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CLOSEOUT REPORT <br /> CALIFORNIA ABANDONED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK INITIATIVE <br /> APRIL 2017 <br /> LESSONS LEARNED <br /> Throughout the Initiative, the State Water Board and U.S. EPA identified impediments to gaining compliance <br /> at abandoned UST sites.. Procedures for tracking, inspecting, and enforcing regulations at abandoned UST <br /> sites are not clearly established for the UPAS. In cases where the property owner never operated the <br /> abandoned USTs, the owners did not understand their financial liability or the health and environmental <br /> concerns associated with the abandoned USTs. Based on this scenario, a toolbox of resources was developed <br /> to help UPAS with case management, tracking, and enforcement (see chart below). The toolbox is available on <br /> the State Water Board's Abandoned UST webpage. <br /> Lesson Learned Resource Developed <br /> UPAS need to improve tracking of Letter to UPAS from the State Water Board explains the <br /> regulatory action, verbal and written requirement to conduct inspections annually and to <br /> communication, and any steps taken track abandoned UST sites in the California <br /> by the UPA and property owners. Environmental Reporting System (CERS). Violations for <br /> the UPAS to cite are also included. <br /> Tips for Responsible Party Searches provides free online <br /> UPAS need assistance with obtaining and public resources to assist UPAS with finding good <br /> contact information for property contact information. Collaboration with different County <br /> owners. Department, such as the Recorder/Tax <br /> Collector/Assessor, will be necessary in some instances. <br /> Property owners, especially those Tank Closure& Cleanup Fact Sheet provides owners with <br /> who have never operated USTs, need information on risks associated with potentially leaking <br /> step-by-step easily identifiable USTs, using simple language to guide them through the <br /> instructions for bringing sites into UST removal process and the initial stages of a UST <br /> compliance. cleanup. <br /> No single reference document existed Funding Program Matrix lists State Water Board funding <br /> to explain the multiple State Water programs and compares eligibility requirements. <br /> Board funding programs available for Funding Eligibility Screening Checklist guides UPAS <br /> UST removal, assessment, and through questions to ask property owners and directs <br /> cleanup. them to specific funding program fact sheets. <br /> Prepared by Redhorse Corporation, a U.S. EPA Contractor on behalf of the State Water Resources Control Board 3 <br />