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SPECIFIC REVISIONS TO RECOMMENDED PRACTICE 1604 • Unnumbered Page -- Foreword Delete the third paragraph in the Foreword and substitute the following material: On September 23 , 1988 , the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued its Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underaround Storage Tanks (UST) . These standards are Part 260 of Volume 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Furthermore, legislation and regulations on all aspects of UST management continue to be developed at state and local levels of government. These levels may have requirements other than those specified in the EPA Technical Standards, and the appropriate government agencies should be consulted about regulations that apply in the geographic area of interest before any action suggested by this Recommended Practice is taken. When used in this document, the term "implementing agency" means EPA or the designated state or local agency responsible for carrying out an approved UST program. This Recommended Practice is based upon the experience of knowledgeable members of the petroleum industry. In some respects it may be more stringent than the requirements imposed by the Technical Standards. However, the Recommended Practice does not attempt to cover all of the subjects covered by the EPA Technical Standards. Furthermore,- while substantial effort has been made to ensure that none of the recommendations contravene the requirements of the Technical Standards, API is not undertaking to interpret the Standards and cannot guarantee that its recommendations are completely in accord. Nor is any representation made that these recommendations conform with any requirements imposed by state and local agencies. This edition of API Recommended Practice 1604 supersedes API Recommended Practice 1604, Second Edition, December 1987 . The EPA Technical Standards provide that Recommended Practice 1604 can be used as a guide to compliance with EPA' s requirements governing closure of USTs. According to EPA, an owner or operator conforms with this provision of the Standards if it uses the 1987 edition, which was in force when the Standards became final. However, an owner or operator who uses this amended version will also be meeting the requirements of the 1987 edition, and EPA encourages the use of the most recent version.