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United States Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste And Emergency Response/ Research And Development EPA/530/UST-90/005 March 1990 Standard Test Procedures For Evaluating Leak Detection methods Nonvolumetric Tank Tightness testing methods Printed on Recycled Paper Standard Test Procedures for Evaluating Leak Detection methods : Nonvolumetric Tank Tightness testing methods Final Report Environmental Protection Agency Office of Underground Storage tanks March 1990 iii FOREWORD How to Demonstrate That Leak Detection methods Meet EPA s Performance Standards The Environmental Protection Agency s (EPA s)regulations for underground storage tanks require owners and operators to check for leaks on a routine basis using one of a number of
performance standards for leak detection methods that are internal to the tank. For tank tightness testing, the tests must be capable of detecting a leak of 0.10 gallon per hour with a probability of (at least)95%, while operating at a false alarm rate of 5% or less.
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