The regulatory journey of underground storage tanks (USTs) officially began in 1984, but the concern for USTs started much earlier. In the mid-1970s, trade associations like the Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI), Steel Tank Institute (STI), and the American Petroleum Institute (API) began addressing the growing issue of UST leaks. These leaks were primarily due to …
ISRA Series: The Basics – Is your facility ISRA applicable?
ISRA Basics and Purposes The Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) (N.J.S.A. 13:1K and N.J.A.C. 7:26B), is implemented by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). It was introduced on July 23, 1992 as the Legislature’s efforts to reform the process by which contaminated sites are remediated, and signed into law as P.L. 1993, c.139. …
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