§22-17-18. Appeal to Environmental Quality Board
Any person aggrieved or adversely affected by an order of the director made and entered in accordance with the provisions of this article may appeal to the environmental quality board, pursuant to the provisions of article one, chapter twenty-two-b of this code.
§22-17-19. Disclosures Required in Deeds and Leases
(a) The grantor in any deed or other instrument of conveyance or any lessor in any lease or other instrument whereby any real property is let for a period of time shall disclose in such deed, lease or other instrument the fact that such property, or the substrata of such property whether or not the […]
§22-17-20. Appropriation of Funds; Underground Storage Tank Administrative Fund
(a) The secretary shall collect annual registration fees from owners of underground storage tanks. The registration fee collected under this section may not exceed $65 per tank per year. All such registration fees and the net proceeds of all fines, penalties and forfeitures collected under this article including accrued interest shall be paid into the […]
§22-17-9. Registration Requirements; Undertaking Activities Without Registration
(a) No person may operate any underground storage tank for the purpose of storing any regulated substance identified or listed under this article without registering with the director and paying a registration fee for such underground storage tank. (b) No person may install any underground storage tank after the effective date of this article without […]
§22-17-10. Financial Responsibility
The director shall promulgate rules, as provided in section six of this article, containing requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility as deemed necessary and desirable for taking reasonable corrective action and for compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by sudden and nonsudden accidental releases arising from operating an underground storage […]
§22-17-1. Short Title
This article may be known and cited as the “Underground Storage Tank Act”.
§22-17-2. Declaration of Policy and Purpose
The Legislature recognizes that large quantities of petroleum and hazardous substances are stored in underground storage tanks within the State of West Virginia and that emergency situations involving these substances can and will arise which may present a hazard to human health, safety or the environment. The Legislature also recognizes that some of these substances […]
§22-17-3. Definitions
(a) “Change in status” means causing an underground storage tank to be no longer in use or a change in the reported uses, contents or ownership of an underground storage tank. (b) “Director” means the director of the West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection or such other person to whom the director has delegated authority […]
§22-17-4. Designation of Division of Environmental Protection as the State Underground Storage Tank Program Lead Agency
The Division of Environmental Protection is hereby designated as the state underground storage tank program lead agency for purposes of Subtitle I and is hereby authorized to take all actions necessary or appropriate to secure to this state the benefits of said legislation. In carrying out the purposes of this article, the director is hereby […]
§22-17-5. Powers and Duties of Director; Integration With Other Acts
(a) In addition to all other powers and duties prescribed in this article or otherwise by law, and unless otherwise specifically set forth in this article, the director shall perform any and all acts necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of Subtitle I. (b) The director shall cooperate with and may receive and […]