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Ml'CA. <br />6. Provide lists of certified tank installation and removal contractors to owners of tanks. <br />7. Obtain registration information provided to MPC.~. and verify that it is correct, <br />$, Provide assistance. to regulated and unregulated tank owners to properly maintain tanks <br />.and detect leaks. <br />9. Become knowledgeable about requirements far leak detection and record keeping; attend <br />an MPCA. training course. <br />10. Far above-ground storage tanks without secondary containment, arrange for. a contractor <br />to install containment structures at tanks in the WHP area during a specified time period. <br />11. For all above-ground storage tanks, monitor secondary containment structures far cracks <br />and early detection of leaks and notify the tank owner of any cracks or leaks~to ensure <br />'that proper repair and cleanup occurs. _ <br />12. For unregulated underground tanks, establish agreements with tank owners for access to <br />their property, take on the task of monitoring for leaks, and work with the tank owners to <br />ensure that proper repair and cleanup occurs. <br />1,3. Survey tank owners in WHP areas to determine information needs, <br />14. Identify new tanks installed in the WkIP area and ensure that tanks not regulated by <br />MICA or MDA are installed to protect groundwater, <br />1S. Make grants or loans available fear tank owners. <br />16. A.ct as an infornaation/referral service to available grants and loans. <br />17. Establish grant andfor loan funds for WHP activities. <br />Measures tia be Taken Through Regulations; <br />1. Work with the appropriate local unit of government to -enact and enforce requirements for <br />underground and above-ground tanks not regulated by the state. <br />2. Require use of certified contractors for installation and removal of unregulated . <br />.underground tanks. <br />3. Require secondary containment for above-ground tanks that are not addressed by State <br />regulations. <br />4. Require upgrades of existing unregulated tanks to include corrosion protection, leak <br />detection, and spilUoverfill prevention. <br />S. Require newly installed unregulated underground tanks to include corrosion protection, <br />leak detection, and spill/overfill prevention. <br />~i. Work with the appropriate local unit of government to explore requiring local registration <br />of tanks that are below the states regulatory limits. <br />7, ance aware of the above smaller tanks, work with tank owners using educational <br />meth+eds, providing services, or enacting other regulations to ensure leaks do not occur. <br />$, Explore with the appropriate local unit of government the possibility of requiring heating <br />oil tanks which are larger than 1100 gallons to have the added pratection of leak <br />detection and spilUoverfill prevention in WHP areas. <br />9, Work with the appropriate local government to adopt the state=s tank rules by local <br />ordinance, so the local government could enforce the state=s rules locally but not confuse <br />the tank owners and installers with differing requirements for tank installation, <br />113 <br />