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Underground oil tank.
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What is an underground storage tank.
First if your oil tank sprouts a leak the cost of cleaning the contaminated soil and water can stretch into thousands of dollars.
Above ground petroleum tanks with a capacity of 10 000 gallons or more at class 1 oil handling facilities are overseen by our spills prevention preparedness and response program.
Granby storage tanks offers ul 58 approved underground oil storage tanks.
However some delegated counties have regulations that do apply.
Remove the underground oil tank.
The greatest potential threat from a leaking ust is contamination of groundwater the source of drinking water for nearly half of all americans.
An underground storage tank ust is a large container built to hold large quantities of liquid or gas underground.
If more than 10 of an ast s volume is buried or flows through underground piping we regulate it as an underground storage tank.
The tank system includes the tank underground connected piping underground ancillary equipment and any containment system.
The only way to eliminate the hazards that come with an underground oil tank is to remove the tank from your property.
For those that use oil heat this means replacing it with an above ground tank.
Risks of buried oil tanks.
Underground heating oil tanks.
The risks of an underground oil tank range from environmental and legal to financial and health related.
Even if the tank is not leaking now and has not already leaked if there is an old buried steel tank at a property you should plan on replacing it before it leaks not afterwards.
If an underground oil tank at a property is 15 20 years old the chances of a leak are high and you need to have the tank tested.
Approximately 542 000 underground storage tanks usts nationwide store petroleum or hazardous substances.
If you discover you have an abandoned tank on your property it s best to get rid of it.
Commonly used on residential and commercial properties between the 1930s and late 1980s tanks were typically constructed of bare steel and were used to contain oil for heating or fuel.