Hello friends of UST Training: We’ve set up a web page dedicated to helping you navigate the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation at it relates to your UST system by doing what you do best: Staying Savvy and Staying Safe. Stop by for updates and sign up for our newsletter
Gas stations, convenience stores and supermarkets, still are considered essential services and will remain open. In order to stay open safely, UST owners should ensure:
- Only healthy staff come to work,
- All inside work surfaces and restrooms are sanitized continuously,
- At the fueling island, all dispensers, nozzles, card readers and key pads be kept extra clean,
- Daily checking of your automatic tank gauge continues,
- Monthly release detection tests are conducted as usual,
- Spill buckets are inspected, maintained and cleaned, and
- Any suspected releases are responded to properly.
As new information becomes available we’ll be adding it to the links below. Stop by for updates.
First: Basic Safety Steps
- Cleaning High-Touch Surfaces at the Pump (Help debunk the myth that gas pumps spread COVID-19 by being upfront about your cleaning and sanitizing practices.)
- Cleaning High-Touch Surfaces at the Pump (Free poster to download, print and share)
- Hourly Cleaning Checklist (Free form to download, print, use and track)
- Stop the spread of germs (Free poster to download, print and share)
- (CDC) Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection Recommendations (including how to clean and disinfect, Personal Protective equipment (PPE) and hand hygiene)
- (Gilbarco/Veeder Root) Convenience Stores Stay Vigilant on Gas Pump Sanitation
- (Gilbarco/Veeder Root) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for C-stores, Gas Stations, Truckstops, and Travel Plazas
- (Gilbarco/Veeder Root) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidelines for Point-of-Sale Systems
- Free Online Coronavirus Prevention Training
- CDC Posters to Print and Share
- (Car and Driver Magazine) How to Pump Gas without Passing Germs Around
- StrasGlobal COVID-19 Response Plan
- Convenience Stores Focus on Safe Store Transactions
- Sanitation, Signage & Putting Employees First: Tribal C-Store Response to COVID-19
- CDC Updates Face Mask Guidance
Keeping Your UST system Operational
New Tank Savvy Videos by UST Training:
- Intro: Stay Savvy, Stay Safe
- Keeping your Dispensers and High-Touch Areas Clean
- Be Kind to Gas Station Staff and Service Techs
- Has Anything Changed with Compliance Testing?
Weekly Zoom Chats with Ben Thomas
Effective Remote Working (by Zoom)
C-Store Employees (Class C Operators)
- Access Letters Identify C-Store Employees as Essential
- Need Class C UST operator training for new hires?
- Critical UST Regs to Follow During The Coronavirus
Financial Help
Inspirational Links
Great UST-Related Resources
- PEI Coronavirus Resource Center
- NACS Coronavirus Resources
- PMAA Coronavirus-Related Resources for Petroleum Marketers
- EPA’s Coronavirus Disease 2019
Thank you!
Anytime! -Ben