Storage Tank Regulation (a.k.a Storage Tank Home Page)

The Storage Tank Regulation Section is the primary unit responsible for the administration and regulation of the Wisconsin Administrative Code SPS 310 - Flammable and Combustible Liquids. The Section's administrative and regulatory functions include:

• Technical code and standard consultation
• Permit and registration of aboveground and underground flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks.
• Retail service station inspection and petroleum product testing
• Maintain state aboveground and underground storage tank database.
• Review of system design plans for storage or dispensing system installation, modification or upgrade.
• Credential administration for individuals working in storage tank related specialties requiring certification .
• Administration of the SPS 310 Local Program Operator agents.

Program Directory

• Retail Petroleum Services - Storage Tank Inspection & Motor Fuel Testing
• Contractor Certification & Credentialing
• Permit & Registration
• Material Approval Program
• MAP - Location of 2811 Agricultural Drive, Madison offices (Tank program)
• MAP - Location of  1400 E Washington Avenue Madison offices (PECFA program)

• Storage Tank Section Staff Phone & E-mail
• County Contact for: Permit & Registration staff, Tank Specialist (technical issues), Retail Supervisor (petroleum product and retail facility inspections) 
• Field Staff Contact Info for Retail Petroleum Product & Service Station Inspectors by District
• Retail Petroleum Product & Service Station District geographic assignments
• Field staff - tank specialists by area geographic assignments
• Commerce Local Program Operator Addresses (LPO) - Contract Agents
• Local Program Operator Jurisdiction (By county & fire department)
• DNR Regional Spill Coordinator Contact Information
• Contractor Directory - Search by Specialty

Resources

• UST & AST Tank Database
• SPS 310 Forms (forms are pdf)
• Technical and Regulatory Policy Letters (pdf)
• National Workgroup on Leak Detection Evaluations (NWGLDE)
• EPA UST Technical Compendium

• Storage Tank Installation Regulatory Synopsis - Web Page
• Storage Tank System Plan Review - Program Letter
• Plan Submittal Tracking
• Plan Review - Flammable, Combustible & CERCLA Hazardous Liquid Storage/Dispensing/Transfer Systems
• Material Approval Program

• "Abandon" underground storage tanks
• Tank Abandonment PIF Funding Program
• Overview
• Application
• Access Agreement
• Financial Responsibility Information & Guidance
• Real-estate Agent Page
• Tank Closure Requirements
• Farm Fuel Tank Requirements
• Converting to Biofuel Storage
• Farm & Residential Vehicle Fuel Tank Upgrade Requirements
• Residential Fuel Oil Storage Tanks
• Used Motor Oil/Waste Oil  Refer to Code Compendium, Subchapter IV section SPS 310.300 
• CERCLA List
• Qualification of corrosion protection specialists (e.g., installers, testers, etc.) - EPA letter
• Public Record Provision of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Open Records Request application
• Motor Fuel Complaint On-line form

• SPS 310 Training Presentations (pdf of PowerPoint presentations)

• Storage Tank Internet Database
• Tank Contractors and credentials
• Local Program Operator (LPO) areas of coverage
• SPS 310 / Comm 5 tank specialty related continuing education providers
• Facilities with impressed current corrosion protection systems
• UST Financial Responsibility Pollution Insurance providers
• WDNR Leak, Spill, Contamination Site Search (a.k.a BRRTS)
• State Fire Department Listing

Regulations

    State

• SPS 310 - Flammable, Combustible & Hazardous Liquids Code (Effective August 1, 2009)
• Assessment and Reporting of Suspected and Obvious Releases from Underground and Aboveground Storage Systems  (a.k.a. TSSA Guide)
• SPS 310 Code Compendium
• SPS 310 (July 2009) Upgrade Deadlines
• Statute 101.09
• Petroleum Products - Comm 48
• Statute 168 Oil Inspection
• 2009 Wisconsin Act 86 - Disposal of oil filters and oil absorbent materials
• DNR Oil Filters and Absorbent Recycling
• Stage I and II Vapor Recovery Rules (NR 420)
• Stage II Vapor Recovery Decommissioning
• Decommissioning Questions and Answers
• Decommissioning form
• DNR Fact Sheet
• UST Operator Training -Federally Regulated USTs Level A, B and C Operator Training
• The Wisconsin Small Business Clean Air Assistance Program (notification forms, fact sheets, etc.)

    Federal

• EPA Groundwater Protection Act 40 CFR 280
• RCRA 42 U.S.C. 6991
• Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA 90”)
• Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 USC 1321, Oil & Hazardous Substance Liability
• 40 CFR Part 112, Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC
• 33 CFR 154 – Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations for Marine Oil Transfer Facilities
• 33 CFR 156 - Oil and Hazardous Material Transfer Operations
• 29 CFR 1910.106 - Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 CFR part 63, subpart BBBBBB and CCCCCC
  
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
  Source Categories: Gasoline Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants,
  and Pipeline Facilities; and Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
  
  http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/gasdist/gasdispg.html

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