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Be sure to check with your LIA What You Need to Know �orejou startupgrading. ClffaAitit�•7G]!�'YNlSIWR17.Yfl1SWISpIY�a What is Automatic Pump Shutoff? What Is Upgrading? B December 22, 1998, all single-walled pressurized Upgrading means bringing an underground storage tank Do I Have to Unmade My UST? y g g g 8 g piping must be able to shut off automatically. That is, (l1S"1')system, including piping,up to current regulatory If you want to keep using your UST, you can either - (UST standards. Depending on how your system is equipped, upgrade it or replace it with a new one that meets the piping must be monitored by an automatic line California requirements. Whether you upgrade or replace leak detector that will shut off the pump so that it may mean installing any one or a combination of the -you're going to need a licensed contractor. dispensing cannot occur in the event of a leak or following system failure. • interior lining Whal If I Don't Want the Tank Anymore? • cathodic protection Get permission from your LIA to close it (have it What is Cathodic Protection? spill container removed). Be sure to get a licensed contractor and follow It means protecting a tank system against corrosion. 0 overfill prevention equipment closure requirements in Article 7 of California's UST Corrosion happens when bare 'metal and soil and sinker plates regulations. moisture combine to produce tin electric current that • secondary containment for the tank and piping destroys hard metal. Over time, corrosion creates • automatic pump shutoff Why Should I URgirride Early? holes in'tanks and'then leaks occur. To protect against Which Tanks Need to Be Ungraded? Because if you wait: corrosion,you may do one of the following: • Single-walled steel tanks • Install cathodic protection for the tank and piping. • AN tanks that don't have spill and overfill prevention • Licensed contractors may be booked. Methods include an impressed current system or and striker plates • Supplies needed for upgrading may be scarce. a sacrificial anode system,'and add interior lining • All single-walled waste oil tanks • Your LIA may be inundated with requests for to the tank. • Any tank not in compliance with California regula- upgrading or removal permits, making your request OR tions take longer. Replace with a double-walled tank and piping that • Your insurance company may not honor your policy if are already protected against corrosion. Which Pining Needs to Be Ungraded? your tanks are not in compliance by the deadline. • Any piping that does not have corrosion protection • Availability of State low cost loans for upgrading or • replacing tanks may decrease as the deadline nears. Once I Upgrade With interior Luting and Single-walled piping other than motor vehicle fuel p g Y Cathodic Protection,Then What? piping needs to be upgraded (replaced) with sec- Cathodic protection systems must be inspected ondary containment. What is a Spill Container? within 6 months of installation and every 3 years A container installed around the fill pipe to contain spills thereafter. Impressed current systems must also .mien Is the Deadline? during deliveries to the tank. be checked every 60 days. December 22, 1998. That's not the deadline for begin- Cathodic protection systems must be checked ning the job-that's when it has to be finished. if it's not What is Overfill Prevention Eauiymenti within 6 months of any repair or tnodificatioii to a finished,the tank goes out of service and the owner could Overfills happen when someone tries to put more product UST facility in which the modification may have face fines or criminal charges. The deadline will not be into a tank than it will hold. There are three main types of affected the cathodic protection system. extended by either the federal or state government. overfill protection: automatic shutoff devices, ball float . Interior lining must be inspected in 10 years and valves, and overfill alarms. every 5 years thereafter. Who Do I have to Notify About Upgrading? You must notify your local implementing agency (LIA) How Can I Get Vinanclal help to Upgrade ore be you upgrade your US"r system. In California, If you don't get started now... MY Tank? LIAs may be either city or county offices. It is the same The California Trade and Commerce Agency,Office agency that issued your UST operating permit. If you're you may not be able to find a of Small Business,offers low interest loaris to small unsure where your agency is, call your County Depart- businesses with USTs. Call the Office of Small ment of Health or City Fire Department. contractor Business in Sacramento at(916)323-9879 for Primed on recyclut paper uteri information on the"Repair/Replace Underground Storage Tank Loan Program'(RUST).