UST Guidance Documents

 

Corrective Action Guidelines Last Change  
Guidelines for Site Checks, Tank Closure, and Initial Response and Abatement - STIRA (text and figures)   5/17/2021
UST Section Assessment Guidelines (text and figures)   1/19/2021
UST Section Corrective Action Guidelines (text and figures)   1/19/2021
Guidelines for Sampling (text and figures)   3/7/2022  
Comprehensive Tables for Corrective Action Guidelines (tables) (all documents above)   9/7/2022  
Comprehensive Appendices for Corrective Action Guidelines (appendices) (all documents above)   3/7/2022  
Guidelines for Ex Situ Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation   12/1/2013
Guidelines for Ex Situ Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation (tables)  
Guidelines for Ex Situ Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation (appendices)  
Guidelines for Ex Situ Petroleum Contaminated Soil Remediation (memo)  
North Carolina Petroleum UST Release Corrective Action Phase Project Management: A Calibrated Risk-Based Corrective Action Decision & Implementation Guide    6/1/2016  
Guidelines for Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA)   3/30/2022  

 

Cleanup Guidance Revised  
Ex Situ Soil Remediation Forms  
Reports and Forms  
GCL Table*  see Comprehensive Tables for STIRA, Assessment Guidelines and Corrective Action Guidelines (tables)    
MSCC Table*  see Comprehensive Tables for STIRA, Assessment Guidelines and Corrective Action Guidelines (tables)    
Guidance on Trust Fund Eligibility for Tank Closures, Initial Abatement, and Corrective Action Excavations 7/18/2016
Guidelines for North Carolina Action Limits for Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) 7/29/2016
Micro-Purge or No Purge sampling Memo 8/15/2013
Preliminary Evaluation of Free Product Memo 2/23/2009
FP Recovery System Specification Report Format  
Free Product Recovery Program: Stage II 11/6/2009
Session Law 2008-195 Intermediate Risk Site Pilot Program Memo 10/16/2009
Jan 98 MADEP Update (eff. 2/1/2006) 12/7/2005

 

Notice of Residual Petroleum
Instructions and Form for Notice of Residual Petroleum (go to UST Forms)
Instructions and Form for Notice of Residual Petroleum with Alternate Land Use Restriction (go to UST Forms)

 

Memos and Instructions Revised  
Anti-siphon valve requirement at Marinas 3/7/2022
Improper installation of product pipe manifolds above shear valves guidance 11/13/2018
Instructions for completing Overfill Prevention Equipment Operability checks and completing the UST-22A form 9/22/2016
Low Liquid Level UST Containment Sump Testing Procedures 10/2018
Recommended ways to dispose of small quantities of petroleum and petroleum/water mixtures. 6/2017

 

Leak Detection Revised  
Deadline for Using Inventory Control or Manual Tank Gauging with Periodic Tank Tightness Testing 11/21/2013
Leak Detection Methods for Petroleum USTs and Piping Manual 10/2015
Manual Tank Gauging for small USTs Manual 10/2015
New Approval of SIR as a Monthly Monitoring Method 8/2005
NC Operating and Maintaining USTs Manual 3/2021
Procedures for Sampling Water Supply Wells near UST Facilities 9/2013
Remanufactured Leak Detection Equipment Memo 7/2015

 

Corrosion Protection Revised    
UST-7A, Cathodic Protection Testing form for galvanic cathodic protection systems  
UST-7B, Cathodic Protection Testing form for impressed current cathodic protection systems  
UST-21, Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System 60-Day Record of Rectifier Operation  
Corrosion Protection Manual 1/2020  
Procedures for UST systems with inoperative or failed corrosion protection systems 4/13/2021  
Withdrawal of approval for use of Cathodic Protection Suitability Study (CPSS) and Mean Age to Corrosion Failure (MACF) 6/1/2004  
Withdrawal of approval for use of 3-phase assessment 6/1/2004  
Withdrawal of approval for use of Tank Environmental Profile (TEP) 6/1/2004  
Withdrawal of approval for use of Statistical Corrosion Probability Analysis (SCPA) 6/1/2004  
Withdrawal of approval for use of Mean Time to Corrosion Failure (MTCF) 6/1/2004  

U.S. EPA Notice of Corrosion Risks in Underground Storage Tanks Storing Diesel Fuel - 
Notice recommending that underground storage tank (UST) owners check for corrosion on metal components inside their steel and fiberglass underground storage tank systems storing diesel fuel.

    
Investigation of Corrosion Influencing Factors in Underground Storage Tanks with Diesel Service (U.S. EPA)    
Corrosion of Metal Components in USTs Storing Diesel and Gasoline-Ethanol Blends (U.S. EPA)    

 

Financial Responsibility Revised    
Financial Responsibility Requirements for USTs Brochure    
Chief Financial Officer Letter    
Certificate of Insurance (UST-FR1)  
Certification of Financial Responsibility    
Financial Responsibility Manual 9/16/2013  
Financial Responsibility Rules (15A NCAC 2O)    

 

State Cleanup Funds Revised  
Reasonable Rates page  
Changes to Commercial Cleanup Fund Reimbursement Procedures 6/1/2002
Policy Updates and Clarifications 11/1/2002
Soil Weight Policy - Final  
"What is Pay for Performance?" memo  
Claim Submittal Policy Letter  
Selecting an environmental consultant  
Session Law 2004-124 memo (eff. 10/1/04)  
UST Determination policy  
Statute of Limitations on filing Eligibility Applications and Reimbursement Claims Memo  
Revisions to Two State Cleanup Fund Processes  

 

Federal Cleanup Funds  
Financial Data Request form
Request for Evaluation Assessment and Remediation Technology (ITC)