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			Article: Is There a Hole in this Tank System? Article: New Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard And U. S. EPA Rule ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: *June 2008* Cathodic Protection Design Documents We've had questions from customers lately having to do with cathodic protection (CP) systems. If you have a field-installed CP system on your tanks and other subsurface metals in the fuel system, there are several sets of records you need on hand... *May 2008* TCEQ Rule Changes to Chapter 334 TCEQ has a deadline for comments on rule changes proposed to 30 TAC Chapter 334 of June 3, 2008. That's a week away, give or take. The major changes we see are these... *April 2008* Significant Changes in the World of Underground Storage Tanks The EPA's Stage I rules will preempt current Texas Stage I rules administered by the TCEQ...These new rules will affect more facilities and some smaller facilities that have been exempt... *March 2008* TCEQ Changing How It Picks Places to Inspect TCEQ is changing how it decides who to inspect and when - if US EPA decides to allow this new approach. Called the "Risk-Based Investigation System" (RBIS), TCEQ management hopes to use this approach to get inspectors seeing the most important facilities more freuently... *February 2008* TCEQ Changes for UST Systems Based on both the federal Energy Bill of 2005 and on Texas Legislature actions in the 2007 session, the 30 TAC Chapter 334 rules are being revised in a number of ways. The major points are: PST Reimbursement Fund has been extended... *January 2008* Cathodic Protection System Testing! Many of our customers are coming up on their annual renewals for pollution liability insurance on UST systems. So this is the time of year we get lots of calls for report copies, getting testing work done, and so on. Cathodic protection testing needs to be performed long before the insurance renewal date. This is because, very often, we find broken wires... *December 2007* TCEQ Rule Changes for LPST-Related Work - Nope, Not Changing! ATG's, Electronic Line Leak Detectors and Veeder Root Commentary *November 2007* Petroleum Storage Tank Compliance Seminar, Austin December 11th UST Leak Detection *October 2007* Edwards Aquifer Authority Rule Proposal Affects Convenience Stores & Bulk Plants! TCEQ Rule Changes for LPST-Related Work *September 2007* Leak Detection Methods for Underground Storage Tank Systems *August 2007* Corrosion Protection - How to Rebuild a System *July 2007* Storm-Water Permits for Petroleum Bulk Plants Cathodic Protection Testing June 2007 Removing Tanks from Service Look before you Buy....or Lease May 2007 What Does Your Contractor Have to Know? Cathodic Protection Texas Legislatue and TRRP Rule April 2007 LPST Rules, the Reimbursement Fund, and Other Legislative “Shakings” What's Causing Fuel Prices to Rise? March 2007 Pollution Liability Insurance Renewals SIR, Busy Fuel Systems, and Good Leak Detection February 2007 How TCEQ is “Responding to” Federal Energy Bill Requirements UST’s Near Water Systems, Water Wells January 2007 Federal Energy Bill Requirement - Training Your Store Operators Another Upcoming Requirement - UST's Near Water Wells Inspection Alert!




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