Removal of Underground Oil Storage Tanks

New! Form to Certify Purging and Removal of Underground Gasoline Tanks

Updated May 2008 - Removing Underground Storage Tanks Or Underground Product Piping - Summary of notification requirements to the Department before and after the tank/product piping excavation.

Removal Notice (MS Word Format) (pdf format) - This form must be filed with the DEP and your local fire department at least 30 days prior to the scheduled removal. Submit the Removal Confirmation (page 2 of the form) after the tanks and/or piping are removed.

Site Assessor’s List - (pdf format) - Site assessors available to perform a site assessment during underground oil storage tank removal. A site assessment must be conducted when any tank used for storage of motor fuel (gasoline, aviation fuel or diesel), heavy oil, waste oil or used for marketing and distribution, is removed or abandoned in place.

Maine Certified Underground Storage Tank Installers/Inspectors (pdf format).

Financial Assistance for Removing Underground Storage Tanks

FAME’s Oil Storage Facility Removal & Replacement Program- Information on underground oil storage facility removal & replacement loans, aboveground oil storage facility loans, and air quality improvement loans.

Ground Water Oil Clean-up Fund

Information sheet on the Fund - Explains fund coverage for owners and operators of underground and aboveground oil storage facilities.

Remediation Guidance Documents

Procedural Guidelines for Establishing Action Levels and Remediation Goals for the Remediation of Oil Contaminated Soil and Ground Water - March 2000; Guidance document for using site specific geologic and human exposure to establish remediation goals for oil contaminated soil and groundwater.

Calibration Set Points for Photoionization and Flame Ionization Detectors Used in Field Headspace Determinations at Maine UST and LUST Sites - Set points for various PIDs and FIDs when calibrating with 100 ppm isobutylene span gas.

* For more information on Removal of Underground Storage Tanks, contact the Tank Registration Unit or the Oil Enforcement Unit at (207) 287-2651.