Georgia - Underground Storage Tank Technical Guidance

Posted on: May 16, 2018

Common EPD fines include $500 per year for failure to: submit annual registration, conduct monthly monitoring of tanks, conduct annual line tightness test, conduct annual leak detector test, plus many other non-compliance issues. All of the information concerning Georgia's UST regulations can be viewed through links below. Also, to register your tanks, follow the guidelines here: Annual Tank Registration Instructions

Corrective Action Guidance

• Underground Storage Tank (UST) Closure Report Guidance [Revised Jan 2011]
  • Closure Report Template [Revised Jan 2011]
• Corrective Action Plan Part A (CAP-A) Guidance Document [Revised Jan 2011]
  • CAP-A Template [Revised Oct 2010]
  • Certificate of Completion
• Monitoring Only Report Template Guidance Document [Revised Oct 2010]
  • Monitoring Only Report Template [Revised Oct 2010]
• Corrective Action Plan Guidance Document: Preparation of UST Corrective Action Plan, Part B
• CAP-B Template [Revised May 1998]
• Certificate of Completion

Active Remediation Progress Report Template Guidance [Revised Jul 2010]

• Active Remediation Progress Report Template [Revised Jul 2010]

Regulatory Compliance Guidance

• Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) Compliance Guidance for UST [Revised Jul 1997]
• Evaluation of UST Cathodic Protection Systems [Revised Sep 2003]
• How a Compliance Inspection Works [Revised Nov 2017]
• Release Detection Requirements and Recordkeeping [Revised Nov 2017]
• GUST Rule 391-3-15 Implementation Schedule [Revised Mar 2018]

Training Information for Georgia Class A, B, and C Operators

• What You Need to Know about Class A, B and C Operator Requirement [Revised Nov 2017]
• General Information on UST Testing
• Examination Information Book
• Operator Training Study Guide Links [Revised Jul 2010]
• Operator Training Manual [Revised Aug 2010]

Approved Third-party Operator Training Courses

Class A and B Operator Training

• Classroom/In-Person Training Providers
• Online Training Providers

Class C Operator Training

• AET Environmental
• ECS Eclipse
• Georgia Tank and Environmental Contractors Association
• JMM Management Group, LLC
• Petro Classroom
• Tait Environmental Services, Inc. (online)
• Titan Management Group, LLC
• UST Training

Offsite Links

• U.S. EPA OSWER: Underground Storage Tanks
• U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks Publications (includes UST list of leak detection evaluations)

Information on underground storage tanks listed on this page was retrieved from epd.georgia.gov.