Every year all owners with active and temporarily closed regulated underground storage tanks greater than 1100 gallons must complete the annual renewal process. This includes sites in delivery prohibition status. The timeframe to renew is December 1st thru January 15th.

During the renewal process you can provide updated financial responsibility documentation (pollution liability and accidental release insurance), A/B operator certification and new contact information. The application form will include the date of the last biennial compliance inspection on record at the DNR. Change of ownership forms are on the UST Forms page.

The annual tank management fee of $65 per compartment is due by January 15.

Your renewal and payment must be completed by February 28. After March 1 late fees are automatically assessed at $250 per compartment.

Payment of fees does not mean your facility is authorized to operate. Tank tags will not be issued if financial responsibility (pollution liability and accidental release insurance) is not current, a compliance inspection was not completed within the last 2 years or there are outstanding compliance violations.

You will be able to login, complete and submit your renewal online through DNR’s UST Online Renewal System beginning December 1. To pay by mail, complete the current renewal online as normal, print your completed form, sign/date it, attach a check to it and mail it to the address at the bottom of the form. Checks received without a form will be returned to the sender. If you chose to pay online the payment portion will show you that there will be a $1.50 fee. Credit card and debit card users will have the $1.50 fee and an additional 2.5% fee. Debit cards are allowed to be used but only if the card has a Visa, Mastercard or another acceptable logo on it. The screen will show you all of the credit card types allowed. Please note, you are allowed to choose to pay using E-check, credit card or debit card for your renewal(s) ‘once’ which avoids creating a separate payment method storage account. The payment storage account would require a separate username and password. We anticipate these options will continue to be available in future renewal seasons, allowing the ‘once’ option to be used each renewal season.

You may login beginning December 1.

The tank system must be in compliance with state regulations in order to obtain annual tags which are required to receive fuel. Underground tanks that are in temporary closure or delivery prohibition status do not receive annual tank tags though they are required to be renewed.

Owner, operator, and fuel delivery transporter are subject to a fine if fuel is received in tanks without current tags, or is subject to delivery prohibition or if a red-tag is attached to the UST fill port.

Annual tank management tags are good April 1 through March 31 of the following year. Annual tags must be on the fill ports no later than April 1.

The information contained in the renewal application is public information – anyone can view renewal data for a facility, however; once a user selects to pay online, they will be directed to a secure webpage for payment. UST Prevention Staff at the Iowa DNR will review modifications made to facility information prior to approval of a renewal.

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