10 Day Inventory Reconciliation Worksheet - PowerPoint

							Staying in Compliance

 Inventory Control


     Bill Greer
       GTEC
Inventory Control and Tightness Testing

Regulatory Requirements:
 Inventory control can be used as a
 temporary method (10 years after new
 installation or upgrading an UST with
 Cathodic Protection) but it must be
 combined with tightness testing.
Inventory Control and Tightness Testing

Regulatory Requirements:

  Tightness testing when combined with
  Inventory Control as a Release
  Detection Method should be
  performed once every 5 years for 10
  years. A monthly monitoring method
  (S.I.R., ATG, etc.) is required after 10
  years.
Inventory Control and Tightness Testing

Example 3:

This location upgraded their bare steel
 tanks with spill and overfill and an
 impressed current system in
 November 1998. They cannot use tank
 tightness testing combined with
 inventory control after 10 years which
 would be November 2008.
          Inventory Control
Regulatory Requirements:
Must record:
  Volume measurements for
   inputs and withdrawals.
  Volume amount still remaining
   in the tank each operating day.
          Inventory Control
Regulatory Requirements:
Must be capable of:
   Measuring the product level
   over the full range of the tank’s
   height.
   To the nearest 1/8 inch.
          Inventory Control
Regulatory Requirements:
Inputs:
  Inventory must be measured
   before and after delivery.
  Reconciled with delivery
   receipts.
          Inventory Control
Regulatory Requirements:


Deliveries must be made
 through a drop tube that
 extends to within one foot of
 tank bottom.
          Inventory Control
Regulatory Requirements:


Product dispensing must be
 metered and recorded within
 local standards.
         Inventory Control


Regulatory Requirements:


Must check for water once a
 month to the nearest 1/8
 inch.
          Inventory Control


Inventory Control Considerations:


Use an accurate tank chart
 and a good quality tank
 stick.
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Inventory Control Considerations:

 Use the correct forms.
 Daily Inventory Worksheet
 Monthly Inventory Record
(or use your own
Computer Generated Forms)
Forms can be
found in:
    Web Site to Download Inventory
              Publication


• http://www.epa.gov/OUST/pubs/inventry.pdf
        Inventory Control
NOTE:

 If your reconciliation is not
 within the allowable limits
 for 2 consecutive months,
 you must notify your
 regulatory agency ASAP
 that your tank may be
 leaking (suspected release).
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