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Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program Annual ReportLeaking Underground Storage Tank Program
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View the 2001 Report
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Welcome!
The Year 2001 presented Illinois EPA with one of its greatest achievements in the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Program: more LUST incidents were closed than reported. With reimbursement for corrective action activities continuing to increase, we expect the trend to continue, allowing the Illinois EPA to reduce the 10,000-plus backlog of LUST sites. Indeed, during the year 2001, $56.8 million were reimbursed to tank owners.
Two significant bills affecting the LUST Program were also signed into law by Governor George H. Ryan last year. The extension of the Environmental Impact Fee will secure funding for LUST cleanups until 2013, and the MTBE Elimination Act will prohibit the use of MTBE as a gasoline additive.
Illinois EPA, through its LUST Section, continues to actively promote and encourage the redevelopment of petroleum-impacted brownfields sites. Illinois was 1 of only 10 states nationwide to receive an USTfields pilot grant from the U.S. EPA, which will be used to redevelop a formerly abandoned gas station into affordable housing. Due to the success of that project, we have applied for additional grants for USTfields revitalization in other communities.
Illinois EPA continues to provide information on our web site about every reported LUST release in Illinois along with LUST Program publications, forms, regulations and other related information. I invite you to visit our web site and to use the valuable resources the Illinois EPA provides.
Renee Cipriano,
Director, Illinois EPA
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