Document Category: Cleanup / LUST Corrective Action

UST Closure Oversight Checklist

This checklist provides a quick review of the requirements to project managers who provide oversight at UST closure/removal projects. Their efforts, along with those of environmental consultants, ensure appropriate soil/groundwater sampling methods and proper data collection. Not only does this optimize content in the UST closure report, but a presence in these early stages can allow access to the State Fund for cleanup, a seamless transition for longer term monitoring, and can support future site closure.

Illinois EPA Model Groundwater Ordinance

This document is a template provided by the Illinois EPA for UST owners/operators to use when requesting adoption of a groundwater ordinance by a municipality  for use as an institutional control to address off-site groundwater contamination as a result of a release.  

ASTSWMO Rate Establishment Guide for State Financial Assurance Funds: Part I

Author: ASTSWMO Tanks Subcommittee – Financial Responsibility Task Force The ASTSWMO Financial Responsibility Task Force has collected data from thirty-eight States on their reimbursement rate establishment processes regarding cleanup costs associated with tank releases with contamination. This document serves as a Part I as it focuses on States that establish their rates every 1-3 years.