Type of UST Activity

Permit Required

Installation of a complete UST with all components, or installation of just the tank

Installation permit and motor fuel dispensing permit pursuant to Section 175.200

Installation of any portion of a UST (except corrosion protection or lining)

Upgrade permit and motor fuel dispensing permit pursuant to Section 175.200 as may be applicable

Removal of a UST or UST system, or removal of an entire underground pipe run

Removal permit

Abandonment-in-place of any tank or piping

Abandonment-in-place permit

UST repair to make an existing UST part functional, but not including lining or corrosion protection

Upgrade permit

Tank lining or tank lining inspections

Lining or interior lining inspection permit

Emergency repairs (excluding corrosion protection)

Upgrade permit (see the procedures of Section 175.710)

Repair or install cathodic protection or corrosion protection, including on flex connectors

Cathodic protection permit

Manway installation (no separate upgrade or entry permit for a manway is required where the original lining permit or lining inspection permit includes the installation of a manway)

Hot work/tank entry permit

UST activity requiring the cutting or penetration of the tank shell in any way (no separate hot work permit required where a lining or lining inspection permit is being issued)

Hot work/tank entry permit

Installation, upgrade or removal of leak detection systems

Upgrade permit

New spill containment (except that replacement of spill containment is a like-for-like replacement that requires only notification to OSFM pursuant to Section 175.300)

Upgrade permit

Installation or replacement of a remote fill

Upgrade permit

New or replaced overfill prevention equipment (except that replacement of drop tube valves are like-for-like replacements that require only notification to OSFM pursuant to Section 175.300)

Upgrade permit

Installation or replacement of dispensers where piping or any other transitional components at or below the shear valve (including the shear valve) are replaced at the same time 

Upgrade permit

Installation or replacement of an ATG unit (except that replacement of ATG probes are like-for-like replacements that require only notification to OSFM pursuant to Section 175.300)

Upgrade permit

Installation or replacement of a flex connector (only)

Upgrade permit

Installation of wristband anodes or spike anodes on an existing flex connector (only)

Cathodic protection permit

Installation or replacement of a flex connector and wristband anodes or spike anodes on the flex connector (only)

Cathodic protection permit (shall also be licensed in the retrofitting/installation module)

Connecting a new or existing bulk load-out to a new or existing UST at a motor fuel dispensing facility

Upgrade permit (Installation permit if an entire UST is being installed)

Construction of a building or structure where loading or unloading or dispensing operations will occur

Motor fuel dispensing permit pursuant to Section 175.200

Site for the mobile fueling of commercial vehicle fleets (pursuant to Section 2(1)(d)(C) of the Gasoline Storage Act [430 ILCS 15/2(1)(d)(C)])

Mobile fueling site permit (pursuant to 41 Ill. Adm. Code 174.440 and 174.450)

Tank vehicle to be used for the mobile fueling of commercial vehicle fleets (pursuant to Section 2(1)(d)(C) of the Gasoline Storage Act [430 ILCS 15/2(1)(d)(C)])

Mobile fueling vehicle permit (pursuant to 41 Ill. Adm. Code 174.440 and 174.450)

Person, company, or other entity proposing to conduct mobile fueling using tank vehicles to be used for the mobile fueling of commercial vehicle fleets (pursuant to Section 2(1)(d)(C) of the Gasoline Storage Act [430 ILCS 15/2(1)(d)(C)])

Mobile fueling contractor permit (pursuant to 41 Ill. Adm. Code 174.440 and 174.450)