Replacing, Removing, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks (RUST) - Regulations

• Core Documents
• Proposed Regulatory Action
• Background and Key Revisions
• Public Comment Period
• Contacts

• Public Notice
• Draft Regulations
• Initial Statement of Reasons
• STD 399 - Ecomonimc and Fiscal Impact Statement
• Final Statement of Reasons

The State Water Board proposes to amend California Code of Regulations, title 23, division 3, chapter 24 (commencing with section 3420) (RUST Regulations) to update the RUST Regulations to implement amendments to the Health and Safety Code and to make them more specific and consistent with current operational practices.

UST Regulations endorsed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 6, 2023 to take effect July 1, 2023.

• Final Text of Regulations

The State Water State Water Board proposes to amend the RUST Regulations to update the RUST Regulations and make them more specific and consistent with current operational practices.  The State Water Board further proposes to amend the RUST Regulations to implement amendments to the Health and Safety Code enacted by Chapter 296, Statutes of 2020 and those changes to the Health and Safety Code enacted by Chapter 69, Statutes of 2009, Chapter 649, Statutes of 2009, Chapter 640, Statutes of 2013, and Chapter 547, Statutes of 2014 that still are in effect.

Where appropriate the State Water Board proposes to amend the RUST grant and RUST loan requirements to make the requirements for grants and loans similar, which makes it easier for those applicants who are applying for both a RUST grant and a RUST loan for their project. Consistency between the requirements for RUST grants and RUST loans also serves to streamline the State Water Board’s eligibility review.

The State Water Board also proposes certain amendments to the RUST Regulations that do not materially alter any requirement, right, responsibility, condition, prescription, or other regulatory element of any California Code of Regulations provision (e.g., changes without regulatory effect).  These amendments without regulatory effect include changes made for purposes of revising structure, syntax, cross-references, grammar, punctuation, or renumbering or relocating regulatory provisions.  For consistency purposes, the citation format for statutory and regulatory references is made consistent throughout the RUST Regulations.  To the extent that many of these amendments without regulatory effect are non-substantive and their purpose is self-evident or merely editorial, they are not discussed herein.

The State Water Resources Control Board did not receive any comments during the 45-day comment period.

Requests of copies of the text of the proposed regulation, the Statement of Reasons, or other information upon which the rulemaking is based, or other inquiries should be addressed to the following: