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Petroleum Restoration Program

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Florida Petroleum Restoration Program

Florida's leaking tank cases are the petroleum discharges tracked by the Petroleum Restoration Program of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The program covers the oversight and management needed to prioritize, assess and clean up sites contaminated by discharges of petroleum and petroleum products from stationary petroleum storage systems. DEP says over 28,000 facilities have reported such discharges since 1983.

In a Phase I ESA

The program's discharge records are the Florida form of the state leaking storage tank records that ASTM E1527-21 lists as a standard source. The general reading of a leaking tank listing is on the LUST page. In Florida the record is kept by discharge, and each discharge carries an eligibility status and a score.

  • One facility, several discharges. DEP's reports are tied together by the facility identification number, and discharge information is also linked by a discharge identification number. Read every discharge at a facility.
  • Current and historical lists differ. DEP's Contaminated Facilities List covers facilities that currently have contamination. It leaves out discharges that already have been cleaned up and discharges that DEP describes as "not required for 62-780". The Historical Contaminated Facilities List covers all facilities that have ever had contamination. Use the historical list as well.
  • Some facilities are withheld from public reports. DEP says that, to meet guidelines on public internet access to data recommended on January 18, 2002, the program removed data concerning certain facilities from the reports available for public review. It still provides the data on request through its Records Management Center.
  • Funding follows a score. Sites eligible for state funding are scored under Chapter 62-771, F.A.C. DEP's threshold history shows the funding line moving many times, including a pause, effective September 23, 2020, in funding for all work regardless of score, with three named exceptions. Effective April 17, 2025 the threshold was lowered to include sites scored 0 or higher, to encompass all eligible sites. Check that history before reading a long gap in an eligible site's file.
  • Low-scored sites have their own closure. The Low-Scored Site Initiative is a voluntary program meant to bring discharges at low-scored sites to closure through a Site Rehabilitation Completion Order, an LSSI No Further Action, or conditional closure. Read which of the three a site received.

The cleanup rule is Chapter 62-780, F.A.C., on the Contaminated Site Cleanup Criteria page.

Who runs the cleanup

DEP describes two kinds of site:

  • State-funded. Sites determined eligible for state-funded cleanup. The work is done by contractors selected through competitive procurement or recommended by the owner or responsible party, or by state lead contractors under contract with DEP. The programs that confer eligibility are on the Petroleum cleanup eligibility programs page.
  • Responsible party funded. Non-program or voluntary cleanup sites funded by responsible parties. An owner or responsible party may also elect to clean up a program-eligible discharge at its own expense under a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement, and that work must proceed under Chapter 62-780, including its timeframes.

What the record shows

DEP's Tank Facility Discharge Information report lists the storage tank facilities where a petroleum discharge or suspected release has been reported. For each it gives the discharge dates, an indicator of whether cleanup is required under Chapter 62-780, the discharge score and score date, and the discharge cleanup status and status date. DEP says it is updated daily. DEP publishes a codes list for tank registration and petroleum contamination. Read a status code against that list.

Where to look a site up

Getting the file

DEP stores site files in OCULUS, its electronic document management system, under the seven digit facility identification number. It notes that the electronic file for a site may not hold every paper document. The paper records route and the fees are on the Public records and OCULUS page.

Sources

Florida Department of Environmental Protection pages, read October 6, 2026:

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