Section 1102. Siting regulations.
The Environmental Quality Board shall develop siting regulations for new aboveground storage tank facilities which shall contain detailed provisions which an applicant shall use to evaluate a potential site. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, consideration for public health and safety, protection of water supply sources, water quality, air quality, flooding, topography, soil conditions and hydrogeology. The board shall hold at least one public hearing on the siting regulations and shall solicit and take into consideration written public comments, prior to final adoption.
Compiler's Note: Section 502(c) of Act 18 of 1995, which created the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection, provided that the Environmental Quality Board shall have the powers and duties currently vested in it, except as vested in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by Act 18 of 1995, which powers and duties include those set forth in section 1102.