Petroleum Spill Management Flashcards

A spill or overfill of petroleum product in excess of ___ gallons must be reported to the DEQ within 24 hours of discovery.

How should you dispose of used clean-up materials?

You should clean up all spills and overfills ____.

What are sensitive receptors?

You must investigate and confirm all suspected releases within ___ days of discovery.

If you have 110 USTs, you are required to maintain annual aggregate financial responsibility in the amount of ____.

When is an owner/operator no longer required to maintain financial responsibility for a UST?

If your financial responsibility method is canceled, you must find replacement coverage within _____ of receiving the notice of cancellation.

An owner/operator must submit a completed Notification for Underground Storage Tanks form to the DEQ regional office within _____ days of bringing a UST into use.

Why should you use tie-down straps or deadman anchors when installing a UST in an area with a high water table?

Prior to performing any repairs to a UST system, the owner/operator must ______________.

You must obtain the appropriate permit from ______ prior to beginning any UST installation.

A red tag affixed to a UST's fill pipe means that ______.

Cathodic testing by a trained cathodic specialist must be conducted every ____.

At least ______ prior to closing the UST, the owner/operator must notify the DEQ of the intent to close the UST.

Secondarily-contained tanks that use interstitial monitoring must be tested every _____.

______ line leak detectors can detect leaks of 3.0 gph.

______ sensors can distinguish between different types of liquid in the interstitial space.

When a tank has been permanently closed and left in the ground, it must be ______.

Fiberglass USTs do not have to have corrosion protection.

Tank tightness testing may only be used as a sole method of release detection if it is used every ____.

Owners/operators must maintain accurate and current records for every UST ______.

Interstitial sensors must be tested _____.

There are three main types of overfill protection devices. Which one of the following is not an overfill protection device?

If your SIR system is capable of detecting a 0.2 gph leak, it meets the federal monthly monitoring requirements for the life of the tank and piping.

In a European-style suction system, the check valve is located ____.

Groundwater must not be more than ____ below the surface if groundwater monitoring is used as the only method of release detection.

What is the function of a spill bucket?

Since the 1990s, the EPA has been requiring vehicle manufacturers to install onboard re-fueling vapor recovery systems in hopes of phasing out ____ equipment at UST facilities.

Spills or overfills under 25 gallons that are contained and immediately cleaned up do not need to be reported as long as a record of the spill or overfill is kept for at least ______.

What does an emergency shut-off valve do?

New or replacement USTs and piping installed after __________ are required to have secondary containment.

Automatic line leak detectors must be tested at least ______.

All new dispensers must have _____.

A Class C operator must be on-site at a staffed facility during all hours of operation.

Regulations require that you maintain records demonstrating compliance with closure or change in service requirements for _______ from the date of closure.

Stage II vapor recovery deposits gasoline vapors in the ____.

The Class B operator's responsibilities include _______.

In a suction pump system, the pump is located in the fuel dispenser.

Which of the following is referred to as safe suction?

When manually measuring the product level in a tank, your gauge stick must be able to measure the level of product in the tank to the nearest ____.

Which of the following is part of the required training for Class A operators?

Each pressurized piping run must have a __________ that will alert the operator to the presence of a leak by restricting or shutting off the flow of regulated substances or triggering an audible or visual alarm.

UST operator training is now mandated because:

The rectifier of an impressed current cathodic protection system should be checked _______ and the reading recorded on the impressed current log.

UST systems must be monitored for releases at least once every ____.

The owner/operator must maintain records of each repair _________.

The owner/operator must notify the DEQ within ___ days of the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy in which the owner/operator or a financial assurance provider as a debtor.

Prior to closing a UST, the owner/operator must ______________.

If the owner and operator of a petroleum underground storage tank are separate persons, only one person is required to demonstrate financial responsibility.

Manual tank gauging involves taking ___ measurements of a tank's contents each week.

If your financial responsibility method is canceled, you must find replacement coverage within _____ of receiving the notice of cancellation.

Which of these is not a method of release detection?

Recommended daily inspections and activities include:

Which type of sensor can distinguish between different types of liquid in the interstice?

What does product compatibility mean?

Within ___ days after release confirmation, you must submit a report to the DEQ detailing all abatement measures taken and any resulting information or data.

If the DEQ determines that a UST or UST system is out of compliance with federal or state UST regulations, it may __________.

The ________ stops the pumps and cuts power to the islands.

Class A and Class B operators must be trained within ___ days after assuming operation and maintenance duties at the UST facility.

Which of the following is a Stage I vapor recovery requirement for a facility with a monthly throughput of less than 10,000 gallons?

Which of these release detection methods uses sensors that detect petroleum product in the soil?

Which of the following is not considered a sensitive receptor?

Class C operator training must include information on ___________.

How does a pressurized pump system move fuel from the tank to the dispenser?

Once you have confirmed a release at your facility, you must ______.

What does vapor recovery equipment do?

Stage I vapor recovery is a method of preventing vapors from escaping into the environment by doing what?

In a pressurized pump system, where is the pump located?

PEI and the U.S.EPA recommend that spill buckets be inspected:

What is a change in service?

The space between the two tanks of secondary containment is called the ____.

Which of the following is not a form of release detection for tanks?

An owner/operator must submit financial responsibility documentation to the state UST program within ___ days of discovering a reportable release.

Manual tank gauging may not be used on tanks more than ____ years old with a capacity of 1,000 gallons or more.

Class C operators must be trained before assuming responsibility for responding to emergencies at the UST facility.

As of 1998, ______ USTs were required to have some form of corrosion protection.

Which of the following is not a method of release prevention?

When using inventory control, you should use a gauge stick or tank monitor to determine the amount of product in the tank ______.

Continuous ATG tests gather data _________.

All performance claims pertaining to any release detection system and the manner in which these claims have been justified or tested by the equipment manufacturer or installer must be maintained for______.

Which of the following requires line tightness testing every three years?

ATG equipment that tests for loss of product and conducts inventory control must be able to detect a leak rate of ___________.

Regulations require that you report any conditions indicating a suspected release to the DEQ within ____.

Periodic ATG tests gather data ______________.

Piping tightness tests for American-style suction piping must be conducted every ____.

How often should UST tank lining be inspected?

An owner/operator must leave vent lines open and functioning if a UST remains in temporary closure for ___ months or more.

If you use a gauge stick to collect tank data, your gauge stick must be able to measure product to the nearest ______ across the full range of the tank's height.

You can use groundwater monitoring only if the product stored in the tank __________.

An owner/operator may use which of the following mechanisms to meet financial responsibility requirements?

Prior to installing any UST system, the owner/operator must obtain the required permit from the _________

Within _____ days of bringing a UST into use, the owner/operator must register the UST with the DEQ.

Ball float valves should be able to restrict vapor flow when the tank reaches ___ of its capacity.

What does spill protection equipment do?

How often should owners/operators provide their SIR vendor with inventory, delivery, and dispensing data?

Which operator class has primary responsibility for operating and maintaining the UST system?

____ occur when some portion of a UST system fails and allows fuel to escape into the surrounding soil or groundwater or the pavement surrounding the fuel islands.

An owner/operator is not required to maintain financial responsibility after selling a UST facility.

Release detection methods must detect a leak rate between 0.1 and 0.2 gph with a probability of detection of at least ____.