Underground and aboveground storage tank publications
The forms, fact sheets, and other documents below provide compliance and guidance information for underground and aboveground storage tank systems in Minnesota. For additional information or assistance, contact the MPCA Information Line at 651-296-6300 or 800-657-3864.
Underground storage tanks (UST) fact sheets
Contractor certification
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Contractor Certification Class — Brochure and Registration Information (p-tr2-30) - Contractor Recertification Class — Brochure and Registration Information (p-tr2-31)
Application for UST Contractor Certification (revised January 2003)-
Application for UST Supervisor Certification (revised May 2007) - How to Become a Certified Underground Storage Tank Supervisor and Contractor in Minnesota (revised September 2001)
Installation and closure
- Minimum Requirements for New and Replacement Underground Storage Tank (UST) Systems (revised March 2008)
- Selecting a Certified Contractor (revised Nov. 2001)
- Temporary and Permanent Closure of Underground Storage Tanks (Revised Dec. 08)
- Planning Ahead for UST Removal (revised Dec. 08)
- Site Assessment for Underground Storage Tanks With No Apparent Contamination
- Ten-day Advance Notice - Installation, Closure, Lining Inspection
- Notification of Installation or Change in Status (revised Sept. 2012)
- Application for Extension of Temporary Closure of Underground Storage Tanks (May 2009)
Design and operation
- Automatic Tank Gauging for Underground Storage Tanks
- Cathodic Protection of Tanks and Piping (pending)
- Cathodic Protection System Evaluation - Sacrificial Anode (Galvanic) Type (t-u5-05)
- Cathodic Protection System Evaluation - Impressed Current Type (t-u5-06)
- Inspection of Internally Lined Underground Storage Tanks
- Inventory Control for Underground Storage Tanks (t-u3-20)
- Leak Detection for Underground Storage Tanks Pressurized Piping (t-u3-12)
- Leak Detection for Underground Storage Tanks Suction Piping (t-u3-13)
- Secondary Containment and Interstitial Monitoring for Underground Storage Tank Systems (t-u3-19, pending)
- Stage 1 Vapor Recovery Requirements for USTs (revised Mar. 06)
- Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) for Underground Tanks and Piping
- Tank Tightness Testing for Underground Storage Tanks (t-u3-21)
General requirements
- Underground Storage Tanks in Minnesota Manual
- What Tank Owners Need to Know about the Underground Storage Tanks Rules (t-u1-19)
- What Tank Contractors Need to Know about the Underground Storage Tanks Rules (t-u1-20)
- Emergency Generator Underground Storage Tank Requirements (t-u1-18)
- Heating Oil Underground Storage Tanks
- Underground Storage Tanks: Are You Doing the Big Five?
- Recordkeeping Requirements for Underground Storage Tanks (t-u1-10, pending)
- Cathodic Protection Guidance Manual (t-u5-10)
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Compatibility Form (PDF Version) (t-u5-09)
Other
- Preparing Your Underground Storage Tank for a Flood (revised Aug. 06)
- Questions and Answers about the Environmental Audit Program (revised Aug. 04)
- Tank and Waste Petroleum Recyclers (revised Sep. 04)
- Spill Prevention for Your Residential Heating Oil Tank (revised October 2004)
Aboveground storage tanks (AST) fact sheets
Inspection
- Guidelines for Internal and External Inspections of Field-erected Tanks (TA1-21) (revised Aug. 00)
- List of Companies that Provide API 653 Inspection Services (revised Aug. 04)
- 2011 Aboveground Storage Tank Compliance Calendar (p-sbap5-01)
- API 653 Inspection Frequency (October 2008)
Requirements
- Asphalt Cement Aboveground Storage Tanks (revised 12/08)
- AST General Requirements (revised 4/04)
- AST Notification Form (revised 5/12)
- AST Using Concrete for an Impermeable Seal (revised 2/98)
- Corrosion Protection for Aboveground Storage Tanks (revised 4/04)
- Indoor Storage Tanks (revised 12/08)
- Major Facility Requirements (Capacity Greater than 1 Million Gallons) (revised 4/04)
- Monitoring Requirements for Aboveground Storage Tanks (revised 4/04)
- Other Regulated Substance Requirements for Aboveground Storage Tanks (revised 4/04)
- Out-of-Service Tank Systems (revised 4/04)
Overfill Protection Requirements (revised 4/04)- Permeability Testing for Secondary Containment Areas (revised 4/04)
- Petroleum Product Delivery Law (revised 4/04)
- Record-Keeping Requirements (revised 4/04)
- Secondary Containment for Aboveground Storage Tanks (revised 12/08)
- Small Tanks Near Surface Water (revised 4/04)
- Spill Response Plan Outline (AST <10,000 gal.) (revised 2/98)
- Substance Transfer Area Requirements (revised 4/04)
- Temporary Tank Requirements (revised 4/04)
- Tote Tank Requirements (revised 4/04)
