System (GEIMS), a data warehouse which tracks regulatory data about underground fuel tanks, fuel pipelines, and public drinking water supplies.
  GeoTracker and GEIMS were developed pursuant to a mandate by the California State Legislature (AB 592, SB 1189) to investigate the feasibility of establishing a statewide GIS for leaking underground fuel tank (LUFT) sites.
  In its pilot phase, GeoTracker assembled well, tank, and pipeline data from two study areas, Santa Clara and Santa Monica. Now, GeoTracker contains well, tank, and pipeline data from all of California. This makes it an important resource to both regulators and the public.

Connecticut

• Use of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) As A Gasoline Additive
  In this report to the Connecticut General Assembly on the use of MTBE, the DEP outlines five recommendations for dealing with MTBE as a gasoline additive.

Florida

• MtBE (Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether) Occurrence in Florida Drinking Water Systems

Hawaii

• Requirements for Sampling and Analysis of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether on Soil and Groundwater at Underground Storage Tank Release Investigation Sites
  Hawaii Department of Health, Underground Storage Tank Section, October 18 1998. (PDF file, 17 pages, 1443 Kbytes)

Idaho

• An Evaluation of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Groundwater at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites (PDF) (13 pp, 3.2MB, About PDF)
  Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, February 1999.

Iowa

• MTBE Occurrence in Iowa (PDF) (31 pp, 90K, About PDF)
  Iowa Department of Natural Resources, February 2000.

Maine

• The Presence of MTBE and Other Gasoline Coupounds in Maine's Drinking Water Supplies
  This page also has links to other MTBE information

Maryland

• Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Recent Developments as of February 2008
• The Task Force on the Environmental Effects of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), Final Report, December 2001 (PDF) (33 pp, 347K, About PDF)

Michigan

• Michigan MTBE Fact Sheet, March 2000 (PDF) (4 pp, 31K, About PDF)

Missouri

• Report on Inter-Agency Meetings on MTBE, September 2000 (PDF) (17 pp, 62K, About PDF)

Nevada

• NDEP Oxygenated Fuel Corrective Action Guidance
  Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Corrective Actions (NDEP) policy on the clean-up of oxygenated fuel additives.

New Hampshire

• Study of Reformulated Gasoline (RFG) Distributed Outside of New Hampshire's Four County Nonattainment Area (PDF) (22 pp, 328K, About PDF)
  (December 1, 2000)
• MtBE in Drinking Water
  NHDES Technical Bulletin, WD-WS-3-19, 2000
• Gasoline in New Hampshire

New Jersey

• MTBE In New Jersey's Environment (PDF) (48 pp, 534K, About PDF)
  NJDEP MTBE Workgroup and Division of Science, Research, and Technology, December 12, 2000.
• MTBE In New Jersey's Environment
  (Links to sections of the above report in HTML format and additional information)

New York

• USEPA MTBE Pilot Project Report: Objective 2 - Investigate Potential Sources of MTBE Contamination on Long Island That Could Impact Water Supplies or Environmentally Sensitive Areas

Washington

• Occurrence of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Groundwater at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites in Washington (PDF) (23 pp, 106K, About PDF)
  October, 2000. Publication No. 00-09-054.

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