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• Petroleum Cleanup Program
  The Florida Petroleum Cleanup Program is managed within the Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems (BPSS) in Tallahassee by four Petroleum Cleanup sections (Teams 1-4) and two contractors with on-sight DEP oversight (Team 5 – WRS, Inc. and Team 6 – Ecology & Environment, Inc.), and throughout the state by 14 contracted local programs (covering sites in 23 counties), with additional support from the six DEP District Offices.
• Storage Tank Regulation
  The Storage Tank Regulation Section is part of the Bureau of Petroleum Storage Systems in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's (FDEP) Division of Waste Management. In 1983, Florida was one of the first states in the union to pass legislation and adopt rules for underground and aboveground storage tank systems. Since then, over 28,000 facilities have reported discharges of petroleum products from storage tank systems. Florida relies on groundwater for about 92 percent of its drinking water needs, and has some of the most stringent rules in the country. All new and replacement storage tank systems must have secondary containment, and all remaining single-wall systems must replace their systems with secondary containment by 2010. The Department contracts with counties to perform annual compliance inspections (25,000/yr). As of January 2004, approximately 400,000 inspections have been completed, and compliance rates have improved significantly.