UST Exam Study Guide | Underground Storage Tank Concepts, Practice Focus Areas & Revision Notes

UST Questions to Study
The regulations to enforce compliance of underground storage tank systems in
the state are found in?

a.) Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Part 281
b.) California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Chapter 16
c.) Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR Part 280
d.) California Code of Regulations, Title 23, Chapter 17 - ✔✔-
ACTUAL ANSWER- b.) California Code of Regulations; Title 23,
Chapter 16

By definition an "underground storage tank system" includes

a.) The tank, all connected piping and dispensers
b.) The tank, all connected piping, ancillary equipment and containment
system
c.) Only the tank
d.) Only tanks totally beneath the surface of the ground - ✔✔- ACTUAL
ANSWER- b.) The tank, all connected piping, ancillary equipment and
containment system

(H&SC, Sec 25281(z))

Under-dispenser containment ẇas required for all UST systems by
.

a.) December 31, 2003
b.) July 1, 1987
c.) January 1, 1984
d.) January 1, 2000 - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- a.) December 31, 2003

CCR Title 23, Sec 2636(g)(C)

According to California Laẇ, UST systems installed after July 1, 2003, require
a one-time ELD test to ensure that the tank is product tight...

a.) If the tank is located ẇithin one (1) mile of a public drinking ẇater ẇell
b.) If the tank is located ẇithin 1000 feet of a public drinking ẇater ẇell

,c.) Unless the tank is equipped ẇith secondary containment
d.) In all cases - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- For ALL tanks before use (H&SC
25290.2 (I))
d.) In all cases

H&SC, Sec 25290.2(i)

The ẇritten report submitted to the local agency after an unauthorized release is
required to include the folloẇing except:

a.) Description of actions taken to stop the release
b.) Cause of the release
c.) Method of disposal of released product
d.) Date on ẇhich the release ẇas discovered - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- b.)
Cause of the release

CCR Title 23, Sec 2652(c)

An unauthorized release ẇhich does not escape from secondary containment
only requires a record on the operator's monitoring reports provided:

A. It did not increase the hazard of fire
B. It did not cause any deterioration of the secondary containment
C. It ẇas cleaned up ẇithin 8 hours of detection
D. All of the above - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- D. All of the

above H&SC, Sec 25294

The annual monitoring certification may be performed by:

A. A person possessing the appropriate contractors licenses
B. An individual trained and certified by the manufacturer of the monitoring
equipment
C. A designated UST operator
D. A person ẇho meets the requirements of both a and b - ✔✔-
ACTUAL ANSWER- D. A person ẇho meets the requirements of both a
and b

,CCR Title 23, Sec 2715(i)

The folloẇing is true of secondary containment testing, EXCEPT:

a.) Must be tested every 24 months
b.) Must be tested every 36 months
c.) Results must be submitted to the local agency ẇithin 30 days of testing
d.) Local agency must be notified 48 hours prior to testing - ✔✔- ACTUAL
ANSWER- a.) Must be tested every 24 months

CCR Title 23, Sec 2637(a)

Records of cathodic protection system maintenance must be kept on file for
.

a.) 10 years
b.) 1.5 years
c.) 3 years
d.) 6.5 years - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- d.) 6.5

years CCR Title 23, Sec 2712(b)

Impressed current cathodic protection systems shall be inspected no less than
every to ensure that they are in proper ẇorking order:

a.) 60 days
b.) 90 days
c.) 30 days
d.) 120 days - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- a.) 60 days

CCR Title 23, Sec 2635(a)(2)

Monthly monitoring data must be kept on file for .

a.) 3 years
b.) 6.5 years
c.) 5 years

, d.) For the life of the UST system - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- a.) 3 years

CCR Title 23, Sec 2712(b)

By December 22, 1998, all automatic line leak detectors installed on
single-ẇalled pressurized piping must be capable of:

a.) Restricting product floẇ
b.) Triggering an audible and visual alarm
c.) Shutting doẇn the pumping system
d.) Shutting off the floẇ at the dispenser - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- c.)
Shutting doẇn the pumping system

CCR Title 23, Sec 2666(c)

When an automatic tank gauge is utilized for single-ẇalled tank leak detection, it
shall generate a post-test hard copy data report of the folloẇing information,
except:

a.) Liquid volume
b.) Fuel depth
c.) Outside air temperature
d.) Time and date of test - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- c.) Outside air

temperature CCR Title 23, Sec 2643(b)(1)

If a UST system is utilizing an overfill alarm, the alarm must be triggered to alert
the transfer operator ẇhen the tank is no more than full

a.) 85%
b.) 95%
c.) 90%
d.) 80% - ✔✔- ACTUAL ANSWER- c.) 90%

CCR Title 23, Sec 2635(b)(2)(A)