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Storage tank facility registration

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Florida storage tank facility registration

Regulated storage tank systems in Florida must be registered with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Storage Tank Compliance, part of the Permitting and Compliance Assistance Program in DEP's Division of Waste Management, covers underground and aboveground systems. DEP says the state has close to 24,000 regulated storage tank facilities.

In a Phase I ESA

DEP's tank registrations are the Florida form of the state registered storage tank records that ASTM E1527-21 lists as a standard source. The general reading of a registered tank listing is on the UST / AST page. Reported discharges are tracked in the same database and are on the Petroleum Restoration Program page.

  • Two rules, two size lines. Chapter 62-761, F.A.C., covers underground storage tank systems, and DEP describes it as for tanks greater than 110-gallon capacity. Chapter 62-762, F.A.C., covers aboveground systems, described as for tanks greater than 550-gallon capacity, with exceptions in the rule. Check a tank's size against those lines before reading its absence from the list as a sign that no tank was there.
  • Unregistered tanks exist. DEP says it routinely discovers regulated systems, especially aboveground systems, that are in service and not registered.
  • The rules date from 1983. DEP says Florida passed legislation and adopted rules for underground and aboveground storage tank systems in 1983. Tanks that were gone before then are a question for historical sources.
  • Owner data on closed facilities can be old. For a closed facility with no discharge or ongoing cleanup, DEP says the owner data may not be current and would represent the most recent information made available to it.
  • Inspection records are in two places. DEP says to use its older compliance and enforcement query only for timeframes before June 30, 2006, because compliance tracking moved to its Florida Inspection Reporting Storage Tanks (FIRST) application during fiscal year 2005/2006. Use both for a facility that spans that date.
  • A delivery prohibition is a flag. DEP publishes a daily report of facilities where it is unlawful to deposit motor fuel into tanks under section 376.3077, F.S.

What a tank file can hold

The forms DEP lists under its two tank rules show the paper a tank can generate:

  • a Storage Tank Facility Registration Form;
  • a Discharge Report Form and an Incident Notification Form;
  • an Underground Storage System Installation and Removal Form for Certified Contractors;
  • a Closure Integrity Evaluation Report Form and a Limited Closure Report Form, each published for underground and for aboveground tanks;
  • financial mechanism forms.

DEP also lists instructions for conducting sampling during underground and aboveground storage tank closure, dated July 2019. For a tank that was closed, ask for the closure report and any closure sampling results.

Where to look a site up

  • Storage Tank/Contaminated Facility Search I queries by facility identification number, name, city or county. Search II queries by facility name, street address, city, ZIP code or county, and refines by facility type, status, regulation or contamination information.
  • The Storage Tank Facility Information page carries county files from the Storage Tank and Contamination Monitoring (STCM) database. The tank files give size, placement, substance stored, installation date and current tank status. The common field is the facility identification number.
  • FIRST Public Reports include inspections by county and date range and an areas of concern and violations report.
  • Registration questions go to TankRegistration@FloridaDEP.gov or 850-245-8839.

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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