Fuel Infrastructure in Municipal Facilities Often Includes

Fuel System Compliance for Municipal Facilities

Underground storage tank systems at municipal fleet fueling facilities and public buildings are regulated by MassDEP under 310 CMR 80, requiring monthly A/B operator inspections, annual ATG certification, and triennial Third-Party Inspections with a midpoint Compliance Certification. Many municipalities manage these obligations across multiple locations simultaneously, with compliance responsibility falling on DPW staff or facilities personnel who are not fuel system specialists.

Petroman’s certified A/B operators perform the monthly UST inspections required across municipal fleet fueling and generator fuel systems, maintaining compliance documentation that holds up under MassDEP review and satisfies the recordkeeping requirements that apply to each regulated system. For municipalities with aboveground petroleum storage above EPA threshold quantities, Petroman supports the periodic inspection requirements and documentation that apply under facility SPCC plans.

Petroman has experience working with municipalities through both publicly bid service contracts and direct project and service engagements. We hold the certifications, bonding capacity, and prevailing wage compliance capability required for publicly bid work in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, and we are registered on COMMBUYS.

Environmental and Waste Management Services for Public Buildings

Public building portfolios generate regulated waste streams that extend well beyond fuel system operations. School laboratories, municipal maintenance shops, public safety facilities, and administrative buildings all produce waste materials subject to state and federal environmental requirements.

Through our subsidiary Bullfrog Environmental Solutions, Petroman provides the full range of regulated waste management services that public sector clients need, including:

• Lab pack services for school and municipal laboratories, covering waste characterization, proper packing, shipping documentation, in-house transportation, and coordination with licensed disposal facilities. Bullfrog handles the regulatory paperwork and logistics so facilities staff do not need to manage the complexity of hazardous waste generator requirements directly.
• Acid neutralization tank cleaning and maintenance for school science facilities and other public buildings with acid waste neutralization systems, including tank inspection, neutralization media replacement, and documentation.
• Universal waste transportation and disposal for lightbulbs, batteries, tires, electronics, and other regulated universal waste materials generated across public building operations. Bullfrog provides scheduled pickup and disposal with compliant documentation for each waste stream.
• Petroleum waste management from fuel system operations, including waste oil, oily water, and petroleum-contaminated materials generated by fleet maintenance and fuel system service work.

For municipalities managing compliance across a large public building portfolio, consolidating fuel system compliance and regulated waste management under a single vendor simplifies documentation, reduces coordination across multiple contractors, and provides a single point of accountability for the overlapping environmental obligations that come with operating public schools, public safety buildings, DPW facilities, and administrative buildings simultaneously.

Supporting Municipal Relationships Across the Full Service Lifecycle

Municipal fuel system and environmental relationships tend to develop over time as facilities staff come to rely on a contractor who knows their systems, understands the regulatory calendar, and can execute capital projects with the same team that manages day-to-day compliance and service work. When a DPW superintendent changes, a public school gets a new facilities coordinator, or a capital project requires fuel system upgrades, Petroman already carries the site knowledge and service history that makes continuity straightforward.

Many of Petroman’s municipal relationships span both routine maintenance and service work and larger capital projects, including fuel system replacements, tank upgrades, and infrastructure modernization at public buildings across a municipality’s portfolio.

Services Frequently Provided to Municipal Facilities

Fuel System Services:

Environmental and Waste Management Services Through Bullfrog Environmental Solutions: