Chapter 21J

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Board'', the underground storage tank petroleum product cleanup fund administrative review board. ''Bulk facility'', a facility including pipeline terminals, refinery terminals, rails an…

Section 10. If an owner or operator received a reimbursement pursuant to this chapter for a cost, expense, or obligation incurred in remediating a release or a threat of a release of a petroleum product caused by the negligent action of some other person, the board, acting on beh…

Section 11. Claims submitted to the board pursuant to this chapter, and procedures for acting on such claims, shall not be adjudicatory proceedings and shall not be subject to those provisions of chapter thirty A, or any other law, governing adjudicatory proceedings. Any owner or…

Section 12. Any owner or operator who possesses a fee collected or payable under this chapter and who fails to remit the fee to the department at the time and in the manner required by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department shall be required to pay the appli…

Section 13. Any owner or operator who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder (1) shall be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for each such violatio…

Section 14. The penalties, and interest remitted to the treasurer by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the General Fund.

Section 2. (A) A fee is hereby imposed on the use of a dispensing facility at the site of delivery of petroleum product. The fee imposed under this paragraph shall be adjusted at the beginning of each calendar year, by the percentage, if any, by which the consumer price index, as…

Section 3. No owner or operator who has a responsibility pursuant to any law with respect to environmental cleanup actions, awarding third party damages or preventing the need for environmental cleanup actions shall avoid or delay such responsibility, or be excused from such resp…

Section 4. The purpose of the fund shall be to prevent the need for environmental cleanup actions and to expedite environmental cleanup actions by providing partial reimbursements to owners or operators of underground storage tanks or underground storage tank systems or who are d…

Section 5. Reimbursements described in subsection (a) of section four shall be subject to the cap specified in subsection (a) of this section and the deductibles specified in subsection (b) of this section: (a) for each tank eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this chapter, re…

Section 6. No owner or operator shall receive reimbursement pursuant to this chapter unless a claim for such reimbursement has been submitted in writing to, and approved in writing by, the board. The commissioner of revenue shall make payments from the fund for any claim approved…

Section 7. The cargo manifests or invoices or copies of the cargo manifests or invoices and any other records required under this chapter or regulations of the department shall be maintained for a period of four years after the date on which the document or other record is prepar…

Section 8. There is hereby established the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration, collection, reporting, and payment of the fees payable or collected pursuant to this chapter…

Section 9. In order to be eligible for reimbursement from the fund an owner or operator described in section four must comply with the following:— (a) An owner or operator must have completed, as the case may be, all underground storage tank or underground storage tank system reg…