The Groundwater Branch administers and provides technical support for
regulatory programs related to groundwater protection or cleanup. This
Branch directly administers the Underground Storage Tank, (UST), Program
and the Underground Injection Control, (UIC), Program. Geologists
within the Groundwater Branch provide technical support to the Hazardous
Waste, Solid Waste and Superfund and Brownfields Programs. Any incident
of contamination of groundwater that does not fall within one of the
programs above, is dealt with under the authority of the Alabama Water
Pollution Control Act. This statute provides the legal basis to require
investigation and cleanup where groundwater has been contaminated.
Groundwater Branch staff also respond to citizen complaints and concerns
regarding groundwater.
The UST Program consists of a prevention program (the UST Compliance
Program) and a cleanup program (the UST Corrective Action Program).
These two groups administer the UST regulatory program to help prevent
releases and to require the cleanup of pollution caused by releases from
underground storage tanks. The program also administers the Alabama
Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank trust Fund which provides
financial assistance for both aboveground and underground storage tank
owners who comply with the regulatory requirements to clean up pollution
from tanks that have had releases.
Draft UST Forms
Draft Form 19 - Annual Walkthrough Inspection Checklist
Draft Form 20 - 3 Year Spill Prevention Equipment Test (Spill Bucket)
Draft Form 279 - UST Notification Form
Draft Form 283 - AST Notification Form
Draft Form 326 - Annual Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) Summary Report
Draft Form 414 - Monthly Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) Report
Draft Form 423 - Notice of Proposed UST System New Installation or Modification
Draft Form 460 - Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR) 7 Day Release Investigation Report
Draft Form 477 - Line Tightness Test Report
Draft Form 485 - Line Tightness Test (Vacuum) Report
Draft Form 551 - Automatic Line Leak Detector (ALLD) Test Report
Draft Form D1 - 3 Year Containment Sump Integrity Test (Low Level Method)
Draft Form D2 - 3 Year Containment Sump Integrity Test
Draft Form D4 - 30 Day Walkthrough Inspection Checklist
Draft Form D5 - 3 Year Overfill Prevention Equipment Inspection Report
Draft Form D6 - Annual Probe and Sensor Test Report
Draft Form D7 - Annual Release Detection Equipment Testing
Draft Form D8 - Compatibility Demonstration Log
Draft Form D9 - Manual Tank Gauging Monthly Log
Draft UST EPG Release Detection Guidance
Draft UST General Outreach
Draft UST Low Level Sump Test Guidance
ADEM Guidance for Revisions to Alabama UST Regulations, Effective December 8th, 2017
Operating and Maintaining Underground Storage Tank Systems, Practical Help and Checklists
Electronic Payments for UST Fees
2017 Public Record Summary Report on USTs
UST Operator Training
List of Approved Operator Training Providers
SIR Vendors
Certified Tank Tightness Testers
Certified CP Testers
Certified UST Installer, Repairs, & Closure Contractors
New ADEM Regulations for UST Systems
UST Compliance Information
UST Inspectors
UST Compliance Database
UST Owners
UST Facilities
USTs
ASTs
File Key
The Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund is a
fund to reimburse eligible tank owners and operators for costs
associated with the assessment and remediation of eligible releases from
underground and aboveground storage tanks. For many tank owners and
operators throughout the State of Alabama, the Trust Fund serves as the
required financial responsibility mechanism.
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Forms 31 and 32 July 2018 M3 Draft
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Revised Maximum Allowable Labor Rates (February 2018)
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Revised Maximum Drill Rig Mobilization Distance (February 2018)
Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Unit Rate CP/PR Additions and Modifications, February 2016
Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Development/Purge Water Handling Rate Unit, February 2016
Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Eligibility Requirements
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Reimbursement and Reasonable Rate Guidance March 2013
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Forms 31 and 32 October 2017 m1
Current and Future Revisions to Trust Fund Guidance - Memo (July 16, 2015)
Current and Future Revisions to Trust Fund Guidance - Memo (January 6, 2016)
Alabama Tank Trust Fund (ATTF) Contractors Payment Request Status
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Contractors
Names, addresses and phone numbers of consultants who are approved to
work as approved response action contractors under the Alabama Tank
Trust Fund as of April 20, 2018.
Instructions for the Preparation and Submittal of Technical Proposals
for Qualification as an Alabama Tank Trust Fund Response Action
Contractor - FY2018, December 2017 Announcement
Revised Alabama Tank Trust Fund Maximum Allowable Labor Rates effective January 1, 2013
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Mileage Rate - January 1, 2016
Alabama Tank Trust Fund Mileage Rate - January 1, 2017
ADEM UIC Class V Well Permit Application Requirements Guidance
Within the past few decades, the realization that subsurface injection
could contaminate ground water has prompted many states to develop
programs and methods to protect underground sources of useable water.
Additionally, to increase ground water protection, a federal Underground
Injection Control (UIC) program was established under the provisions of
the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) of 1974. This federal program
establishes minimum requirements for effective state UIC programs.
Alabama has EPA's approval to run the UIC program in the state. Since
ground water is a major source of drinking water in Alabama, the UIC
program requirements were designed to prevent contamination of
Underground Sources of Drinking Water (USDW) resulting from the
operation of injection wells.
What is An Underground Injection Well?
Most of the injection wells regulated by ADEM, are designed much like
the gravity flow field lines used to dispose of domestic wastewater from
a home. Common uses are for treated discharges from small car washes
and laundromats that are located in an area where a public sewer system
is not available. There are also treated discharges from small
wastewater collection and treatment systems for residential areas, and
discharges of treated groundwater from systems designed to cleanup
groundwater contamination.
When properly sited, constructed, and operated, injection wells can be
an effective and environmentally safe means of fluid waste disposal.
There are many different types of injection wells, but they are all
similar in their basic function. The federal and Alabama UIC program has
grouped injection wells into five categories:
Class I Wells - Injection of pollutants below an USDW. These wells are prohibited by regulation in Alabama
Class II Wells - Injection of wastes from oil & gas productions. The Alabama Oil & Gas Board regulates these types of wells.
Class III Wells - Solution mining of certain minerals. Alabama
currently regulates one facility with this type of well. Fresh water is
injected to dissolve minerals, such as salt, and the salt solution is
used as a raw material in a manufacturing process.
Class IV Wells - Injection of Hazardous Waste above an USDW.
These wells are banned nationally by Federal regulations. If any are
found, they are required to be closed.
Class V Wells - All other types of wells not regulated as a Class
I, II, III or IV well. These make up about 90 % of permitted injection
wells in Alabama.
The Hydrogeology Section of the Groundwater Branch provides
hydrogeologic expertise and project management for the State Groundwater
Protection Program. This program addresses a broad spectrum of
contaminants not regulated by other authorized programs within the
agency. Examples include petroleum hydrocarbons not related to
underground storage tanks and chemical releases not regulated as
hazardous wastes under RCRA. The Hydrogeology Section also provides
hydrogeological, (groundwater related), services to other groups within
the Department, other State agencies, government, and the public.
Complaints received from the public regarding contamination of ground
water are assigned to project managers in this Unit if they do not fall
within any of the regulatory programs mentioned above.
Contact Information
ADEM
Attn: Groundwater Branch
Post Office Box 301463
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463
(334) 270-5655
(334) 270-5631 Fax
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