USTS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984 added Subtitle I to the - Answer- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Subtitle I established a national regulatory program for the control of underground storage tank (UST) systems used to store - Answer- liquid petroleum or chemicals defined as hazardous substances. In 1985, EPA created the Office of Underground Storage Tanks to develop and implement - Answer- a regulatory program for underground storage tank (UST) systems. UST rules went into effect in - Answer- 1988. On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the - Answer- Energy Policy Act of 2005. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 significantly affected - Answer- federal and state underground storage tank programs the Energy Policy Act require major changes to the programs, and is aimed at reducing - Answer- underground storage tank releases to our environment The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act focus on - Answer- preventing releases. The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act expanded eligible uses of the - Answer- Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund. The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act included provisions regarding - Answer- inspections, operator training, delivery prohibition, secondary containment and financial responsibility, and cleanup of releases that contain oxygenated fuel additives. There are approximately 575,000 underground storage tanks (USTs) nationwide that - Answer- store petroleum or hazardous substances. The greatest potential threat from a leaking UST is contamination of groundwater, the source of drinking water for - Answer- nearly half of all Americans. The underground storage tank program is primarily implemented by - Answer- states and territories. First point of contact is the state regulatory agency that has jurisdiction where the USTs are - Answer- physically located. In Ohio, petroleum UST program is administered by - Answer- the State Fire Marshal - B