Underground Storage Tanks

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NOTE: QA documents referred to in some of the following FR notices may be outdated. Visit The EPA Quality System web site for the latest version of EPA's QA documents.

• 50 FR 46602 - 46618  Friday, Nov. 8, 1985
  "Notification Requirements for Owners of Underground Storage Tanks; Final Rule" Part VI. 40 CFR 280

• 51 FR 20418 - 20420  Wednesday, June 4, 1986
  "Hazardous Waste; Interim Prohibition Against Installation of Unprotected Underground Storage Tanks; Interpretive Rule" Part IV. 40 CFR 280

• 53 FR 37082 - 37247  Friday, Sept. 23, 1988
  "Underground Storage Tanks; Technical Requirements and State Program Approval; Final Rules" Part II. 40 CFR 280 and 281

• 53 FR 43322 - 43383  Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1988
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements and State Program Approval Objective; Final Rule" Part II. 40 CFR 280 and 281

• 54 FR 47077 - 47082  Thursday, Nov. 9, 1989
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements -- Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Interim Final Rule" 40 CFR 280

• 55 FR 18566 - 18567  Wednesday, May 2, 1990
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements; Interim Final Rule" Part VIII. 40 CFR 280

• 55 FR 46022 - 46025  Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1990
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements; Final Rule" 40 CFR 280 and 281

• 56 FR 24 - 26  Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1991
  "Underground Storage Tanks; Technical Requirements; Interim Final Rule" 40 CFR 280

• 56 FR 55066 - 55069  Monday, Aug. 5, 1991
  "Underground Storage Tanks; Technical Requirements" -- Final Amendment of the Overfill Requirements, Environmental Fact Sheet 40 CFR 280

• 56 FR 38342 - 38345  Tuesday, Aug. 13, 1991
  "Underground Storage Tanks; Technical Requirements" 40 CFR 280

• 56 FR 49376 - 49381  Friday, Sept. 27, 1991
  "Issuance of and Administrative Hearings on RCRA Section 9003(h) Corrective Action Orders for Underground Storage Tanks; Final Rule" Part VII. 40 CFR 24

• 56 FR 66369 - 66373  Monday, Dec. 23, 1991
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements; Final Rule" 40 CFR 280

• 57 FR 36866 - 36867  Friday, Aug. 14, 1992
  "Deferral of Petroleum UST-Contaminated Media and Debris from RCRA Hazardous Waste Requirements: Notice of Data" Part IV. 40 CFR 261

• 58 FR 8504 - 8512  Friday, Feb. 12, 1993
  "Exemption of Petroleum-Contaminated Media and Debris from Underground Storage Tanks from RCRA Hazardous Waste Requirements; Proposed Rule" Part VIII. 40 CFR 261

• 58 FR 9026 - 9060  Thursday, Feb. 18, 1993
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements; Final Rule" Part II. 40 CFR 280

• 58 FR 55066 - 55069   Monday, Oct. 25, 1993
  "Evaluation of the Potential for External Corrosion and Review of Cathodic Protection Monitoring Associated with sti-P3 Underground Storage Tank Data Availability"

• 58 FR 58624 - 58627   Tuesday, Nov. 2, 1993
  "Underground Storage Tank Program; Approved Program for New Hampshire; Immediate Final Rule" Part III. 40 CFR 282

• 59 FR 9604 - 9607  Monday, Feb. 28, 1994
  "Underground Storage Tanks Containing Petroleum; Financial Responsibility Requirements; Final Rule" Part IV. 40 CFR 280

• 59 FR 30448 - 30466   Monday, June 13, 1994
  "Underground Storage Tanks -- Lender Liability; Proposed Rule" Part III. 40 CFR 280 and 281

• 60 FR 46691 - 46715   Thursday, Sept. 7, 1995
  "Underground Storage Tanks; Lender Liability; Final Rule" Part II. 40 CFR 280 and 281

• 62 FR 64588 - 64589   Monday, Dec. 8, 1997
  "Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation at Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action, and Underground Storage Tank Sites; OSWER Directive 9200.4-17; Interim Final"

• 63 FR 22709  Monday, April 27, 1998
  "3487. Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks (Section 610 Review)"

• 64 FR 25039 - 25040  Monday, May 10, 1999 (PDF) (2 pp, 6K, About PDF)
  "Use of Monitored Natural Attenuation at Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action, and Underground Storage Tank Sites; OSWER Directive 9200.4-17P; Final"

Federal Register notices pertaining to approval of individual state and territorial UST/LUST programs are also available.

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