ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS

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ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS

• Wyoming
• Storage Tank Program

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THE PROBLEM SUBSTANDARD ABOVE GROUND STORAGE
TANKS
Emergency Venting?
No Leak Detection
No Vehicle Impact Protection
No Site Security
No Secondary Containment
No Corrosion Protection
Underground Connected Lines
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Present AST Regulations

• All Oil Tanks- SPCC Program over 1320 gallons
• Major Facility Plan over 1,000,000 gallons
• OSHA
• DOT Pipeline Breakout Tanks
• DEQ - Tanks used by FUEL DEALERS to dispense
  GASOLINE AND DIESEL
• EPCRA - Reporting Requirements
• Wyoming State Fire Marshal for flammable liquids.

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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

• No Federal or State Agency regulates ASTs
  containing Hazardous Substances.

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SPCC REQUIREMENTS

• Secondary Containment
• Written SPCC Plan
• Corrosion Prevention Plan
• Site Security
• Runoff Control
• Vehicle Impact Protection
• Periodic Integrity Testing

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DOT REQUIREMENTS

• Pipeline Breakout Tanks
• API 650 installation
• API 653 inspections
• Corrosion Prevention Plan

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OSHA REQUIREMENTS

• Similar to SPCC Rules

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FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS

• Secondary Containment
• Fire Valves
• No combustible materials inside secondary
  containment
• NFPA-30 Protected Tanks
• Inventory Control

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WYOMING DEQ

• FUEL DEALER
• Service Stations
• Convenience Stores
• Fixed Base Operators
• Snow Machines, Marinas, etc.
• DISPENSING GASOLINE OR DIESEL
• Jet Fuel is defined as gasoline

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DEQ PROGRAM

• Present Obligations
• Pay a 200 per tank per year fee over 5000
  gallons
• Pay a 50 per tank per year fee under 5000
  gallons
• Register annually

• Present Benefits
• 1,000,000 Liability Protection
• Full cleanup of all releases with no deductible,
  no maximum coverage

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The State of Wyoming will ultimately pay to clean
up this mess.
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