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Be sure to check with your LIA vVV hat You Need to Know �oreyou s�upgrading. What is AutomaticPumpShutoff? What Is Eni'radinX? Do_1 Have to Upgrade My UST? By December 22, 19'98, all single-walled pressurized Upgrading means bringing an underground storage tank If you want to keep using your UST, you can either piping must be able to shut off automatically. That is, (UST)system, including piping,up to current regulatory upgrade it or replace it with a new one that meets the piping must be monitored by an automatic line standards Depending on how your system is equipped, California requirements. 'Whether you upgrade or replace leak detector that will shut off the pump so that it may mean installing any one or a combination of the -you're going to need a licensed contractor. dispensing cannot occur in the event of a leak or following: system failure. • interior lining What If I Don'C'Want the Tank Anymore? • cathodic protection Get permission from your LIA to close it (have it What is Cgthodic Protection'! + spill container It means protecting a tank system against corrosion. removed). Be sure to get a licensed contractor and follow ill prevention equipment closure requirements in Article 7 of California's USW Corrosion happens when bare metal and soil and • striker plates regulations. moisture combine to produce an electric current that • secondary containment for the tank and piping destroys hard metal. Over time, corrosion creates • automatic pump shutoff Why Should 1 Upgrade So Early? holes in tanks and then leaks occur. To protect against Which Tanks Need to Be Upgraded? Because if you wait: corrosion,you may do one of the following: • Single-walled steel tanks 0 Install cathodic protection for the tank and piping • All tanks that don't have spill and overfill prevention • Licensed contractors may be booked. Methods include an impressed current system or Supplies needed for upgrading may be scarce. a sacrificial anodes stem, and add interior lining • All single-wailed waste oil tanks and striker plates + Your LIA may be inundated with requests for to the tank, Y • Any tank not in compliance with California regula- upgrading or removal permits, making your request R tions take longer. + Replace with a double-walled tank and piping that • Your insurance company may not honor your policy if are already protected against corrosion. Which Piping Needs to Be Ungraded? your tanks are not in compliance by the deadline • An piping that does not have corrosion protection • Availability of State low cost loans for upgrading or Once II Upgrade With Interior Lining and Any p p g replacing tanks may decrease as the deadline nears. + Single-walled piping other than motor vehicle fuel p n& Y Cathodic Protection,Then What.. piping needs to be upgraded (replaced) with sec- • Cathodic protection systems must be inspected ondary containment. What is a.Snil1!Q9ntaiRrr? within 6 months of installation and every 3 years A container installed around the fill pipe to contain spills thereafter. Impressed current systems must also i Is the Deadline? during defiveries to the tank. be checked every 60 days. December 22, 1998. That's not the deadline for begin- • Cathodic protection systems must be checked ning the job-that's when it has to be finished. If it's not What is(]overfill Prevention Etluiument? within 6 months of any repair or modification to a finished,the tank goes out of service and the owner could Overfills happen when someone tries to put more product UST facility in which the modification may have face fines or criminal charges. The deadline will not be into a tank than it will hold. There are three main types of affected the cathodic protection system. extended by either the federal or state government. overfill protection: automatic shutoff devices, ball float + Interior lining must be inspected in 10 years and valves,and overfill alarms. every 5 years thereafter. Who Do I Have to Notify About Upgrading? You must notify your local implementing agency (LIA) r How Can I Get Financial H to Upgrade be ore you upgrade your UST system. In California, If you dont get started now... My Tank? LIM may be either city or county offices It is the same The California Trade and Commerce Agency, Office agency that issued your UST operating permit. If you're you may not be able to find a of Small Business, offers low interest loans to small unsure where your agency is, call your County Depart- businesses with USTs. Call the Office of Small meat of health or City Fire Department. contractor Business in Sacramento at(916)323-9879 for later! information on the"Repair/Replace Underground I'rintcci on recycled I'�I�r i Storage Tank Loan Program" (RUST)- .