Abstract
This chapter reviews the federal regulations for storage tanks for the management of hazardous waste and for underground tanks that contain petroleum products and hazardous substances. The chapter also outlines requirements for inventory monitoring, leak testing, corrosion protection, secondary containment, corrective action, and financial responsibility. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established hazardous waste standards applicable to accumulation tank systems, interim status tank systems, and permitted tank systems. As a general practice, hazardous wastes must not be placed in a tank system if they could cause the tank or ancillary equipment to leak, corrode or otherwise fail. The owner or operator of hazardous waste tank systems must take precautions to prevent spills and overflows. At closure of a tank system, the owner or operator must remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment system components, contaminated soils, structures, and equipment contaminated with waste, and manage them as a hazardous waste. Regulations also require owners and operators of petroleum tanks and those containing regulated substances to demonstrate financial responsibility.
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