This agreement provides assistance to the state of oklahoma leaking underground storage tank (lust) program

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission received a $798,341 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust Fund Corrective Action Program (CFDA 66.805), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. This award supports Oklahoma's corrective action program to address petroleum releases from underground storage tanks. The OCC delivers comprehensive investigative and remediation services, including assessment of suspected petroleum releases, oversight and enforcement of corrective actions by responsible parties, and direct remediation activities when property owners or operators are unable or unwilling to perform cleanup work independently.

Key deliverables include maintenance of a master ledger tracking all LUST Trust Fund program expenditures and recoveries, submission of semi-annual reports with site-specific cleanup data entered into the EPA's LUST4 database system, and completion of corrective action investigations and remediation projects. The primary outcome is reduction of the backlog of underground storage tank releases awaiting cleanup completion, with direct benefits to Oklahoma's state-level corrective action program and protection of the state's groundwater resources. The award includes no subawards; all services are performed directly by the OCC.

Specifically, this agreement provides funding for the lust corrective action program, which includes assessment, remediation, and enforcement related activities. The main objectives of the lust corrective program are to investigate suspected petroleum releases and to perform corrective action on these releases. Activities:major activities include investigating suspected petroleum releases, overseeing and enforcing corrective action by owners or operators, and performing direct corrective action activities when those owners or operators are unknown, unwilling, or unable to perform those activities themselves. The activities of the agreement include maintaining a master ledger of all lust trust fund program expenditures, lust trust fund program recoveries and submitting semi-annual reports with site specific information. Subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverable is the state cleanup data that is entered into the LUST4 system. The primary outcome is a reduction in the backlog of underground storage tank (UST) releases for which cleanups have not yet been completed. The primary beneficiary is the state corrective action program.