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42 USC Sec. 6991a 02/01/2010

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 TITLE 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

 CHAPTER 82 - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

 SUBCHAPTER IX - REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

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 Sec. 6991a. Notification

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 (a) Underground storage tanks

 (1) Within 18 months after November 8, 1984, each owner of an

 underground storage tank shall notify the State or local agency or

 department designated pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section

 of the existence of such tank, specifying the age, size, type,

 location, and uses of such tank.

 (2)(A) For each underground storage tank taken out of operation

 after January 1, 1974, the owner of such tank shall, within

 eighteen months after November 8, 1984, notify the State or local

 agency, or department designated pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of

 this section of the existence of such tanks (unless the owner knows

 the tank subsequently was removed from the ground). The owner of a

 tank taken out of operation on or before January 1, 1974, shall not

 be required to notify the State or local agency under this

 subsection.

 (B) Notice under subparagraph (A) shall specify, to the extent

 known to the owner -

 (i) the date the tank was taken out of operation,

 (ii) the age of the tank on the date taken out of operation,

 (iii) the size, type and location of the tank, and

 (iv) the type and quantity of substances left stored in such

 tank on the date taken out of operation.

 (3) Any owner which brings into use an underground storage tank

 after the initial notification period specified under paragraph

 (1), shall notify the designated State or local agency or

 department within thirty days of the existence of such tank,

 specifying the age, size, type, location and uses of such tank.

 (4) Paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection shall not apply

 to tanks for which notice was given pursuant to section 9603(c) of

 this title.

 (5) Beginning thirty days after the Administrator prescribes the

 form of notice pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section and

 for eighteen months thereafter, any person who deposits regulated

 substances in an underground storage tank shall reasonably notify

 the owner or operator of such tank of the owner's notification

 requirements pursuant to this subsection.

 (6) Beginning thirty days after the Administrator issues new tank

 performance standards pursuant to section 6991b(c) of this title,

 any person who sells a tank intended to be used as an underground

 storage tank shall notify the purchaser of such tank of the owner's

 notification requirements pursuant to this subsection.

 (b) Agency designation

 (1) Within one hundred and eighty days after November 8, 1984,

 the Governors of each State shall designate the appropriate State
 agency or department or local agencies or departments to receive

 the notifications under subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this

 section.

 (2) Within twelve months after November 8, 1984, the

 Administrator, in consultation with State and local officials

 designated pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section, and after

 notice and opportunity for public comment, shall prescribe the form

 of the notice and the information to be included in the

 notifications under subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.

 In prescribing the form of such notice, the Administrator shall

 take into account the effect on small businesses and other owners

 and operators.

 (c) State inventories

 Each State shall make 2 separate inventories of all underground

 storage tanks in such State containing regulated substances. One

 inventory shall be made with respect to petroleum and one with

 respect to other regulated substances. In making such inventories,

 the State shall utilize and aggregate the data in the notification

 forms submitted pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this

 section. Each State shall submit such aggregated data to the

 Administrator not later than 270 days after October 17, 1986.

 (d) Public record

 (1) In general

 The Administrator shall require each State that receives

 Federal funds to carry out this subchapter to maintain, update at

 least annually, and make available to the public, in such manner

 and form as the Administrator shall prescribe (after consultation

 with States), a record of underground storage tanks regulated

 under this subchapter.

 (2) Considerations

 To the maximum extent practicable, the public record of a

 State, respectively, shall include, for each year -

 (A) the number, sources, and causes of underground storage

 tank releases in the State;

 (B) the record of compliance by underground storage tanks in

 the State with -

 (i) this subchapter; or

 (ii) an applicable State program approved under section

 6991c of this title; and

 (C) data on the number of underground storage tank equipment

 failures in the State.

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 (Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 9002, as added Pub. L. 98-616,

 title VI, Sec. 601(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3278; amended Pub. L.

 99-499, title II, Sec. 205(b), Oct. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 1696; Pub.

 L. 109-58, title XV, Sec. 1526(c), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1098.)

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 AMENDMENTS 

 2005 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109-58 added subsec. (d).

 1986 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-499 added subsec. (c).