--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Petroleum Storage description: Petroleum Storage | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Regulating underground storage tanks](https://blog.stpub.com/regulating-underground-storage-tanks) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Dec 20, 2024 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Storage%20tanks.jpeg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/regulating-underground-storage-tanks) In the early 1980s, serious groundwater contamination incidents arising from leaking underground storage tanks (USTs) prompted federal and state lawmakers to issue standards for UST construction, installation, and removal, and to require the registration and monitoring of USTs. In 1984, Congress adopted a national program to regulate USTs storing petroleum and hazardous substances (“federal UST Law”).  The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) creates national standards, which are implemented under delegation by states, the District of Columbia, and territories). The remainder of this note summarizes federal UST requirements; states can generally establish and administer stricter requirements.   [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/regulating-underground-storage-tanks) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/regulating-underground-storage-tanks#comments-listing) Tags: [environmental protection](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-protection), [Environmental Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-compliance), [EPA Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa-regulations), [Groundwater Protection](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/groundwater-protection), [Petroleum Storage](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/petroleum-storage), [Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/underground-storage-tanks-usts), [Federal UST Law](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/federal-ust-law), [Hazardous Substances](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hazardous-substances), [Compliance Checklist](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/compliance-checklist), [EPA Standards](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa-standards) [All posts](https://blog.stpub.com/all) ### Follow Me ### Subscribe by Email ### Browse by Topic Area - [Accounting & Tax ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/accounting-tax) - [Business & Legal ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Corporate Governance  ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Corporate+Governance) - [Environmental ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Environmental) - [Global ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Global) - [Health & Safety ](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [Internet ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Internet) - [Transportation ](https://blog.stpub.com/../?Tag=Transportation) ### Browse by Tag - [Environmental (344)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental) - [Business & Legal (309)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/business-legal) - [Environmental risks (300)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environmental-risks) - [Health & Safety (296)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety) - [EPA (283)](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa) - [Terms & Conditions](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-Terms-of-Use-Dec-20.pdf) - [Privacy Policy](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/STP-Privacy-Policy.pdf) - [License Agreement](https://stphub.stpehs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/STP-License-Agreement-Dec-20.pdf) - [Sitemap](http://stpub.com/sitemap) - [Support](http://stpub.com/support) © 2021 STP ComplianceEHS - All rights reserved