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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

Long Term Stewardship at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites with Residual Contamination

(EPA 510-K-17-001). February 2017.

This document is for state and territorial underground storage tank (UST) cleanup programs to use in learning what other state UST programs are doing with their long term stewardship programs and for developing or enhancing their long term stewardship programs.  The 18-page document provides an overview of long term stewardship at leaking UST sites with residual contamination; components of long term stewardship; proprietary, government, and information approaches to long term stewardship; tips for achieving long term stewardship; and state resources regarding long term stewardship.

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