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Another Dispenser Shear Valve Saves the Day
Here’s another example of a shear valve keeping a bad accident from worse in Baltimore.
May 06, 2017
Next live OR/WA Class A/B course June 1 in Portland
Oregon has the distinction of being the first state in the US to require UST operator training back in 2003 and instructor Ben Thomas has trained the majority of UST [...]
April 14, 2017
Natural Disasters and Underground Storage Tanks
The US EPA has published a handy list of resources for UST operators in case of natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and storm events. Class A/B UST Operators should get [...]
April 14, 2017
PEI RP 100 Updated
This just in from PEI: The 2017 edition of RP100: Recommended Practices for Installation of Underground Liquid Storage Systems (PEI/RP100-17) has been finalized and is available for purchase at www.pei.org/rp100 [...]
April 14, 2017
UST Federal Funding in Peril: Please Read
Last Friday the Washington Post ran an article with a detailed list of program cuts to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Needless to say I was surprised to see [...]
April 03, 2017
Did the shear valve work?
I was teaching a Class A/B UST operator training course in Portland, Oregon yesterday and one of the students said “Hey, did you hear about the gas station accident last [...]
March 16, 2017
Our Class C UST Operator License Program: Is it for you?
Do you have a large number of class C UST operators? Are you frustrated with high turnover rates? Do you have your own in-house Learning Management System (LMS)? Did you [...]
February 17, 2017
Wisconsin Mails Out 2017-18 UST Compliance Calendars
For many years, the Wisconsin Small Business Environmental Assistance Program has mailed out hard copy calendars to remind gas station owners of daily, weekly, monthly compliance actions. This year they [...]
February 16, 2017
Training Videos Courtesy of Tennessee
We just discovered our friend Don Taylor at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is in a number of very good UST videos now available on YouTube. Topics include [...]
February 15, 2017
What Folks Like about Our Training
Eight years ago in Colorado we launched the nation’s first state-approved online Class A/B UST operator training course. Since then we’ve grown to offer Class A/B training in a number [...]
February 07, 2017