Title 22

Disbursements from the fund for the purpose of paying clean-up costs or satisfying third party liability claims shall not be made until rules and regulations establishing administrative guidelines and procedures which shall govern the manner in which disbursements are made are ef…

This chapter may be cited as the “Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Act.” (Acts 1988, No. 88-378, p. 557, §2; Acts 1993, No. 93-628, p. 1062, §2.)

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK. Any one or combination of stationary tanks affixed permanently to the ground or other support str…

There is hereby created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the “fund,” to be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The fund shall be used by the department as a revolving fund for car…

(a) Every owner of an underground or aboveground storage tank as defined in this chapter shall pay an Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund fee as established by the provisions of this chapter to be paid to the department. During the first year next following Octobe…

(a) There is hereby created the Alabama Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Management Board, hereinafter referred to as the “management board,” comprised of nine voting members: One member appointed by the Governor for a three-year term, one member appointed by t…

(a) The financial responsibility requirements for taking response action by underground motor fuel storage tank owners or operators shall be set at five thousand dollars ($5,000) per occurrence, and for aboveground tank owners or operators the financial responsibility requirement…

(a) The Legislature finds that in order to provide for the expeditious rehabilitation of contamination sites, voluntary rehabilitation of contamination sites should be encouraged, provided that such rehabilitation is conducted in a manner and to a level of completion which will p…

(a) Administration cost of all the provisions of this chapter shall be charged to the fund. Annual budgets for administration are to be included as part of the regular department budget, except that the annual budget of the management board shall not be a part of the department b…