Other Helpful Information

• General Information
• Alternative Fuel Links
• Certified Worker Information
• Compliance Inspection Resources
• Energy Act and Related Links
• Remediation Links
• Requests for Proposals and Related Links
• Rules and Regulations for UST Systems

 General Information

• USTD E-Newsletter Archives  
  • Spring 2012
  • Fall 2011
  • Summer 2011
  • Spring 2011
  • Winter 2010
  • Fall 2010
  • Summer 2010
  • Spring 2010
  • Winter 2010
  • Fall 2009
  • Summer 2009
  • Spring 2009
  • Winter 2009
  • Fall 2008 
  • Summer 2008
• USTD Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Response Slide Show

Alternative Fuel Links 

• Petroleum Equipment Institute's Alternative Fuels Equipment Compatibility Guide - This site provides information on equipment for storing, dispensing, metering and transporting alternative fuels.
•  National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition
  • Iowa Ethanol Conversion and Checklist & Handbook
• Renewable Fuels Association
• U.S. Department of Energy- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) 
  • EERE Biodiesel Information
  • EERE Ethanol Information  
• Clean Fuel USA
• Clean Fuel Development Coalition Ethanol Fact Book
• New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission
  • L.U.S.T.Line Bulletin #52 May 2006 
• Declaratory Ruling Regarding Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems
• EPA's Alternative Fuels Compendium
  • Equipment Compatibility and Installation
  • Fate and transport
  • Handling
  • Health and Safety
  • Remediation
  • UST system conversion
  • State policies

Certified Worker Information

•  When do I need a Certified Worker?
• List of UST Certified Workers
• UST Worker Certification Application Forms- Initial & Renewal 
  • 2011 Exam Schedule
  • 2010 Exam Schedule
• Application Form for UST Continuing Education Course Approval
• List of UST Approved Continuing Education Courses
• Study Guides
  • Installations/Repairs
  • Closures

Compliance Inspection Resources

• American Petroleum Institute (API) - Spill Prevention and Response
• Overview of Recordkeeping, Reporting and Operational Requirements for UST Systems (Click here for a printable version)
• National Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations (NWGLDE)
• Newberry Tanks

Energy Act and Related Links

• LDEQ's Official Response to EPA Regarding Financial Responsibility or Secondary Containment for UST Systems
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST)
• Full Text Version of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Underground Storage Tank Provisions from the Energy Policy Act of 2005
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC)

Remediation Links

• NEW! Groundwater Monitoring Guidelines (Revised 09/24/2008)
• Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP)
• Cost Control Guidance Documents-
  • July 2007 
  • January 2006
  • October 2004
    • New Unit Price for Method 8260B (Effective October 1, 2007) 
• Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) for Statewide Water Well Registration Data File
• LDEQ/LDOTD Construction of Geotechnical Boreholes and Groundwater Monitoring Systems Handbook- December 2000
• LDEQ Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)
• LDEQ Geographic Imaging Systems (GIS)- MAKE-A-MAP
• LDEQ Geographic Imaging Systems (GIS)- UST Site Universe
• List of Accredited Laboratories
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) EPA Orientation Manual 2006
• Seven Day Closure Notification Form

Requests for Proposals and Related Links

• Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for Former Lillie Gas Station Property - RFP 7225-10-03
  • Notification Posting
  • Proposal Cover Sheet (Fillable Form)

  • Schedule of Prices (Fillable Form) 

• Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for Former Green Auto Sales Property and Ober Property - RFP 7225-10-02
  • Notification Posting
  • Proposal Cover Sheet (Fillable Form)

  • Schedule of Prices (Fillable Form)

• SEMS, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for Former Acosta's Exxon - (RFP 7225-10-01) 

•  SEMS, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for Earl Hutcherson Property - (RFP 7225-09-04)

•  Jones Environmental, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for C.V. Davis Property - (RFP 7225-09-02)

• Jones Environmental, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for U.P Lachney Estate Property - (RFP 7225-09-03)

• ATC Associates, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Site Investigation and Risk Evaluation contract for Former Amite City Ford Body Shop (RFP 7225-09-05)

• SEMS, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for - Abandoned Underground Storage Tank Closure and Site Investigation Contract for Whitney Food Store, AI # 69065, contract (RFP 7225-09-01)

• Tetra Tech EM, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for the "Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Post-Hurricane RECAP Evaluation Corrective Action Study" contract (RFP 5701-08-02)

• AAA Tank Testers, Inc. has been selected as the contractor for the "Underground Storage Tank Compliance Evaluation Inspections" contract (RFP 5701-08-01)

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Rules and Regulations for UST Systems

• Underground Storage Tanks-Environmental Regulatory Code (Title 33, Part XI)
• The UST Law-Environmental Quality Act (Title 30, Sections 2194 and 2195)

 

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