Document ID: EPA-HQ-UST-2011-0301-0010
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2011-11-18T05:00Z

http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/42c82.txt
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

-HEAD-
    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.

-SOURCE-
    (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).