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(Senators M. Hall, Blair, Carmichael, Facemire,
Trump, Woelfel, Williams and Stollings, original sponsors)
AN ACT to repeal §22-31-3, §22-31-4, §22-31-5, §22-31-6, §22-31-7, §22-31-8, §22-31-9, §22-31-10, §22-31-11 and §22-31-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated, §16-1-9f; to amend and reenact §22-30-2, §22-30-3, §22-30-4, §22-30-5, §22-30-6, §22-30-7, §22-30-8, §22-30-9, §22-30-10, §22-30-11, §22-30-12, §22-30-13, §22-30-14, §22-30-15, §22-30-16, §22-30-17, §22-30-18, §22-30-19, §22-30-21, §22-30-22, §22-30-24 and §22-30-25 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-30-26; and to amend and reenact §22-31-2 of said code, all relating to protection of water resources and public health generally; amending the Aboveground Storage Tank Act; defining terms; requiring secretary to compile inventory of aboveground storage tanks in the state; requiring registration; authorizing certain fees; authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to propose emergency and legislative rules; creating alternative regulatory program to allow permitted and otherwise regulated entities to compel permits and plans to accomplish tank and secondary containment standards under existing programs; requiring secretary to develop regulatory program for tanks; creating a zone of peripheral concern for some; creating certain exemptions to regulation; providing factors to be considered in a program; requiring inspection and certification of tanks; requiring evidence of financial responsibility; requiring corrective action and plans; requiring spill prevention response plans; requiring notice of type and quantity of fluids stored in tanks to local water utilities and governments; requiring posting of signs at or near tanks; creating an administrative fund; creating Protect Our Water Fund; authorizing public access to certain information; authorizing inspections, monitoring and testing by secretary; authorizing secretary to issue administrative orders and seek injunctive relief; providing for civil and criminal penalties; allowing appeals to Environmental Quality Board; prohibiting duplicative enforcement; requiring interagency coordination; establishing duties of secretary upon imminent and substantial danger; providing additional duties and powers of secretary generally; providing for waiver of certain requirements; authorizing secretary to require individual NPDES permits; authorizing Secretary of Department of Health and Human Resources to inventory potential sources of significant contamination; membership of study commission; scope of study; and establishing reporting requirements.
That §22-31-3, §22-31-4, §22-31-5, §22-31-6, §22-31-7, §22-31-8, §22-31-9, §22-31-10, §22-31-11 and §22-31-12 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be repealed; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-9f; that §22-30-2, §22-30-3, §22-30-4, §22-30-5, §22-30-6, §22-30-7, §22-30-8, §22-30-9, §22-30-10, §22-30-11, §22-30-12, §22-30-13, §22-30-14, §22-30-15, §22-30-16, §22-30-17, §22-30-18, §22-30-19, §22-30-21, §22-30-22, §22-30-24 and §22-30-25 of said code be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-30-26; and that §22-31-2 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
(1) "Aboveground storage tank" or "tank" or “AST” means a device made to contain an accumulation of more than one thousand three hundred twenty gallons of fluids that are liquid at standard temperature and pressure, which is constructed primarily of nonearthen materials, including concrete, steel, plastic or fiberglass reinforced plastic, which provide structural support, more than ninety percent of the capacity of which is above the surface of the ground, and includes all ancillary pipes and dispensing systems up to the first point of isolation. The term includes stationary devices which are permanently affixed, and mobile devices which remain in one location on a continuous basis for three hundred sixty-five or more days. A device meeting this definition containing hazardous waste subject to regulation under 40 C. F. R. Parts 264 and 265, exclusive of tanks subject to regulation under 40 C. F. R. § 265.201 is included in this definition but is not a regulated tank. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the following categories of devices are not subject to the provisions of this article:
(13) “Regulated level 1 aboveground storage tank” or “level 1 regulated tank” means:
(15) “Regulated aboveground storage tank” or “regulated tank” means an AST that meets the definition of a level 1 or level 2 regulated tank.(16) "Release" means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, or leaching of fluids from an aboveground storage tank into the waters of the state or escaping from secondary containment..
(2) Identify all facility-related positions with duties and responsibilities for overseeing the implementation of the facility’s plan and list all facility emergency coordinators;
(a) Each owner or operator of a regulated aboveground storage tank shall pay an annual fee to assure adequate response to releases from aboveground storage tanks. The amount of fees assessed pursuant to this section shall be set forth by rule. The proceeds of the assessment shall be paid into a special revenue account, hereby created within the State Treasury, designated the Protect Our Water Fund” The fund shall be administered by the secretary. Expenditures from the fund shall be solely to respond to releases from aboveground storage tanks.
(d) To ensure protection of the water resources of the state and compliance with any provision of this article or rule promulgated thereunder, the secretary shall inspect level 1 regulated tanks at least once every three years. The secretary shall develop an inspection protocol for level 2 regulated tanks.§22-30-16. Administrative orders; injunctive relief.
(h) Civil penalties are payable to the secretary. All moneys collected under this section for civil fines collected under this article shall be deposited into either the AST Administrative Fund or the Protect Our Water Fund. All money deposited into these accounts shall be used by the secretary solely for the purposes described in sections twelve and thirteen of this article..