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2/22/2010 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST) RESPONSIBILITIES

Who is responsible for Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)?

Owners and operators are equally responsible for complying with all applicable <>underground storage tank (UST) regulations.

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Waste Management
Beverly Eaves Perdue - Governor
Dexter R. Matthews - Director
Dee Freeman - Secretary

UST SECTION
FEBRUARY 2O1O

North Carolina's New UST Operator Training Requirements

Dear UST Owners and/or Operators:

The NCDENR UST Section has implemented UST operator training requirements as mandated in the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005. North Carolina's program will train UST operators in accordance with the federal requirements by August 8,2012. Each UST facility Owner must identify at least one Designated Operator and at least one Class C Operator for each UST facility. A Designated Operator is an employee of the UST owner or operator who has responsibility for the day-to-day aspects of operating and maintaining the UST system, including recording keeping. A Class C Operator is an employee of the UST owner or operator who has daily control over fuel sales and dispensing, and is responsible for responding to alarms and emergencies. The UST Section will train Designated Operators, and Designated Operators will in turn train Class C Operators.

Operator training for Designated Operators will be completed one facility at a time during each facility's next scheduled compliance inspection some time between now and August 2012. UST owners will be notified ahead of time of a scheduled compliance inspection that includes operator training. To receive a "Trained Operator Certificate," a Designated Operator must be present at the inspection, he/she must pass an "Operator Regulatory Knowledge Assessment" and the facility must be in compliance with federal and state requirements.

The enclosed brochure explains North Carolina's operator training program in detail. The brochure describes
who must receive training, what topics are covered during training, and how and where training is conducted.

Should you have any additional questions, please contact the UST Section Permits and Inspection Branch at (919) 133-8486. For additional copies of the enclosed documents please visit our website at http ://www.wastenotnc.org/UST/ustmain.html.

1637 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1637
Phone: 91 9-733-8486 \ FAX: 91 9-733-941 3 \ lnternet: www.wastenotnc.org

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