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with fewer inspections. While short-term costs may be higher, the long-term total cost of ownership can be much lower due to fewer incidents, environmental cleanup, regulatory citations, new regulations and many other factors. Further, when comparing inspection requirements of underground tanks to aboveground tanks, most tank owner/operators realize that the visual inspection of elevated ASTs is considerably simpler than inspecting an underground tank. The owner of tanks should clearly consider upgrading of tank installations. This should be accomplished by incorporating CRDM and secondary containment to ASTs or moving underground tanks aboveground at the first available opportunity. This will become quite evident when the next scheduled Formal External or Informal Inspection reveals that missing safeguards require an increased inspection frequency or are needed to comply with regulations. Numerous tank types are found in the United States. Although Table 5.5 in SP001 includes many tank types and types of installations, including all types is impossible. For example, inspection methods for plastic tanks are not included in SP001. Therefore, a Professional Engineer assessing tank inspection programs must use professional judgment to adapt this standard to specific industries or facilities. Per paragraph 1.3 of SP001, "The Professional Engineer must use other standards, recommended practices and other equivalent engineering and best practices that exist and provide alternative inspection requirements for tanks defined within the scope of this standard and for tanks outside the scope of this standard." The SP001 Standard is intended for use in many contexts, only one of which is part of an EPA -SPCC Plan. To understand how the SP001 Standard is to be used in the context of an SPCC Plan, a review of the USEPA SPCC Rule is needed. 11