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V.I. Code tit. 12, § 552 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 14 - Brownsfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act|§ 552. Brownsfield restoration and land renewal policy and programs

 The Department, the Economic Development Authority and other appropriate agencies shall establish policies and programs to implement the public policy of the Territory to eliminate public health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial real property in the Virgin Islands for use and reuse as sources of employment, housing, recreation and open-space areas.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 554 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 14 - Brownsfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act|§ 554. Designation as a Brownsfield Site, recording of designation

 (a) Once the Department has designated a site as Brownsfield, the Department shall issue institutional controls limiting the uses of the site. These controls must be recorded with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Recorder of Deeds as a deed notice, and shall run with the land. (b) The Department may impose, approve or be a holder of Environmental Covenants pursuant to 28 V.I.C., chapter 18.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 556 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 14 - Brownsfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act|§ 556. Limitation on liability at remediated properties under the jurisdiction of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

 (a) Any person not otherwise liable under Virgin Islands law or regulations, who acquires any title, security interest, or any other interest in real property located in the Virgin Islands listed on the National Priorities List under the jurisdiction of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C., §9601 et seq., after the property has been remediated to the satisfaction of the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is not subject to civil enforcement or remediation action under this chapter, the Virgin Islands Water Pollution Control Act[,] the Virgin Islands Air Pollution Control Act, the Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Act, the Underground Storage Tank Act or any other applicable Virgin [I]slands law, or to private civil suit, related to contamination that was the subject of the satisfactory remediation, existing at or immediately contiguous to the property prior to the person acquiring title, security interest, or any other interest in such property. (b) Any person who acquires any title, security interest, or other interest in property from a person described in subsection (a) is not subject to enforcement or remediation actions or private civil suits to the same extent as the person provided in subsection (a). (c) A person who holds title, a security interest, or any other interest in propertys [sic] prior to the property's being acquired by a person described in subsection (a) is not relieved of any liability or responsibility by reacquiring title, a security interest, or any other interest in the property. (d) This chapter may not be construed to limit the statutory or regulatory authority of any government agency or to limit the liability or responsibility of any person when the activities of that person alter the remediation referred to in subsection (a). This section does not modify the liability, if any, of a person who holds title, a security interest, or any other interest in property prior to satisfactory remediation or the liability of a person who acquires the property after satisfactory remediation for damage caused by contaminants not included in the remediation.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 557 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 14 - Brownsfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act|§ 557. Access to abandoned Brownsfield sites

 (a) Any department or agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands may apply to the appropriate court for access to an abandoned Brownsfield site in order to investigate contamination, to abate any hazard caused by the improper management of substances within the jurisdiction of the Department, or to remediate the site. The petition must include a demonstration that all reasonable efforts have been made to locate the owner, operator or other responsible party and a plan approved by the Commissioner and which is consistent with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. The approval or disapproval of a plan may not be considered a case decision as defined by the Rules of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands. (b) Any person, department, or agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands not otherwise liable under federal or territorial law or regulation who performs any investigative, abatement or remediation activities pursuant to this section does not become subject to civil enforcement or remediation action under Chapter 14 of this title or other applicable Virgin Islands laws or to private civil suits related to contamination not caused by its investigative, abatement or remediation activities. (c) This section does not in any way limit the authority of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Commissioner, or Government of the Virgin Islands otherwise created by law.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 601 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 601. Short title

 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Conservation Easement Act.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 602 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 602. Applicability

 (a) This chapter applies to any interest created after its effective date which complies with this chapter, whether designated as a conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise. (b) This chapter applies to any interest created before its effective date, if it would have been enforceable had it been created after its effective date unless retroactive application contravenes the constitution or laws of this State or the United States. (c) This chapter does not invalidate any interest, whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction, easement, or otherwise, that is enforceable under other law of this territory.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 603 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 603. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Conservation easement” means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations the purposes of which include retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property. (b) “Holder” means a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real properly under the laws of this territory or the United States; or (1) a charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, the purposes or powers of which include retaining or protecting the natural, scenic, or open-space values of real property, assuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, or open-space use, protecting natural resources, maintaining or enhancing air or water quality, or preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property. (c) “Third-party right of enforcement” means a right provided in a conservation easement to enforce any of its terms granted to a governmental body, charitable corporation, charitable association, or charitable trust, which, although eligible to be a holder, is not a holder.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 604 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 604. Creation, conveyance, acceptance and duration

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a conservation easement may be created, conveyed, recorded, assigned, released, modified, terminated, or otherwise altered or affected in the same manner as other easements. (b) No right or duty in favor of or against a holder and no right in favor of a person having a third-party right of enforcement arises under a conservation easement before its acceptance by the holder and a recordation of the acceptance. (c) Except as provided in section 605(b), a conservation easement is unlimited in duration unless, the instrument creating it otherwise provides. (d) An interest in real property in existence at the time a conservation easement is created is not impaired, by it unless the owner of the interest is a party to the conservation easement or consents to it.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 605 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 605. Judicial actions

 (a) An action affecting a conservation easement may be brought by: (1) an owner of an interest in the real property burdened by the easement; (2) a holder of the easement; (3) a person having a third-party right of enforcement; or (4) a person authorized by other law. (b) This chapter does not affect the power of a court to modify or terminate a conservation easement in accordance with the principles of law and equity.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 606 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 606. Validity

 A conservation easement is valid even though: (a) it is not appurtenant to an interest in real property; (b) it can be or has been assigned to another holder; (c) it is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law; (d) it imposes a negative burden; (e) it imposes affirmative obligations upon the owner of an interest in the burdened property or upon the holder; (f) the benefit does not touch or concern real property; or (g) there is no privity of estate or of contract.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 607 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 15 - Uniform Conservation Easements|§ 607. Uniformity of application and construction

 The Uniform Conservation Easement Act enacted under this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws with respect to the subject of the Act among states enacting it.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 651 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 651. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as the Virgin Islands Underground Storage Tank Act.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 652 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 652. Declaration of purpose

 The ground and surface waters of the United States Virgin Islands are a significant and essential portion of the natural resources of the territory protected by various chapters of this title. The failure of underground systems for the storage and handling of petroleum liquids, related sludge and other chemicals may result in the significant contamination of these resources, as well as hazards to human health and the environment. It is the purpose of this chapter to regulate in the public interest underground storage tanks within the territory so as to prevent ground and surface water contamination, as well as soil or subsoil contamination from the failure of underground storage tank systems.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 655 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 655. Registration of underground storage tanks; renewal; fees

 (a) Any person that owns or operates an UST system or intends to install an underground storage tank shall register each tank with the Department on forms provided by the Department and consistent with the following provisions: (1) Any person that owns or operates an UST system that commenced use on or before the effective date of this chapter shall register each tank with the Department no later than 60 days following the effective date of this chapter. (2) Any person that intends to install an UST system after the effective date of this chapter shall register each tank with the Department 45 days before the date of installation. (b) Any person that owned or operated an underground storage tank that was removed from the ground on or after May 8, 1986, or any owner or operator of an abandoned or non-operational UST system shall register each tank within 90 days of the effective date of this chapter on forms provided by the Department. (c) The Commissioner, by regulation, shall specify the registration information that must be submitted consistent with the provisions and purposes of this chapter and shall prescribe and provide forms therefore. (d) The Commissioner, by regulation, shall require renewal of underground storage tank registration at such intervals as he considers necessary and proper. (e) The Commissioner, by regulation, may establish and collect reasonable fees in amounts sufficient to cover the cost of initial tank registration, renewal, and late filing fees for failure to register or renew within the time period provided.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 656 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 656. Non-transfer of registration; notice of change of registration information

 (a) Underground storage tank registration issued by the Department is not transferable. (b) The owner or operator of an underground storage tank system shall notify the Department of any change in ownership of either the tank or the property upon which the tank is located within 30 days after the contract date to date of closing on a form provided by the Department and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by regulation. The Department shall issue the new owner or operator a new registration consistent with the changes specified in the completed form. (c) The owner or operator of an underground storage tank shall submit to the Department on a form provided by the Department any modification of any information provided pursuant to registration or renewal process within 30 days after the modification. (d) The modifications referred to in subsection (c) of this section include, the following: (1) installation, removal or disabling of a monitoring system; (2) substantial changes or renewal of connected piping or ancillary equipment; (3) a change in the type of regulated substance stored in the underground storage tank; and (4) change of ownership.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 657 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 657. Placement of new UST system

 (a) All UST systems installed after the effective date of this chapter shall be located a distance not less than 100 feet from a water well or other source of groundwater. (b) In areas where the water level is less than six (6) feet from the bottom of excavation for the installation of any UST system, a sheet of impermeable material shall be installed around the perimeter of the excavation. (c) All underground storage tanks installed in areas of occasional high water tables shall be properly secured to prevent the tank from floating. (d) An underground storage tank may not be installed below the water level of the area.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 658 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 658. New UST systems; permits

 (a) It is unlawful for an owner or operator to use or operate an underground storage tank system that is installed after the effective date of this chapter without first having obtained a permit issued by the Commissioner. (b) A permit to use or operate an UST system may not be issued unless: (1) the tank, whether of single or double-walled construction, is properly designed and constructed, and any portion underground that routinely contains product is protected from corrosion, in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory, and; (A) will prevent releases due to corrosion, structural failure, or manufacturing defects for the operational life of the tank; (B) is cathodically protected against corrosion, constructed of non-corrosive material, steel clad with a non-corrosive material, or designed in a manner to prevent the release or threatened release of any stored substance; and (C) the material used in the construction or lining of the tank is compatible with the substance to be stored. (2) such piping that routinely contains regulated substances and is in contact with the ground is properly designed, constructed, and protected from corrosion in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or independent testing laboratory or as may be prescribed by regulation; (3) spill and overfill prevention equipment, as specified by the Department or by regulation, has been properly installed and will prevent the release of product into the environment in the event of such occurrence; (4) An owner and operator has ensured that one of the following methods of certification, testing, or inspection has been used to demonstrate compliance with subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section: (A) The installer has been certified or licensed by the tank and piping manufacturers; or (B) The installer has been certified or licensed by the Department; or (C) The installation has been inspected and certified by a registered professional engineer with education and experience in UST system installation; or (D) The installation has been inspected and approved by the Department; or (E) All work listed in the manufacture's checklist has been completed; or (F) The owner and operator have complied with another method of ensuring compliance with subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section that is determined by the Department to be no less protective of human health and the environment. (5) all tanks, connected piping and ancillary equipment have been properly installed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and inspected and approved by the Department. The requirements specified in this subsection do not affect the necessity to comply with any other applicable provisions of the Virgin Islands Code, or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code set forth in chapter 9 of title 23.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 659 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 659. Existing UST system; permits

 All existing UST systems must comply with one of the following requirements by December 22, 1998, and may not be operated beyond that date without having been issued a permit by the Commissioner: (1) new UST system performance standards pursuant to the provision of section 657, subsection (b) of this chapter; (2) tank upgrading requirements as specified by regulation, of which continued operation of the UST system shall be subject to the issuance of a permit by the Department; or (3) closure and corrective action requirements as provided by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 660 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 660. Duration of permits; fees

 (a) Permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued for a specified term, as prescribed by regulation, but such a permit may not be issued for more than five years. Upon expiration of a permit, the Commissioner may issue a new permit following a review by the Department in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed. (b) The Commissioner, by regulation, may establish and collect reasonable fees in amounts sufficient to cover the cost of processing permit applications, renewal of permits and for the processing of late applications for permit renewal.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 661 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 661. Operating requirements for all UST systems

 All owners and operators of UST systems for the protection of human health and the environment shall comply with all regulations promulgated by this Department which are no less stringent than the corresponding federal requirements to ensure that: (a) releases due to spilling and overfilling do not occur; (b) all steel UST systems with corrosion protection are in compliance with all territorial and federal requirements and operated and maintained to continuously provide protection from corrosion for as long as the UST system is used to store a regulated substance; (c) all UST systems equipped with cathodic protection are inspected for proper operation by a qualified, licensed cathodic protection tester at intervals prescribed by the Department and utilizing inspection criteria in accordance with a code of practice developed be a nationally recognized or independent testing laboratory; (d) all regulated substances stored in the UST system are compatible with the material used in the construction or lining of the tank; and (e) all repairs to the UST system are properly made by an individual certified by the Department and (1) performed in compliance with all territorial rules and regulations and requirements, and (2) conducted in accordance with a code of practice developed by a nationally recognized association or an independent testing laboratory.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 663 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 663. Certification; renewal; re-certification; reciprocity; fees

 (a) It is unlawful for any individual to design, install, retrofit, repair, maintain, conduct any type of tank testing or analysis, decommission, or temporarily or permanently close a UST system without first complying with the certification requirements established by the Department. (b) The Commissioner, by regulation, shall establish qualifications and procedures for certification. (c) The Commissioner, by regulation, shall require re-certification, as necessary, to insure continued compliance. (d) The Commissioner may waive all or part of the certification requirements of this chapter on a reciprocal basis with any state or territory that has substantially the same standards, and may issue a certificate on the basis of reciprocity. (e) The Commissioner, by regulation, may establish and collect fees for any certification service performed by the Department for initial certification, re-certification and late filing fees, as may be necessary.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 664 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 664. Certificate classification; denial, suspension, or revocation of certification; proof of financial responsibility

 (a) The Commissioner may classify certificates issued pursuant to this chapter. (b) The Commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke the certification of any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. (c) The Commissioner may require proof of financial responsibility, including the maintenance of pollution liability insurance, prior to the issuance or renewal of certification.
V.I. Code tit. 12, § 665 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 12 - Conservation|Chapter 16 - Underground Storage Tanks|§ 665. Recording of UST in land records

 For the purpose of placing future purchasers on notice, the owner of the property on which an underground storage tank is located shall record the existence and location of underground storage tank in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in the district where the UST is located. (a) The Commissioner, by regulation, shall establish the information to be recorded and the procedure to be followed. (b) If the owner of the real property fails to comply with the provision of this section, the Commissioner may record the required information.