Occasionally the Division receives questions regarding site maintenance issues. Our rules address some maintenance issues, but many other many important aspects of good operation of a fueling facility are not addressed in our rules. Such operational issues could be termed "Best Management Practices" (BMPs). The Division has located several documents that describe some of these BMPs and they are presented here for the information they contain. Some of these documents contain handy checklists which can aid in helping track all appropriate steps.

Suggested Periodic Maintenance for Automatic Tank Gauges and Sensors from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and Public Safety, July, 2001
Line Leak Detector Maintenance Checklist from the National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations List, June, 2001
Automatic Tank Gauge Checklist for Magnetostrictive and Ultrasonic Probes from the National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations List, April, 1997
Automatic Tank Gauge Checklist for Mass Buoyancy Probes from the National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations List, April, 1997
Spill And Overfill Operation & Maintenance Checklist from Operating And Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems Practical Help And Checklists USEPA, April, 2000
Suspected Or Confirmed Releases from Operating And Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems Practical Help And Checklists USEPA, April, 2000
Walk-Through Inspection Checklist from Operating And Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems Practical Help And Checklists USEPA, April, 2000
What to do before, during and after fuel delivery from Underground Storage Tank Operation and Maintenance Manual, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, March, 2000
Plain Talk on Motor Fuel Tanks: An Operator's Guide to Maine's Underground Storage Tank Rules from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, June 2003 (3 MB)

Maintenance and Best Management Practices

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