ABOVE GROUND

STORAGE TANKS

Wyoming
Storage Tank Program
THE PROBLEM:
SUBSTANDARD ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS

Emergency
Venting?
No Leak
Detection

No Site No Vehicle Impact

Security Protection

No Secondary
No Corrosion Containment
Protection Underground
Connected Lines
 Present AST
Regulations
 All Oil Tanks- SPCC Program over 1320
gallons
 Major Facility Plan over 1,000,000 gallons
 OSHA
 DOT Pipeline Breakout Tanks
 DEQ - Tanks used by FUEL DEALERS to
dispense GASOLINE AND DIESEL
 EPCRA - Reporting Requirements
 Wyoming State Fire Marshal for flammable
liquids.
 HAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES

No Federal or State Agency

regulates AST’s containing
Hazardous Substances.
 SPCC REQUIREMENTS

 Secondary Containment
 Written SPCC Plan
 Corrosion Prevention Plan
 Site Security
 Runoff Control
 Vehicle Impact Protection
 Periodic Integrity Testing
 DOT REQUIREMENTS

 Pipeline Breakout Tanks

 API 650 installation
 API 653 inspections
 Corrosion Prevention Plan
 OSHA REQUIREMENTS

 Similar to SPCC Rules

 FIRE CODE
REQUIREMENTS
 Secondary Containment
 Fire Valves
 No combustible materials inside
secondary containment
 NFPA-30 Protected Tanks
 Inventory Control
 WYOMING DEQ

 FUEL DEALER
• Service Stations
• Convenience Stores
• Fixed Base Operators
• Snow Machines, Marinas, etc.
 DISPENSING GASOLINE OR
DIESEL
• Jet Fuel is defined as gasoline
 DEQ PROGRAM

 Present  Present Benefits

Obligations • $1,000,000
• Pay a $200 per tank Liability
per year fee over Protection
5000 gallons
• Full cleanup of
• Pay a $50 per tank
per year fee under all releases with
5000 gallons no deductible, no
• Register annually maximum
coverage
The State of Wyoming
will ultimately pay to
clean up this mess.