Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUSTs)
What's New
- Current guidance for LUST document submittal effective immediately
- Access to public records are now available online through the Virtual File Cabinet
- Public Notice of Release, Spill or Overfill from a Regulated UST System
- Method 5035A and Supplemental Guidance for Sampling Soil and Waste Samples for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) [PDF]
- Vapor Intrusion Pilot Program Guidance
- RISC User's Guide Chapter 3 - UST, LUST and ELTF Programs
- Nonrule Policy Document: Health-Based Closure Level Determination of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH); RISC Technical Guide TPH Chapter 8
Table of Contents
- General Information
- Release Reporting & Document Submittal
- Site Summaries
- Technical Information
- Non-Rule Policy & Guidance Documents
- Rules & Laws
- Other Links
General Information
- Sign up for LUST's new Listserv
- The purpose of this list is for the Office of Land Quality Leaking Underground Storage Tank section to send information to consultants, owner/operators, and anyone else who would like to receive it.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Contacting IDEM
- Guidance for Owners and Operators
- Guidance for Citizens
Release Reporting & Document Submittal
- Reporting a Release
- A suspected or confirmed release must be reported within 24 hours. If a release is from an unregulated tank, report the release to the Spill Line, (317) 233-7745 or (888) 233-7745.
- Phone:
- Monday - Friday: (317)232-8900 or (800) 451-6027, Ext. 2-8900
- Weekends and Holidays:(317) 233-7745 or (888) 233-7745
- E-mail: LeakingUST at idem.IN.gov
- Fax: (317) 234-0428
- Please use the Initial Incident Report Form [DOC] (Coming Soon)
- Submitting Information to IDEM
- Corrective Action Progress Report Form [DOC] (Coming Soon)
- LUST/ELTF Document Submittals to IDEM:
- Download Site Specific LUST Information
Site Summaries
- Roselawn, IN MTBE Contamination
Technical Information
- Underground Storage Tank System Closure Site Assessment Guidelines
- Information for LUST sites seeking closure through RISC
- Information for LUST sites seeking closure through UST Branch Guidance Manual (1994)
- Chemistry Topics
- IDEM Geological Services
- Waste Cleanup
Non-Rule Policy & Guidance Documents
- Access to Third Party Property [PDF]
- Drilling Well Construction Guidelines - Draft NPD
- Monitored Natural Attenuation for Petroleum Contaminated Sites
- Property Containing Contaminated Aquifers/Underground Storage Tanks [PDF]
- IDEM Guidance & NPDs
- MTBE Remediation
- Supplemental Guidance for Sampling Soil and Waste Samples for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) [PDF]
Rules & Laws
- IDEM's Rules Website
- IC 13-23 Underground Storage Tanks
- See IC 13-11 for applicable definitions
- 329 IAC 9 Under ground Storage Tanks
- UST Rule Amendments
- 328 IAC 1 UST Financial Assurance Board (ELTF Rule)
- ELTF Rule Amendments
- 40 CFR Part 280: Federal technical standards and corrective action requirements for owners and operators of underground storage tanks.
- 312 IA C 13 Water Well Drillers
- IC 22-12-9 Heating Oil Tank Closure
Other Links
- OLQ - Excess Liability Trust Fund (ELTF) Program
- OLQ - Underground Storage Tank Program
- OLQ - State Cleanup Program
- OLQ - Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP)
- Brownfields Program
- U.S. EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks
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