White House Completes Review of EPA Final Underground Storage Tank Revisions

The White House Office of Management and Budget completed its review of a final Environmental Protection Agency rule revising underground storage tank requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act on April 29.

As proposed, the rule would require backup containment systems for certain tanks, expand tank owner and operator training requirements and require owners and operators to periodically test tank components. Existing underground storage tank requirements have not been updated since 1988.

The rule would apply only to underground storage tanks containing petroleum or other hazardous chemicals regulated under Subtitle I of RCRA. Tanks regulated under Subtitle C of ...