Public Record of Underground Storage Tank Releases
Subsection (c) of Section 1526 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 amends Section 9002 in Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to add requirements for states to maintain, update and make available to the public a record of releases from underground storage tanks (USTs) regulated under Subtitle I. New York State's Public Record of UST releases includes the number, sources and causes of UST releases along with data on the number of UST equipment failures in the State. This information is based on USTs regulated under 40 CFR 280.12. Source and cause data were collected from initial reports to the NYS Spill Hotline and updates by DEC staff. If you would like additional information on a specific spill or UST facility, please review the Environmental Site Database Search on our website or contact the Regional Office where the incident occurred. Additional information is also available at the Public Record of Underground Storage Tanks page.
Summary Information for Releases1
Number of Confirmed UST Releases2: 478
Release Reporting Period Dates: 10/1/2007 to 10/1/2008
| Source | Cause | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spill | Overfill | Phys/Mech Damage | Corrosion | Installation Problem | Loose Component | Vehicle Accident | Other | Unknown3 | |||
| # | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Tank | 85 | 16.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 9.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
| Piping - Fill Pipe | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Piping - Vent Line | 9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Piping - Fittings | 4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Dispenser | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Submersible Turbine Pump | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Delivery Problem | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Other | 41 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Unknown3 | 365 | 70.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 67.2 |
| Totals2 | 519 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 12.7 | 71.5 |
# = number, % = percent of number
1For example, 9.6% of release sources were caused by tank corrosion.
2The total number of confirmed releases varies from the total number of release sources since some releases could have more than one source.
3In most cases, sources and causes of releases are not easily discernible. Since our first priority is to contain and clean up releases, sources and causes are often not confirmed.
New York State's Public Record of Underground Storage Tank Releases (PDF, 35 KB)
Posted 12/09/2008