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Make sure you keep water out of your spill buckets so they don’t freeze this winter. Ice can expand and damage the hardware. And don’t remove the ice with anything sharp like a screwdriver. You can easily puncture the side walls, rendering your spill containment worthless.

Remember from your Class A/B UST operator training: clean and dry every day.

UST Training just launched our home-state Washington Class A/B UST Operator Training course in a self-paced version. Previously our training was delivered via live webinar. This is good news for UST operators that may not have a full day to dedicate to sitting in class all day. It’s the same great training only more convenient.

Buy now and get trained today!

A 2005 leaking UST site is still making headlines in the local paper. Another reason why operator training, which helps operators look for warning signs in advance, is a good idea.

from the South Whidbey Record, Posted December 5, 2013.

Drilling for answers on Main Street

Source: NACS Online,  Posted 11/28/13

America has just experienced its 100th anniversary of the modern fuel station. While fueling stations existed before 1913 – after all, Karl Benz is credited with inventing the first gasoline-powered automobile in 1885 – fueling was far from convenient a century ago. Read more

This just in: An astute UST contractor noticed this unusual display when he arrived to troubleshoot a dispenser today. Ever see this before?

UST Training is offering a live Class A/B UST Operator training course 9 AM to 3 PM, December 13, 2013 in Spokane, WA, at the Spokane Convention Center. The class is open to the public.

Sorry for the short notice. We don’t get out to Eastern Washington very often so if you need Class A/B training and prefer a live class, let us know ASAP. 866-301-8265 or [email protected].

Aloha Hawai’i UST operators. A gentle reminder every Class A, B and C operator must be trained by December 9, 2013. And once trained you must submit the verification form and our certificate of completion to the Department of Health. We offer Class A/B and C UST operator training online to help you meet this important deadline.

If you’re new to USTtraining.com you may not realize we offer –at no cost– access to the nation’s definitive UST technical assistance library: Our UST Resources page. Check it out!

If you’re an inspector or operator, we’ve gathered some of the best compliance assistance tools out there to help you do your job better.This includes:

Over the years we’ve heard some interesting ways UST operators have discovered underground leaks from UST systems. For example:

• A night watchman at a site happens to discover fuel coming out of the ground during a routine perimeter inspection.
• A bank calls the owner of a site to say they are way overdrawn on their account. The owner then recalls ordering many extra deliveries that month and didn’t put two and two together.
• A neighbors house catches fire when the basement fills up with gasoline from a nearby gas station.
• A neighbors drinking water well smells like gasoline. The nearby UST owner didn’t notice anything usual prior to the discovery.
• High groundwater forces an empty tank out of the ground, breaking concrete and piping. The tank was not properly anchored.

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You may not be aware of it but UST Training offers free technical and regulatory advice to our customers and has done so since Ben Thomas trained the nation’s first state-approved UST Operator training course in Portland, Oregon in 2003. Graduates of our training courses have full access to top national experts who are not only happy to explain UST regulations but can help you determine what is best for you at your particular site. We try to make a difference in the world by preventing leaks and spills from USTs and one way to do that well is make it personal.