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UST Program Update <br /> Water Boards November • <br /> Facility Compliance Inspection Reporting <br /> California Code of Regulations, title 23, division 3, chapter 16 (UST Regulations), <br /> section 2713(d) requires the Unified Program Agency (UPA) to report to the State Water <br /> Resources Control Board (State Water Board), no later than January 31st each year, <br /> the number of underground storage tank (UST) facilities where a compliance inspection <br /> was not performed over the previous calendar year. The State Water Board is required <br /> to report annually to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) on <br /> several performance measures as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). One of <br /> the EPAct performance measures requires states to certify that a UST facility <br /> compliance inspection has been conducted at every UST facility at least once during the <br /> past three years, thereby meeting the federal inspection frequency. At the direction of <br /> U.S. EPA, the California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) will be used to verify <br /> each UPA has complied with the federal UST inspection frequency. <br /> To assist UPAs in verifying the accuracy of UST facility compliance inspections, UPAs <br /> should use the UST Routine Inspection FrequencV1 search tool in CERS. The State <br /> Water Board sent a letter to UPA managers on October 25, 20232 which included <br /> instructions on how to use the UST Routine Inspection Frequency search tool. UPAs <br /> should use this tool early to identify facilities where a compliance inspection has not <br /> been performed during the 2023 calendar year, or to ensure the correct data has been <br /> properly uploaded to CERS. This report will assist UPAs in identifying missing <br /> inspections or inaccurate data. State Water Board staff strongly suggest UPAs run the <br /> CERS UST Routine Inspection Frequency search now and again in mid-December. As <br /> a reminder, virtual or desk audit UST compliance inspections without an on-site element <br /> do not satisfy the UST compliance inspection provision of the EPAct. <br /> https://cersregulator2.calepa.ca.gov/Reports/USTRoutinelnspectionFrequencySearch <br /> 2 https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/ust/docs/ust-compliance-inspection-2024.pdf <br />