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Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program Annual ReportLeaking Underground Storage Tank Program
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Welcome!
It is with great pleasure that the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Section presents its 1998 Annual Report. As in years past, the report describes the origin and administration of the LUST program in Illinois and highlights our achievements from the previous calendar year. Whether you are new to the LUST program or long familiar with the regulations, you will find information to enhance your understanding of LUST cleanups.
In 1998, the LUST Section hit a five-year peak in reported tank releases, attributed to the tank upgrade deadline administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Thanks to innovative uses of the Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives (TACO), and a new methodology for site classification, we boosted the number of No Further Remediation letters issued to tank owners and operators by 10 percent from 1997 to 1998. The LUST Section continues to support the cleanup of brownfields sites; in fact, the first municipal brownfields redevelopment grant issued by the Illinois EPA will be spent assessing three abandoned gas stations in the City of Lockport.
We are expanding our outreach by increasing our use of the Internet. For the first time last year we modified our publications for use on the world wide web. We intend to adapt the contents of this report for the Internet too and encourage you to visit our home page.
We invite your comments and suggestions for improvement. Please contact Heather Nifong, Illinois EPA, 1021 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, IL 62794-9276, 217-785-4729, or at Heather.Nifong@illinois.gov.
Sincerely,
Douglas W. Clay, P.E., Manager
Leaking Underground Storage Tank Section
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