USTS ASSESSMENT TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ FULL
REVIEW GUIDE
●● Subtitle I established a national regulatory program for the control of
underground storage tank (UST) systems used to store
Answer: liquid petroleum or chemicals defined as hazardous substances.
●● In 1985, EPA created the Office of Underground Storage Tanks to
develop and implement
Answer: a regulatory program for underground storage tank (UST)
systems.
●● UST rules went into effect in
Answer: 1988.
●● On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the
Answer: Energy Policy Act of 2005.
●● The Energy Policy Act of 2005 significantly affected
Answer: federal and state underground storage tank programs
,●● the Energy Policy Act require major changes to the programs, and is
aimed at reducing
Answer: underground storage tank releases to our environment
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act focus on
Answer: preventing releases.
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act expanded eligible uses
of the
Answer: Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund.
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act included provisions
regarding
Answer: inspections, operator training, delivery prohibition, secondary
containment and financial responsibility, and cleanup of releases that
contain oxygenated fuel additives.
●● There are approximately 575,000 underground storage tanks (USTs)
nationwide that
Answer: store petroleum or hazardous substances.
●● The greatest potential threat from a leaking UST is contamination of
groundwater, the source of drinking water for
Answer: nearly half of all Americans.
, ●● The underground storage tank program is primarily implemented by
Answer: states and territories.
●● First point of contact is the state regulatory agency that has
jurisdiction where the USTs are
Answer: physically located.
●● In Ohio, petroleum UST program is administered by
Answer: the State Fire Marshal - Bureau of Underground Storage Tank
Regulations (SFM-BUSTR)
●● USTs containing hazardous substances other than petroleum are
regulated under
Answer: the Ohio EPA.
●● An underground storage tank system is a tank and any underground
piping connected to the tank that has at
Answer: least 10 percent of its combined volume underground.
●● The federal UST regulations apply to only underground tanks and
piping storing either
Answer: petroleum or certain hazardous substances.
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ FULL
REVIEW GUIDE
●● Subtitle I established a national regulatory program for the control of
underground storage tank (UST) systems used to store
Answer: liquid petroleum or chemicals defined as hazardous substances.
●● In 1985, EPA created the Office of Underground Storage Tanks to
develop and implement
Answer: a regulatory program for underground storage tank (UST)
systems.
●● UST rules went into effect in
Answer: 1988.
●● On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the
Answer: Energy Policy Act of 2005.
●● The Energy Policy Act of 2005 significantly affected
Answer: federal and state underground storage tank programs
,●● the Energy Policy Act require major changes to the programs, and is
aimed at reducing
Answer: underground storage tank releases to our environment
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act focus on
Answer: preventing releases.
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act expanded eligible uses
of the
Answer: Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund.
●● The UST provisions of the Energy Policy Act included provisions
regarding
Answer: inspections, operator training, delivery prohibition, secondary
containment and financial responsibility, and cleanup of releases that
contain oxygenated fuel additives.
●● There are approximately 575,000 underground storage tanks (USTs)
nationwide that
Answer: store petroleum or hazardous substances.
●● The greatest potential threat from a leaking UST is contamination of
groundwater, the source of drinking water for
Answer: nearly half of all Americans.
, ●● The underground storage tank program is primarily implemented by
Answer: states and territories.
●● First point of contact is the state regulatory agency that has
jurisdiction where the USTs are
Answer: physically located.
●● In Ohio, petroleum UST program is administered by
Answer: the State Fire Marshal - Bureau of Underground Storage Tank
Regulations (SFM-BUSTR)
●● USTs containing hazardous substances other than petroleum are
regulated under
Answer: the Ohio EPA.
●● An underground storage tank system is a tank and any underground
piping connected to the tank that has at
Answer: least 10 percent of its combined volume underground.
●● The federal UST regulations apply to only underground tanks and
piping storing either
Answer: petroleum or certain hazardous substances.
