Fact Sheets, Publications and Reports

Above Ground Storage Tanks

  
Permits, Licenses, Certification, and Registration

• Discharge of Treated Groundwater from Oil Contaminated Groundwater Sources to Surface or Groundwaters of the State
• Discharge of Stormwater and Hydrostatic Test Water from Oil Terminals to Surface or Groundwaters of the State
• General Instructions for Oil Permits
• MDE Permit Guide
• Renewal of General Permit for Discharges of Storm Water and Hydrostatic Test Water (MDG34)
• Draft Permit - MDG34
• Renewal of General Permit for Discharges of Treated Ground Water from Petroleum Contaminated Ground Water Sources (MDG91)
• Draft Permit - MDG91

MD Oil Pollution & Tank Management Regulations - Code of Maryland Regulations 26.10

• COMAR 26.10

 
Remediation

• BTEX Fact Sheet 
• GAC System Fact Sheet 
• Guidance Document: Maryland Environmental Assessment Technology for Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
• MTBE Fact Sheet
• Testing Laboratories
• Testing Laboratories by City/County

Underground Storage Tanks

• 1998 Upgrade Requirements
• Underground Storage Tank Compliance Outline
• Flexible Piping Systems
• Heating Oil Release
• Helium Testing Protocol
• Maryland Containment System Testing Protocol
• Internal Lining and Cathodic Protection
• Protection of Copper Piping
• Real Estate Professionals and Underground Storage Tanks
• Release Detection
• 30 Day Written Notification Form-UST Removal/Abandonment
• Underground Storage Tank Closure-in-Place
• Underground Storage Tank Removal (Residential Fuel Oil Tanks)
• Underground Storage Tank Sample Closure Report Guidance 
• Thermoplastic Flexible Piping
• Vent Alarms on Home Heating Oil Tanks
• Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) Vendors List

UST Contractors

• Direct-Push Sampling & Hydropunch Contractors
• Environmental Consultants
• Oil Spill Contractors
• Tank Testers List
• Used Oil Contractors
• List of Companies that employ MDE Certified UST Technicians and Removers
• List of Companies that employ MDE Certified UST Inspectors

UST Insurance

• Financial Insurance Providers (MDE)  
• Guide to Tank Insurance (ASTSWMO, October 2011)  
• EPA Memo on Changes in the Insurance Industry (EPA, June 2012)  
• List of Known Insurance Providers for UST Owners and Operators (EPA, January 2012)
• Dollars and Sense - Financial Responsibility Requirements for USTs (EPA, July 1995)

Reports

• Report on the Long-Term Funding Needs of State Oil Pollution Programs - December 31, 2012
• Report on the Status of the Oil Contaminated Site Environmental Cleanup Fund - 19th Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2012
• Report on the Status of the Maryland Oil Disaster Containment, Clean-Up and Contingency Fund - Fiscal Year 2012  
• EPA Public Record UST Report: 10/1/11 - 9/30/12  
• Maryland Used Motor Oil Annual Report - 2012  

General Information

• Dos and Don'ts at the Gas Pump
• Gasoline Safety
• Household Hazardous Material