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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

List of States With Approved UST Programs and Respective Federal Register Notices

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As of September 2018, 38 states plus the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have approved programs.  For states approved under the 2015 UST regulation, scroll to Oklahoma and Utah.

Alabama (1997)

Arkansas (1996)

Colorado (2007, 2019)

Connecticut (1995)

Delaware (1996)

District of Columbia (1997)

  • April 28, 1997, vol.62, no.81, pp.22898-22900 (PDF) (3 pp, 116 K) District of Columbia; Approval of Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of tentative determination, public hearing, and public comment period.
  • July 9, 1997, vol.62, no.131, pp.36698-36699 (PDF) (2 pp, 108 K) District of Columbia; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of final determination on the District of Columbia's application for program approval.
  • May 4, 1998, vol.63, no.85, pp.24453-24454 (PDF) (2 pp, 146 K) Technical Amendments to District of Columbia; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Correction of Effective Date Under Congressional Review Act (CRA); Notice of final determination on the District of Columbia's application for program approval; correction of effective date under CRA.

Georgia (1996, 2020)

Hawai'i (2002)

Idaho (2012, 2020)

Indiana (2006)

Iowa (1995)

Kansas (1994)

  • September 27, 1994, vol.59. Underground Storage Tank Program: Approved State Program for Kansas; Immediate final rule.
  • June 6, 1994, vol.59. Kansas; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of final determination on Kansas' application for final approval.
  • March 2, 1994, vol.59. Kansas; Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of Tentative Determination on Application of the State of Kansas for Final Approval, Public Comment Period.

Kentucky (2020)

Louisiana (1996, 2020)

Maine (1996, 2019)

Maryland (1992)

Massachusetts (1995)

Minnesota (2001)

  • November 30, 2001, vol.66 (PDF) (4 pp, 171 K) Minnesota; Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of final determination on the State of Minnesota's application for final approval.
  • August 6, 2001, vol.66 (PDF) (4 pp, 172 K) Minnesota; Tentative Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Proposed rule; notice of tentative determination on application of State of Minnesota for final approval, public hearing and public comment period.

Mississippi (1990, 1997)

Missouri (2004)

  • September 21, 2004, vol.69 (PDF) (2 pp, 174 K) Missouri: Final Approval of Missouri Underground Storage Tank Program; Final rule; final determination on application of State of Missouri for final approval.
  • May 5, 2004, vol.69 (PDF) (3 pp, 145 K) Missouri: Tentative Approval of Missouri Underground Storage Tank Program; Proposed rule; tentative determination on application of State of Missouri for final approval; public comment period.

Montana (1996, 2019)

Nebraska (2002)

Nevada (1998)

New Hampshire (1991, 2006, 2019)

New Mexico (1996, 2020)

North Carolina (1999)

  • August 10, 1999, vol.64, no.153, pp.43336-43338 (PDF) (3 pp, 152 K) North Carolina; Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of tentative determination on application of state of North Carolina for final approval, public hearing and public comment period.
  • August 24, 1999, vol.64, no.155, page 46178 (PDF) (1 p, 139 K) North Carolina; Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Notice of tentative determination on application of State of North Carolina for final approval, public hearing and public comment period--correction.

North Dakota (1995, 2018)

Oklahoma (1992, 2018)

Oregon (2011, 2019)

Pennsylvania (2003)

  • September 11, 2003, vol.68 (PDF) (4 pp, 174 K) Pennsylvania: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program; Final rule.
  • January 3, 2003, vol.68 (PDF) (3 pp, 168 K) Pennsylvania Approval of Underground Storage Tank Program ; Proposed rule; notice of tentative determination on Pennsylvania's application for approval of its Underground Storage Tank Program, public hearing and public comment period.

Puerto Rico (1997)

Rhode Island (1996)

South Carolina (2002)

South Dakota (1995)

Tennessee (1998)

Texas (1996, 2020)

Utah (1995, 2018)

Vermont (1995)

Virginia (1998)

Washington (1993)

West Virginia (1997, 2020)

If you still haven't found a particular FR notice, you may want to visit the Federal Register website and search through their electronic FR notices. NOTE: Federal Register notices in electronic format are only available from 1994 forward.