Judgment in accordance with division’s order

Any order of a hearing officer issued after a hearing as provided in Code Section 12-13-16 or any order of the director issued pursuant to Code Section 12-13-14, either unappealed from as provided in those Code sections or affirmed or modified on any review or appeal pursuant to Code Section 12-13-16, from which no further review is taken or allowed under Code Section 12-13-16 may be filed, as unappealed from or as affirmed or modified, if reviewed or appealed, by certified copy 1188 12-13-18 from the director in superior court of the county wherein the person under order resides or, if said person is a corporation, in the county wherein the corporation maintains its principal place of business or in the county wherein the violation occurred. The superior court shall then render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect and all proceedings in relation thereto shall be the same as though said judgment had been rendered in an action duly heard and determined by such court. History. — Code 1981, § 12-13-17, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1. 12-13-18. Required compliance with chapter; proof that petroleum subjected to environmental fee; violations of chapter; access to property. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the storage of regulated substances in underground tanks except in such a manner so as to conform to and comply with any provisions of this chapter or any of the rules, regulations, and orders established under this chapter. The owner or operator of any underground storage tank for petroleum shall maintain proof that all petroleum stored in such tank after July 1, 1988, was subjected to the environmental fee imposed in subsection (a) of Code Section 12-13-10. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this Code section, it shall be a violation of this chapter to: (1) Cause or permit the release of a regulated substance from an underground storage tank into the environment; or (2) Install an underground storage tank that does not meet the minimum standards pursuant to this chapter or the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. (c) Any real property owner adjoining a leaking underground storage tank site who refuses to allow either the owner or operator or the division, through its agents or contractors, access for purposes of providing corrective action for any pollution that may have migrated onto the adjoining real property from the leaking underground storage tank site shall be responsible for the remediation and cleanup of that pollution plume should it migrate off that real property onto the real property of another. History. — Code 1981, § 12-13-18, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 804, § 10.