A MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED AT THIS FACILITY UNDER EPA'S UNIVERSITY INITIATIVE. WHILE THE FIELD CITATION POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR FIELD CITATIONS TO BE ISSUED DUR- ING MULTI-MEDIA INSPECTIONS, AN EXCEPTION WAS MADE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THE UST PROGRAM WAS THE ONLY PROGRAM WHICH FOUND VIOLATIONS. HENCE, A FIELD CITATION WAS ISSUED IN LIEU OF PURSUING FORMAL ENFORCEMENT. THE FC WAS ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS 40 CFR 280.20(B)(2): FAILURE TO PROVIDE ANY CATHODIC PROTECTION FOR NEW METAL PIPING; 40 CFR 280.21(B):FAILURE TO MEET ALL TANK UPGRADE STANDARDS; AND 40 CFR 280.40(A): FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE RELEASE DETECTION METHOD. THE FACILITY CORRECTED THE VIOLATIONS BY PERMANENTLY CLOSING THE UST, I.E. FILLING THE UST IN PLACE. *