Minnesota MPCA Exam Preparation (Class A/B Operators)
Last Updated 09/2021
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What you'll learn
Chapter 1 - Operator Overview - This chapter describes the primary responsibilities of the Class A, Class B, and Class C operator. It also includes the training requirements for each class of operator.
Chapter 2 - System and Components - This chapter seeks to raise environmental awareness as well as clearly communicate a fundamental comprehension of UST systems. Components covered include secondary containment, emergency shut-off valves, vapor recovery, tank materials, and piping materials. A download of UST terminology is available here.
Chapter 3 - Release Detection - This chapter emphasizes release detection methods. Equipment testing, the analysis of test results, as well as monitoring of the UST system are addressed in this chapter. Release detection methods covered include automatic tank gauging (ATG), inventory control, secondary containment with interstitial monitoring, statistical inventory reconciliation (SIR), manual tank gauging, vacuum monitoring, soil vapor monitoring, groundwater monitoring, and tank tightness testing. Release detection methods for piping, such as electronic and manual line leak detectors, are also discussed.
Chapter 4 - Release Prevention - This chapter prompts the trainee to be proactive in preventing spills and releases. It covers the system components that are designed to prevent corrosion, spills, and overfills. These include spill buckets and sumps as well as sacrificial anode and impressed current cathodic systems, overfill protection valves, overfill alarms, and ball float valves. Secondary containment as well as alarms and warnings are covered in this chapter. An EPA Correct Filling Checklist is available for download.
Chapter 5 - Planning and Response - The focus of this chapter is preparation for a release and initial response actions. Topics include recognizing warning signs of a leak, maintaining spill kits, knowing the location of the Emergency Stop button, and posting emergency contact information. Critical attention is given to clean-up and release reporting requirements, including sensitive receptor protection and state notification requirements.
Chapter 6 - Financial Documents - Owners and operators of petroleum USTs must demonstrate financial responsibility for bodily injury and property damage caused by spill and releases. This chapter covers financial responsibility statutes and financial assurance mechanisms as well as recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Chapter 7 - Registration and Installation - This chapter discusses required documentation and reporting. Topics include tank permits, registration and administrative documents, and UST installation requirements.
Chapter 8 - Inspection and Closure - UST testing and inspection requirements are covered in this chapter. Delivery prohibition and temporary and permanent tank closures are also addressed.
Skills covered in this course
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Underground Storage Tank
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Minnesota UST Class A/B Operator Training
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Description
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) certifies A/B operators through its own online exam. This course prepares you to sit and pass that exam.
What this course covers:
- How to register for and complete the MPCA online exam
- Spill and overfill prevention for underground storage tanks
- Release detection methods and recordkeeping
- EPA and Minnesota compliance responsibilities
- A final exam requiring 80% to print a completion certificate
Passing this course does not itself grant A/B certification, but it is an MPCA-approved way to prepare; it runs about four hours plus exam time.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Operator Overview
Chapter 2 - System and Components
Chapter 3 - Release Detection
Chapter 4 - Release Prevention
Chapter 5 - Planning and Response
Chapter 6 - Financial Documents
Chapter 7 - Registration and Installation
Chapter 8 - Inspection and Closure
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
Author
Practical American Safety Solutions, better (and more easily) known as PASS Training & Compliance, or PASS, was founded in response to the passing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, when the idea of UST Operator Training was first introduced. We worked closely with many state legislators and regulators to help finalize their laws to meet the federal requirements. We then quickly grew to expand relationships with nearly every US state and territory to become one of the country’s largest providers of UST Operator Training via our web-based learning management system, PASS Training.
As regulations grew and evolved, so did the demand on the time and attention of UST operators. We saw this as an opportunity to even better serve our customers, which lead to the development of our cloud-based compliance manage platform, PASS Tools for Companies, along with our partner-driven service provider network, PASS Tools for Service Providers.
As things continue to change we will always have a finger on the pulse of regulations and compliance in the UST and AST industries, to help ensure that our customers are equipped with everything necessary to easily and effectively do their jobs.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. It prepares you for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's own online exam, which is the actual credentialing step.
Minnesota A/B operators are accountable for release detection and the paperwork proving it happened, on top of the spill and overfill equipment itself and the EPA duties layered underneath the state's own.
The course walks through the registration and exam process step by step, since MPCA runs it separately from this training.
80% on the final exam here, which is separate from the MPCA exam itself.
About four hours for the course, plus additional time for the MPCA exam afterward.
This course is designed for supervisors who need to complete Minnesota MPCA Exam Preparation (Class A/B Operators) training
Yes. This course is designed to meet applicable federal requirements and commonly mandated state standards. Always confirm specific state or industry requirements with your local regulations.
The course takes approximately 240 minutes to complete and can be paused and resumed at any time.
Yes. Learners receive a downloadable certificate upon successful completion, which can be used for compliance records and audits.
Yes. You can assign this course to individuals or groups using Coggno’s LMS, or purchase multiple seats for your team.
Yes. This course can be exported for delivery in most learning management systems (SCORM compatible).
Yes. The course is fully self-paced and available 24/7.
Yes. This course includes a knowledge check to reinforce learning and verify completion.
Learners have lifetime access from the date of purchase.
Yes. A preview is available so you can review the course format and content before purchasing.
Yes. Content is reviewed and updated as regulations and best practices change.
No. This course is not included with the Prime Subscription and must be purchased separately.
Yes. Refund requests can be submitted within 30 days of purchase.
