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IC 13-23-1-1 Version b
Establishment and operation of program
Note: This version of section effective 1-1-2013. See also
preceding version of this section, effective until 1-1-2013.
Sec. 1. (a) The department shall establish and operate an
underground storage tank release detection, prevention, and
correction program under this article according to rules adopted by
the board.
(b) The department may contract with another state agency to
jointly operate the program under a memorandum of agreement that:
(1) may be amended;
(2) must contain the specific duties of the department and the
contracting agency; and
(3) is available to the public for inspection.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.131-1997, SEC.2;
P.L.133-2012, SEC.153.
IC 13-23-1-2
Rules
Sec. 2. (a) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2,
IC 13-14-8, and IC 13-14-9 for the establishment and operation of the
program established under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) The rules must not be less stringent than the regulations
adopted by the Administrator of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency under Section 9003 of the federal Solid Waste
Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6991b, as amended).
(c) The rules adopted under subsection (a) must include the
following:
(1) Requirements for maintaining:
(A) a leak detection system;
(B) an inventory control system coupled with tank testing; or
(C) a comparable system or method;
designed to identify releases in a manner consistent with the
protection of human health and the environment.
(2) Requirements for maintaining records of any:
(A) monitoring;
(B) leak detection system;
(C) inventory control system or tank testing; or
(D) comparable system.
(3) Requirements for reporting of:
(A) any releases; and
(B) corrective action taken in response to a release.
(4) Requirements for ordering or taking corrective action in
response to a release.
(5) Requirements for closure of underground storage tanks to
prevent future releases of regulated substances into the
environment.
(6) Requirements for maintaining evidence of financial
responsibility for:
(A) taking corrective action; and
(B) compensating third parties for bodily injury and property
damage caused by sudden and nonsudden accidental releases
arising from the operation of an underground storage tank.
(7) Standards of performance for new underground storage
tanks.
(8) Requirements for the following:
(A) Providing notice to the department of the existence of
operational and nonoperational underground storage tanks,
as required under 42 U.S.C. 6991a(a).
(B) Providing the information required on the form
prescribed under 42 U.S.C. 6991a(b)(2).
(C) Providing notice, by any person who sells a tank
intended to be used as an underground storage tank, to the
purchaser of that tank of the owner's notification
requirements established by this article and 42 U.S.C.
6991a(a).
(9) Requirements for the delivery prohibition program
prescribed under 42 U.S.C. 6991k, including:
(A) notice to owners or operators when an underground
storage tank is declared ineligible for delivery, deposit, or
acceptance of a regulated substance; and
(B) procedures to enforce the delivery prohibition that
include the use of a temporary emergency order under
IC 4-21.5-4 for violations of section 4(a) of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.38-2012, SEC.2.
IC 13-23-1-4
Delivery prohibition program
Sec. 4. (a) This section shall be enforced under IC 4-21.5-4.
(b) To fully implement the delivery prohibition program
requirements under 42 U.S.C. 6991k, the commissioner may:
(1) determine whether an underground storage tank is eligible
for delivery, deposit, or acceptance of a regulated substance;
and
(2) issue a temporary order to prohibit the use of an
underground storage tank that has been determined to be
ineligible under subdivision (1), and demand compliance with
the rules adopted under this chapter as follows:
(A) If an underground storage tank inspection shows failure
to install equipment for:
(i) corrosion protection;
(ii) leak detection;
(iii) overfill protection; or
(iv) spill prevention.
The commissioner must give the owner or operator written
notice before implementing a temporary order under this
clause.
(B) If the owner or operator fails to properly operate or
maintain equipment for corrosion protection, leak detection,
overfill protection, and spill prevention. The commissioner
must give the owner or operator:
(i) a written warning; and
(ii) at least thirty (30) days to take corrective action to
bring the underground storage tank into compliance.
(C) If the owner or operator fails to register an underground
petroleum storage tank or pay annual registration fees that
are due under IC 13-23-12. The commissioner must give the
owner or operator at least thirty (30) days to take corrective
action to bring the underground storage tank into
compliance.
(c) If ownership of an ineligible underground storage tank is
transferred, the new owner must complete the corrective actions
required to comply with an order issued by the commissioner to the
previous owner.
(d) The commissioner may act to carry out this section prior to the
adoption of rules by the board under section 2 of this chapter. This
subsection expires January 1, 2015.
As added by P.L.38-2012, SEC.3.