Retail Petroleum Compliance Services

LaBella provides a full suite of compliance services to a major retail petroleum client with locations from Maine to Virginia, as well as several locations in Florida.

Services include: 

• Underground storage tank (UST) and aboveground storage tank (AST) management, design, and permitting
• Environmental compliance audits and documentation
• Soil and groundwater investigations
• Complete environmental consulting
• UST compliance audits and documentation, including resolution and curing of violations
• Petroleum bulk storage compliance consulting
• Emergency response and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) planning and assessment
• Wastewater permitting, compliance, and analysis
• Discharge monitoring, reporting, and compliance
• Air discharge permitting, compliance, and analysis
• Terminal compliance services
• UST operator training
• Incident reporting
• Litigation support and expert witness services

Training:

• Responding to product spills and releases
• Monitoring tank system alarms
• Responding to emergency situations
• Managing other situations that pose immediate danger to the public or the environment
• Identifying sensitive receptors on or immediately adjacent to the property

UST Component Training:

• Location, size, and type of product in USTs
• Monitoring tanks for leaks
• Location and proper use of fire suppression pull stations (if present)
• Location and proper use of emergency stop devices (if present)
• Operation of breakaway valves and designated contact for reconnection or replacement (if present)
• Location and proper use of spill response supplies or designated contact for cleanup
• Location of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)

UST Operational Training – “How To”:

• Recognize spills, leaks, and emergency situations
• Recognize leak alarms
• Contain spills and control access to ensure safety
• Stop the flow of product if feasible, using the emergency stop system where available
• Activate the fire suppression system (if appropriate)
• Contact the Class A or B Operator
• Assess the situation to determine if emergency responders (911) are needed, and locate and use spill clean-up kits or contact the appropriate clean-up personnel