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UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK LAWS & REGULATIONS

California Law

• Underground Storage of Hazardous Substances (Health & Safety Code, Chapter 6.7)

Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (Health & Safety Code, Chapter 6.75)

Unified Program for Hazardous Materials Management

• Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act-(California Water Code, Division 7. Water Quality)

California Code of Regulations

• UST Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 16)

• UST Cleanup Fund Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 18)

• Tank Tester Licensing Regulations (CCR, Title 23, Division 3, Chapter 17)

• Unified Program Regulations (CCR, Title 27, Division 1, Subdivision 4, Chapter 1, Sections 15100-15620)

|Summary of Underground Storage Tank Regulations |

|Subject |State Regulation |

|New Design, Construction, Upgrade & Monitoring |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Articles 3 & 6, UST Regulations |

|Requirements | |

|Existing Monitoring Requirements |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 4, UST Regulations |

|Construction & Monitoring Variance Procedures |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 8, UST Regulations |

|Local Agency Requests for Additional Design & Construction|CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 9, UST Regulations |

|Standards | |

|Permit Application, Quarterly Reports & Trade Secret |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 10, UST Regulations |

|Request Requirements | |

|Release Reporting & Initial Abatement Requirements |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 5, UST Regulations |

|UST Closure Requirements |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 7, UST Regulations |

|Tank Tester Licensing Requirements |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 17, Tank Tester Licensing Regulations |

|Corrective Action Requirements (Cleanup) |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 11, UST Regulations |

|Electronic Data Reporting (GeoTracker) |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 16, Article 12, UST Regulations |

|Cleanup Fund |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 18, Petroleum UST Cleanup Fund Regulations |

|Closure Petitions (Corrective Action) |CCR, Title 23, Chapter 18, Article 6, UST Regulations |

| |California Code of Regulations (link to entire code) |

CALIFORNIA SENATE & ASSEMBLY BILLS

The following underground storage tank laws can be viewed at the Official California Legislative Information website :

BILL NUMBER: AB 2481, AUTHOR: Frommer, (Chapter 999, Statues of 2002)

SUMMARY: An agency omnibus measure that updates provisions governing underground storage tank programs (UST), certified unified program agencies (CUPA), and enforcement provisions under the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. It also extends the waiver for onsite sewer systems to June 30, 2004, and grants certain immunities to state agencies and personnel under the environmental insurance program. For more information link to the AB 2481 Fact Sheet..

BILL NUMBER: SJR 25, AUTHOR: Scott, (Chapter 98, Statutes of 2002)

SUMMARY: This resolution requests the Congress of the United States to review California's request to be exempted from the gasoline oxygenate additive requirement imposed by the Clean Air Act.

BILL NUMBER: SB 526, AUTHOR: Sher, (Chapter 37, Statutes of 2002)

SUMMARY: This bill clarifies underground storage tank closure certification requirements for tanks that may have contained methyl t-butyl ether, and permits the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency to solicit bids for state subsidized brownfields insurance without specifying in advance whether one or multiple providers will be selected.

BILL NUMBER: SJR 22, AUTHOR: Torlakson, (Chapter 7, Statutes of 2002)

SUMMARY: Asks the federal government to waive the requirement that gasoline sold in California be oxygenated.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1465, AUTHOR: Nation, (Chapter 154, Statutes of 2001)

SUMMARY: This bill is an omnibus bill that makes a number of technical and clarifying changes to the underground storage tank laws and expands the universe of petroleum underground storage tanks covered by the cleanup program.

BILL NUMBER: AB 2886, AUTHOR: Kuehl, (Chapter 727, Statutes of 2000)

SUMMARY: This omnibus water quality bill, sponsored by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), addresses the clean up of leaking underground storage tank sites, the clean up of abandoned mines, the investigation of storm drain effluents, and the analysis of water samples by approved laboratories.

BILL NUMBER: SB 1398, AUTHOR: Kelley, (Chapter 245, Statutes of 2000)

SUMMARY: This bill revises the conditions under which certain underground storage tanks (USTs) containing hazardous substances are exempt rom regulation, as follows: 1) Requires weekly, instead of daily, inspections of the UST by the tank's owner or operator. 2) Clarifies that the exemption does not prohibit a local fire chief or enforcement agency from enforcing applicable local or state fire, building or electrical code requirements.

BILL NUMBER: SB 989, AUTHOR: Sher, (Chapter 812, Statutes of 1999)

SUMMARY: This bill requires development of a timetable for eliminating the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in motor vehicle fuel at the earliest possible date, and seeks to protect groundwater supplies by specifying increased monitoring and containment requirements for certain tanks. It also boosts financial assistance for upgrading underground tanks, and requires multimedia evaluation of new specifications for motor vehicle fuel. Link to SB 989 Requirement Summary.

BILL NUMBER: SB 665, AUTHOR: Sher, (Chapter 328, Statues of 1999)

SUMMARY: Makes several minor and technical procedural and definitional changes to the operation of the State Water Resources Control Board's Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Program.

BILL NUMBER: SJR 15, AUTHOR: Sher, (Chapter 95, Statutes of 1999)

SUMMARY: Requests that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) grant an administrative waiver of the federal Clean Air Act oxygenated gasoline requirements for California. If the waiver is not granted, the resolution requests Congress to enact legislation permitting California to implement specified reformulated gasoline standards.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1491, AUTHOR: Cunneen, (Chapter 808, Statutes of 1997)

SUMMARY: This bill prohibits, beginning January 1, 1999, the delivery of petroleum to tanks that do not meet "new tank" or upgrade standards. The bill also establishes a method for enforcing the deadline.

BILL NUMBER: AB 592, AUTHOR: Kuehl, (Chapter 814, Statutes of 1997)

SUMMARY: Requires several actions related to potential contamination of groundwater by methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE).

BILL NUMBER: SB 562, AUTHOR: Thompson, (Chapter 611, Statues of 1996)

SUMMARY: Makes a number of significant and very important changes to the state's underground storage tank (UST) cleanup program.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1434, AUTHOR: Firestone, (Chapter 814, Statutes of 1995)

SUMMARY: This bill changes eligibility requirements for underground storage tank loans to make them available to larger businesses and increases the maximum amount of any loan. The bill increases the amount transferred to the Trade and Commerce Agency for the loan program for the 1995-96 fiscal year. The bill makes funds transferred to the Trade and Commerce Agency for loans continuously appropriated and extends the sunset for the loan program.

BILL NUMBER: SB 108, AUTHOR: Kelley, (Chapter 296, Statutes of 1994)

SUMMARY: Creates the Blythe Environmental Remediation Demonstration Project to provide the State Water Resources Control Board with experience in cleaning up areas contaminated by several leaking petroleum underground storage tanks (USTs) when the contamination has commingled.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1061, AUTHOR: Costa, 9-24-93 (Chapter 432, Statutes of 1993)

SUMMARY: Requires owners or operators of underground tanks used to store motor vehicle fuel to pay a mill assessment of 0.6 cent for each gallon of fuel placed into the tank. Revenues from the mill assessment are deposited in the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund and are used by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to reimburse owners of tanks that have leaked.

BILL NUMBER: SB 1082, AUTHOR: Calderon, (Chapter 418, Statutes of 1993)

SUMMARY: This bill has four separate parts: 1) Specifies a role for the Secretary of Trade and Commerce in the regulatory process; 2) Enacts a set of administrative requirements that apply to the implementation of environmental programs by CalEPA agencies; 3) Requires the creation of a consolidated regulatory program for hazardous waste facilities; and 4) Establishes a process for unifying the hazardous materials and hazardous waste programs that are administered by local government.

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