We wish you and your family a happy and safe holiday season!

Industry veteran Ted Abeyta joins Tanknology to lead Western Division

We announced today that Ted Abeyta has joined us as Vice President of our Western Division.

Ted Abeyta

Ted is veteran of the retail petroleum industry and will oversee operations and business development in the western portion of the US, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska and Hawaii.

Ted started his career with UNOCAL 76. He was the National Director of Facilities for Tosco (Circle K, Conoco Phillips and BP), was Operations Manager for Bovis/BP (AM/PM) and Total Projex. He was most recently Operations Manager for VPSI on the West Coast.

Allen Porter, President and CEO of Tanknology welcomed Abeyta to the Tanknology team, saying, "Ted has extensive experience in the retail petroleum industry and proven success in the Western U.S. We are honored and excited to have him lead our operations and business development teams in this region."

Brad Hoffman's National Tanks Conference presentation now available for download

Presentations from the National Tanks Conference in Phoenix in September are now available for viewing and downloading on the NTC website.

This includes the presentation by Tanknology’s Brad Hoffman, who delivered one of the most popular sessions of the conference, How a UST site may become contaminated – even with the Leak Detection is ‘Passing.’

Brad’s presentation is also the basis for an upcoming article in the first quarter issue of the PEI Journal, where he will go into more detail around the many different ways contamination can occur at a UST fueling facility – even when the leak detection system isn’t sounding an alarm.

Copies of Brad’s presentation are available by sending us an email at info@tanknology.com, or via download at the NTC website.

See us at the NACS Show in Las Vegas!

Next week brings the annual fall ritual of the NACS Show, once again in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

We will be exhibiting in Booth # 7213 in PEI's Fuel Equipment & Services section of the show.

Stop by and visit us to learn more about our innovative Video Tank Inspection Services, which provide remarkably detailed video of internal UST conditions; our new Inspection Services Division, which provides required periodic inspections on both UST and AST facilities; our International Licensee programs, which provide Tanknology services around the world through our licensee partners -- and much more.   

Hours for this years show are:

          Monday, Oct. 12 - 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
          Tuesday, Oct. 13 - 11:30 am - 5:30 pm
          Wednesday, Oct. 14 - 9:00 am - 1:30 pm

When you stop by, register to win a new iPad Air and be sure to ask for your own magic little card that will have you raking in the money at the blackjack tables!

We hope to see you in Vegas! 

Two new publications help clarify ‘substantial’ 2015 changes to EPA UST regulations

With news of the 2015 updates to Federal EPA Underground Storage Tank Regulations spreading throughout the industry, there are two new publications out this week that go a long way toward creating clarity for operators on what you need to know.

The PEI Journal published in its Third Quarter issue a summary of the new regulations by Bob Renkes, the Executive Vice President of PEI. In Renkes’ words, “The additions and changes coming to the industry are substantial.”

Updates to Regulation 40 CFR part 280, first enacted in 1988, include new UST requirements in 25 different areas, including periodic inspection and maintenance of UST systems, secondary containment, prevention and release detection technologies, codes of practices, types of USTs that are no longer deferred, new Indian country requirements, and
more.

The second publication is an update to an ‘old standard’ of UST compliance, the EPA pamphlet “Musts for USTs.” It’s one of the earliest documents produced by the EPA at the time of the original regulations more than 25 years ago, now updated to include all of the 2015 changes. Musts for USTs does an excellent job of breaking the requirements down into 36 pages of easy-to-understand details.

MUSTs for USTs is free and you can view or download a copy of it on our website.

You can read the full issue of the PEI Journal containing this article article, or you can read/download a copy of this specific article from our website.

For those of you really wanting to get into the fine print, the Final Rule was also published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2015. That document can be found here.

For further clarity around what's required for your facility, we are always here to help. call us at 1-800-964-1250 or send an inquiry via our website.

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EPA releases long-awaited updated UST regulations

The long-awaited update to the Federal EPA Underground Storage Tank Regulation was released today.  These revisions are the first updates to the federal requirements since they were first implemented 27 years ago, in 1988.

The EPA says the purpose of the updates are to increase emphasis on proper operation and maintenance of UST equipment and to further help prevent and detect UST releases – a leading source of groundwater contamination. An additional objective is to ensure all USTs in the US, including those in Indian country, meet the same standards.

Here are links to key web pages and documents on the EPA Office of Underground Storage Tank (OUST) website:

Comparison of the 2015 regulations and the original 1988 regulations

2015 Update to EPA overview document Musts for USTs

Home page with overview and links to all related documents currently available

Watch our blog for further updates and analysis on what these regulatory changes will mean to you.

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EPA to provide status of updated UST rules at national tank conference next week in Virginia

PEI is quoted as predicting that the release of the new Federal regulations governing the inspection, testing, operation and maintenance of UST Systems is expected within the next three weeks. Coincidentally, representatives of the EPA’s Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) will be providing an update on the status of these new rules at an industry conference happening next week in Alexandria, Virginia.

This is only part of what is sure to be a very interesting day at the second annual NISTM National
Underground Storage Tank Conference & Trade Show next Tuesday, June 9 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, VA.

Tanknology will exhibit as this event, and Brian Derge, Chief Operating Officer of Inspection Services, will again be a featured speaker.

This NISTM event brings together UST owners and operators with equipment manufacturers, environmental consultants, industry specialists, as well as federal state and local UST regulators, for a full day of information sharing and technical discussions on such topics as:

• Corrosion issues
• Release detection
• Alternative fuels
• Fuel quality - new diesel fuel standards
• Managing operations issues
• System component testing
• Remediation
• Industry and technology best practices and trends. 

To learn more or register for the conference you can do so here.