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Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)

UST Cleanup Stories

EPA works with our federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders to prevent and cleanup releases from underground storage tanks.  As of March 2020, over 493,000 sites have been cleaned up.  Periodically, EPA highlights a representative selection of UST cleanup stories.