POP QUIZ: How many can you get right?

Interesting facts about the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s

Petroleum Storage Tank Division

• How many products does the PSTD regulate? 4, 6, or 7

• How many departments are there in the PSTD? 3, 4, or 5

• PSTD Fuel Inspectors check calibration and octane levels. True or False

• What year was the PSTD Indemnity Fund created? 1983, 1989, or 2010

The Petroleum Storage Tank Division (PSTD) enforces state and federal regulations which pertain to aboveground and underground storage tanks that contain antifreeze, motor oil, motor fuel, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and aviation fuel. 

PSTD comprises four departments:

• Accounting

• Administrative

• Compliance and Inspection

• Technical

PSTD Fuel Inspectors check the calibration of fuel pumps to ensure customers are receiving the accurate amount of fuel at each purchase. Inspectors also check octane levels and assist tank owners with proper release detection methods. 

PSTD also administers the Indemnity Fund, created by the Legislature in 1989 to assist storage tank owners meet a requirement for financial responsibility associated with petroleum storage tanks and leaking tanks. 

Recently, the PSTD invited stakeholders to participate in their “2025 Roundtable Discussion” both in-person and online. Here is a summary of what was discussed (and the pop quiz answers are 7, 4, True, 1989):