Petroleum Environmental Cleanup Fund Award (PECFA) 

The PECFA program was created in response to enactment of federal regulations requiring release prevention from underground storage tanks and cleanup of existing contamination from those tanks. PECFA is a reimbursement program returning a portion of incurred remedial cleanup costs to owners of eligible petroleum product systems including home heating oil systems. Program funding is generated from a portion of a $0.02/gallon petroleum inspection fee.

Basic Program and Site Information

• Information About PECFA Reimbursement
• Tracker On The Web (Opens in a new window) - Searchable database of petroleum contaminated sites tracked by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS)

Annual on-line web reports are required to be completed and submitted by consultants by December 31 of each year for all occurrences for which a report was completed the previous year in December.  Visit the on-line web reporting Webpage for due dates of other sites/occurrences.  Contact Claim Review staff if the required report(s) have not been compeleted and submitted by the required deadline(s).

PECFA Consultant/Consulting Firm Identification, Selection and Agent Information

• Selecting a Consultant
• WDNR Pub-RR-502 (pdf document - Exits DSPS website, opens in a new window)


• Select the following link to search for/identify PECFA Registered Consulting Firms and Consultants
• PECFA Registered Consulting Firms and Consultants

• Select the following link for a list of consultants that have notified DSPS of their interest in being a potential agent for sites where the Responsible Party (RP) needs assistance in funding a cleanup.  RP's needing assistance may directly contact consultants on this list.
• Consultant Agent List

• All consultants wanting to be an agent must have a site specific approval from DSPS to be the agent before any work is completed.  The following link provides additional information about becoming an agent.  
• How to become a PECFA Agent

• OpenRecordsRequest

Public Bidding

• Public Bidding - The Public Bidding Webpage includes links to current and previous bid rounds, as well as a draft Responsible Party / Consultant Contract

• Usual & Customary Cost (U&C) Information

Bureau Contacts

• Bureau Personnel
• Office Locations - Map
• Site Reviewer - Table of Areas of Responsibility
• Site Reviewer - Coverage Area Maps

Forms and Documents

• Basic Forms and Documents

• Contract Notification and Site Reporting (Web Reporting) - Per Revised Chapter SPS 347, Wis. Adm. Code
  • Instructions
  • Due Dates
  • Tips and Suggestions
  • Frequently Asked Questions
• Occurrence Classification - No longer Required
• Bi-annual Lending Institution Claim Reporting Page (Requires PIN # entry)
• Bi-annual Owner Claim Reporting Page (Requires password entry)

Publications and Guidance Documents

• Publications
• PECFA UPDATES
• PECFA POST
• Guidance Documents
• LNAPL Assessment Guidance Document

• SPS 305
• SPS 347
• Wisconsin Statute 101.143
• Link to Wisconsin State Legislature, Revisor of Statutes Bureau Website

Financial Information

• Claims
• Claims Report - PECFA claims received vs claims backlog information
• Accounting Reports - PECFA monthly and program-to-date funding / expenditure
• Appeals
• How To File An Appeal of payment decisions
• Appeal Decisions
• Executive Summary Of Appeal Actions - current