§ 7415. Implementation and reporting requirements.
§ 7415. Implementation and reporting requirements. The Department, in conjunction with the Delaware Geological Survey, shall conduct a study to demonstrate the feasibility of a comprehensive inventory of underground storage tanks to include new, existing and abandoned tanks. It shall be conducted within an area of the State to be designated by the Department and […]
§ 7416. Groundwater risk assessment.
§ 7416. Groundwater risk assessment. (a) Because groundwater protection and management is an underlying issue related to leaking underground storage tanks, information on the risks to groundwater resources will be needed to facilitate implementation of the regulations. (b) The Delaware Geological Survey shall, under the auspices and direction of the Committee, and in cooperation with […]
§ 7417. Use of Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act funding.
§ 7417. Use of Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act funding. The Department may use funding from the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund (§ 9113 of this title) to support the implementation of this chapter, including but not limited to preventing releases from underground storage tanks, removing or properly closing in place underground storage tanks that are suspected […]
§ 7418. Tank registration fee.
§ 7418. Tank registration fee. (a) All owners/operators of underground storage tanks shall pay to the Department an annual per tank registration fee of $50 on or before February 1 of each calendar year. Registration fees not received by the Department by February 1 shall be subject to a late charge of $30. Payment shall […]
§ 7419. Environmental liens; recovery of expenditures [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 5].
§ 7419. Environmental liens; recovery of expenditures [For application of this section, see 79 Del. Laws, c. 69, § 5]. (a) Pursuant to the provisions of this section, all reasonable costs expended by the State related to investigating a release or suspected release of a regulated substance from an underground storage tank system including, but […]
§ 7406. Release of substances prohibited; correction of substance release; Department intervention.
§ 7406. Release of substances prohibited; correction of substance release; Department intervention. (a) No person shall knowingly allow a release from an underground storage tank to continue without taking immediate steps to report the release to the Department. (b) Responsible parties shall take measures for the prompt control, containment, and removal of the released regulated […]
§ 7407. Release detection, prevention and correction regulations.
§ 7407. Release detection, prevention and correction regulations. (a) The Department, after notice and opportunity for public comment, and within 12 months after July 12, 1985, shall promulgate release detection, prevention and correction regulations applicable to underground storage tanks, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. (b) In promulgating regulations under […]
§ 7408. Inspection and monitoring.
§ 7408. Inspection and monitoring. (a) For the purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing this chapter, any owner or operator of any underground storage tank, and any owner of a facility, shall, upon the request of any duly designated officer or employee of the State, furnish information relating […]
§ 7409. Delaware Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Response Fund.
§ 7409. Delaware Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Response Fund. (a) The Delaware Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Response Fund is hereby established as a nonlapsing revolving fund to be used by the Department for the investigation and remediation of petroleum underground storage tank release. All expenses, costs and judgments recovered pursuant to this section, and all […]
§ 7410. Financial responsibility.
§ 7410. Financial responsibility. (a) The Department shall adopt regulations for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility by all owners and operators for taking corrective action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by accidental releases from the operation of underground storage tank systems in the following amounts: (1) An amount […]