They re going to need upgrading just like many of the underground storage tanks in the state. These USTs need cathodic protection and spill and overfill prevention equipment to meet the upcoming upgrading deadline of December 22, 1998. So pick up the phone book and start calling for bids to have your tank upgraded. This is still an existing program. How the program works is once the cleanup is conducted, the person conducting the independent cleanup may submit their independent cleanup report to Ecology for review.
Ecology charges a fee to recover their costs.
Once a site receives an NFA, the site can be removed from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank List. How this new type of assistance will work is that people can request assistance from Ecology right at the very beginning of their cleanup. Ecology staff are currently developing the rules and procedures for implementing this program, including how the agency s costs are recovered. Further details will be provided in the next few months. Permits are now incorporated into the Master Business License, so if you re reluctant to put the original in the window, make a photocopy and put that in the window.