ABSTRACT
During the early 1980s, government regulators had become increasingly concerned with protecting the environment. Contaminants from underground petroleum tank systems were the regulators' main focus. Rumors surfaced that new underground storage tank (UST) regulations were in development, which might include financial responsibility requirements for tank owners. The tighter regulation of USTs opened a new era in the storage tank industry. It was the dawn of a movement toward the use of aboveground storage and new nationally available, environmentally sound tank technologies.
