This course has been reviewed and approved by the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Oil Control Program and is also approved by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (by reciprocity).
Successfully completing this training (with 100% attendance and scoring 80% or higher on all tests) will award a certificate which grants UST Class A/B operator certification in the state of Maryland and Virginia.
Course level: Advanced
Access duration: 1 year
Applicable states: Maryland, Virginia
This training course covers the following information:
Module 1: UST Operator Training Requirements
- State UST program requirements
- UST Class A, B, and C operator responsibilities and training requirements
- The Maryland Class C UST facility checklist
- Operator requirements and training records
- Facility and training record requirements
Module 2: Underground Storage Tanks
- What an underground storage tank (UST) is
- What tanks qualify as USTs
- Common tank construction materials
- Common line construction materials
- Product compatibility
- Acceptable methods for meeting compatibility requirements
- Tank venting
- Secondary containment
- Dispensers and dispenser system requirements
- Sumps, containment sumps, and sump sensors
- What to look for when inspecting a containment sump
- What qualifies as a High Risk Underground Oil Storage Facility
- What qualifies as a High Risk Groundwater Use Area (HRGUA)
- What qualifies as a Well Head Protection Area (WHPA)
Module 3: Spill and Overfill Prevention
- Why spill prevention is important
- What is overfill
- Correct UST filling practices
- Spill prevention equipment
- Spill buckets
- Spill prevention requirements
- Spill prevention inspections
- Overfill protection devices
- Automatic shutoff devices
- Overfill alarms
- Ball float valves
- Overfill prevention requirements
Module 4: Release Detection
- What is release detection and why is it important
- General release detection requirements
- Inventory control
- Common inventory control problems, causes, and solutions
- Automatic tank gauging (ATG) systems
- ATG regulatory requirements
- ATG leak tests that must be performed monthly
- Secondary containment with interstitial monitoring
- Interstitial monitoring devices
- Secondary Containment Regulations and Guidelines
- Interstitial monitoring for lines
- Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
- SIR reporting
- Determining product levels in the tank
- Manual tank gauging
- Vapor monitoring
- Groundwater monitoring
- Groundwater monitoring requirements
- Tank tightness and inventory control
- Regulatory requirements for tank tightness testing
- Release detection for piping
- Release detection requirements
- Walkthrough inspections
- Release detection operability test
Module 5: Corrosion Control
- Corrosion protection requirements
- Cathodic protection (sacrificial anode and impressed current systems)
- Cathodic protection testing and recordkeeping
- Installation, repairs, and testing of corrosion protection systems
- Interior lining
- Internal lining combined with cathodic protection
Module 6: UST Financial Requirements
- Who is responsible for demonstrating financial responsibility
- What tanks are not covered by the financial responsibility requirements
- How to demonstrate financial responsibility
- UST financial responsibility categories
- Financial responsibility for different sets of tanks
- Required dollar amount of financial responsibility
- The required scope of coverage
- General recordkeeping/reporting requirements
- When is coverage no longer necessary
Module 7: Temporary and Permanent Tank Closure
- Delivery ban tags
- Closing a tank temporarily
- Closing a tank permanently
- Tanks permanently out-of-service
- Assessing the site at closure or change-in-service
- Closure records
- UST system closure report
Module 8: Emergency Response
- UST release response
- What constitutes a suspected release
- Emergency response
- What to do in case of an emergency
- Spill/leak short-term actions
- Spill/leak long-term actions
- Facility map and equipment layout
- Spill containment materials
- Basic steps to follow when responding to a petroleum spill
- Small scale response plan
- Washing down spills
- Spills reaching water
- Large spills
- Additional information resources.
Module 9: Registration Requirements
- How to register an UST
- UST registration requirements
Module 10: Inspection Requirements
- Who can inspect an UST
- Inspection schedule/initial inspection
- Additional inspections
- Recordkeeping
Module 11: Recordkeeping and Reporting
- Why recordkeeping is important
- Where records should be kept
- Recordkeeping requirements for:
- Spill and overfill prevention records
- Corrosion prevention records
- Release detection records
- Walkthrough inspection records
- High risk underground oil storage facility records
- Compatibility records
- Operator training records
- Repair records
- Financial responsibility records
- Closure records
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