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-3- UST Systems with Secondary Containment UST systems with secondary containment have the following characteristics: • double -walled tanks, • double -walled piping, • containment sumps, and • under -dispenser containment. For UST systems with secondary containment that were installed before July 1, 2003 and are located within 1,000 feet of a public drinking water well, one-time ELD testing is required. Health and Safety Code, §25289, subdivision (b) authorizes the State Water Board to require this testing. We find that the burden of the testing, including costs, bears a reasonable relationship to the need for regulatory agencies to be provided with information on tank integrity. Also, please see Enclosure 2. The owner or operator of an UST system with secondary containment within 1,000 feet of a public drinking water well must submit and have a program of ELD testing approved by the local permitting agency within six months from the date of this formal notification. An approved program of ELD testing must be implemented no later than 18 months following this formal notification. (Cal. Code Regs., Title 23, § 2644. 1.) Low-interest loans and grants are available to help qualified owners and operators of small, independently owned and operated UST facilities remove and replace UST components. See Enclosure 3 (in orange) and Enclosure 4 (in yellow) for details. If you believe that your UST system is not subject to the ELD testing requirement, you may request reconsideration from the State Water Board's UST Program Manager. Information on the request for reconsideration process is included in Enclosure 5 (RFR Form, in blue), as well as in Enclosure 2. (See also Cal. Code Regs., Title 23, § 2640, subd. (e).) If you have previously completed ELD testing, you are not required to submit a RFR, however, you must submit a copy of the test results to the State Water Board. Anyone wishing to submit an RFR must fill out the form and submit it to both the local permitting agency and the State Water Board's UST Program Manager. The RFR must be received no later than 60 calendar days from the date this notification letter was mailed. The request must demonstrate at least one of the following: California Environmental Protection Agency P...lod P.,...,.