Report - Maryland Department of the Environment

Oil Underground Storage Tank Systems
Performance Measure TOTAL
PERMITTED SITES/FACILITIES
Number of permits/licenses issued 198
Number of permits/licenses in effect at fiscal year end *
OTHER REGULATED SITES/FACILITIES
Registered UST facilities 5,933
INSPECTIONS
Number of sites inspected (“inspected” defined as at the site) **
1,409
Number of sites receiving off-site audits and record reviews, but not inspected.
MDE FY 2009 Annual Enforcement and Compliance Report 72
417
1,317
Number of sites evaluated for compliance (sum of the two measures above, same as
#11 on the prior charts) 2,726
Number of inspections, spot checks (captures number of compliance activities at sites) 2,669
Number of audits (captures number of reviews of file/submittals for compliance) 1,317
Number of inspections, audits, spot checks (sum of the two measures above)
COMPLIANCE PROFILE
3,986
Number of inspected sites/facilities with significant violations 67
% of inspected sites/facilities with significant violations 5%
Inspection coverage rate (number of sites inspected/coverage universe) ***
SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS
Number of significant violations involving environmental or health impact 27
Number of significant violations based on technical/preventative deficiencies 40
Number of significant violations carried over awaiting disposition from previous fiscal
year 92
Total number of significant violations (sum of the three measures above) 159
DISPOSITION OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLATIONS
Resolved 88
Ongoing 71
ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
Number of compliance assistance rendered 3,919
Administrative Civil/Judicial Total
Number of show cause, remedial, corrective actions
issued 40 0 40
Number of stop work orders 0 0 0
Number of injunctions obtained 0 7 7
Number of penalty and other enforcement actions 0 0 0
Number of referrals to Attorney General for possible criminal action 0
PENALTIES
Amount of administrative or civil penalties obtained ($ collected in FY) $61,294
*Certified UST technicians and removers are part of the regulated community and, therefore, the inspection universe, and are included in
the Report FY 2000 forward.
** On May 6, 2006 the Oil Control Program required the first MDE-certified inspections conducted in Maryland. When a tank owner receives
notice for inspection from MDE, they must hire one of the highly-trained private inspectors. Because of this new Maryland and EPA
authorized program, inspections for USTs will increase, thus preventing releases and protecting the environment.
*** Coverage rate above is computed as the total number of sites inspected and dividing that by the total number of registered UST sites.
Technician and Remover Certifications are part of the Program’s universe. However, this number is not included in coverage rate in order
not to bias the evaluation of the Program’s goal to visit each underground storage tank system on a routine basis.
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