UST Guidance Documents
| Corrective Action Guidelines | Last Change |
|---|---|
| Guidelines for Site Checks, Tank Closure, and Initial Response and Abatement - STIRA (text and figures) | 4/14/2025 |
| UST Section Assessment Guidelines (text and figures) | 1/19/2021 |
| UST Section Corrective Action Guidelines (text and figures) | 1/19/2021 |
| Guidelines for Sampling (text and figures) | 3/7/2022 |
| Comprehensive Tables for Corrective Action Guidelines (tables) (all documents above) | 4/11/2025 |
| Comprehensive Appendices for Corrective Action Guidelines (appendices) (all documents above) | 6/21/2023 |
| Post Soil Excavation Report | 11/15/2024 |
| Guidelines for Ex Situ Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation | 3/10/2023 |
| North Carolina Petroleum UST Release Corrective Action Phase Project Management: A Calibrated Risk-Based Corrective Action Decision & Implementation Guide | 6/1/2016 |
| Guidelines for Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) | 3/30/2022 |
| Cleanup Guidance | Revised | |
|---|---|---|
| Ex Situ Soil Remediation Forms | ||
| Reports and Forms | ||
| GCL Table* see Comprehensive Tables for STIRA, Assessment Guidelines and Corrective Action Guidelines (tables) | ||
| MSCC Table* see Comprehensive Tables for STIRA, Assessment Guidelines and Corrective Action Guidelines (tables) | ||
| Guidance on Trust Fund Eligibility for Tank Closures, Initial Abatement, and Corrective Action Excavations | 7/18/2016 | |
| Guidelines for North Carolina Action Limits for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) | 7/29/2016 | |
| Micro-Purge or No Purge sampling Memo | 8/15/2013 | |
| Preliminary Evaluation of Free Product Memo | 2/23/2009 | WORD |
| FP Recovery System Specification Report Format | WORD | |
| Free Product Recovery Program: Stage II | 11/6/2009 | WORD |
| Session Law 2008-195 Intermediate Risk Site Pilot Program Memo | 10/16/2009 | |
| Jan 98 MADEP Update (eff. 2/1/2006) | 12/7/2005 |
| Notice of Residual Petroleum |
|---|
| Instructions and Form for Notice of Residual Petroleum (go to UST Forms) |
| Instructions and Form for Notice of Residual Petroleum with Alternate Land Use Restriction (go to UST Forms) |
| Memos and Instructions | Revised | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-siphon valve requirement at Marinas | 3/7/2022 | |
| Improper installation of product pipe manifolds above shear valves guidance | 11/13/2018 | |
| Instructions for completing Overfill Prevention Equipment Operability checks and completing the UST-22A form | 9/22/2016 | |
| Low Liquid Level UST Containment Sump Testing Procedures | 10/2018 | |
| Primary Operator Training Requirements | 9/21/2023 | |
| Recommended ways to dispose of small quantities of petroleum and petroleum/water mixtures. | 6/2017 |
| Leak Detection | Revised | |
|---|---|---|
| Deadline for Using Inventory Control or Manual Tank Gauging with Periodic Tank Tightness Testing | 11/21/2013 | |
| Leak Detection Methods for Petroleum USTs and Piping Manual | 10/2015 | |
| Manual Tank Gauging for small USTs Manual | 10/2015 | |
| New Approval of SIR as a Monthly Monitoring Method | 8/2005 | |
| NC Operating and Maintaining USTs Manual | 3/2021 | |
| Procedures for Sampling Water Supply Wells near UST Facilities | 9/2013 | |
| Remanufactured Leak Detection Equipment Memo | 7/2015 |
| Corrosion Protection | Revised | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| UST-7A, Cathodic Protection Testing form for galvanic cathodic protection systems | WORD | ||
| UST-7B, Cathodic Protection Testing form for impressed current cathodic protection systems | WORD | ||
| UST-21, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System 60-Day Record of Rectifier Operation | WORD | ||
| Corrosion Protection Manual | 1/2020 | ||
| Procedures for UST systems with inoperative or failed corrosion protection systems | 4/13/2021 | ||
| Withdrawal of approval for use of Cathodic Protection Suitability Study (CPSS) and Mean Age to Corrosion Failure (MACF) | 6/1/2004 | ||
| Withdrawal of approval for use of 3-phase assessment | 6/1/2004 | ||
| Withdrawal of approval for use of Tank Environmental Profile (TEP) | 6/1/2004 | ||
| Withdrawal of approval for use of Statistical Corrosion Probability Analysis (SCPA) | 6/1/2004 | ||
| Withdrawal of approval for use of Mean Time to Corrosion Failure (MTCF) | 6/1/2004 | ||
| U.S. EPA Notice of Corrosion Risks in Underground Storage Tanks Storing Diesel Fuel - Notice recommending that underground storage tank (UST) owners check for corrosion on metal components inside their steel and fiberglass underground storage tank systems storing diesel fuel. | |||
| Investigation of Corrosion Influencing Factors in Underground Storage Tanks with Diesel Service (U.S. EPA) | |||
| Corrosion of Metal Components in USTs Storing Diesel and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends (U.S. EPA) |
| Financial Responsibility | Revised | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Responsibility Requirements for USTs Brochure | |||
| Chief Financial Officer Letter | |||
| Certificate of Insurance (UST-FR1) | WORD | ||
| Certification of Financial Responsibility | |||
| Financial Responsibility Manual | 9/16/2013 | ||
| Financial Responsibility Rules (15A NCAC 2O) |
| State Cleanup Funds | Revised | |
|---|---|---|
| Reasonable Rates page | Click Here | |
| Changes to Commercial Cleanup Fund Reimbursement Procedures | 6/1/2002 | |
| Policy Updates and Clarifications | 11/1/2002 | |
| Soil Weight Policy - Final | ||
| "What is Pay for Performance?" memo | ||
| Claim Submittal Policy Letter | ||
| Selecting an environmental consultant | ||
| Session Law 2004-124 memo (eff. 10/1/04) | WORD | |
| UST Determination policy | ||
| Statute of Limitations on filing Eligibility Applications and Reimbursement Claims Memo | ||
| Revisions to Two State Cleanup Fund Processes |
| Federal Cleanup Funds | |
|---|---|
| Financial Data Request form | |
| Request for Evaluation Assessment and Remediation Technology (ITC) |
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