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3 | 3 | | HB390 |
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4 | 4 | | 3PPR1VV-1 |
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5 | 5 | | By Representatives Shirey, Stadthagen |
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6 | 6 | | RFD: Commerce and Small Business |
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7 | 7 | | First Read: 05-Mar-25 |
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12 | 12 | | 5 3PPR1VV-1 03/04/2025 KMS (L)ccr 2025-1128 |
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14 | 14 | | First Read: 05-Mar-25 |
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15 | 15 | | SYNOPSIS: |
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16 | 16 | | Under existing law, the Alabama Drycleaning |
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17 | 17 | | Environmental Response Trust Fund Advisory Board is |
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18 | 18 | | responsible for administering a dry cleaners' |
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19 | 19 | | self-insurance fund for the investigation, assessment, |
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20 | 20 | | and remediation of environmental contamination caused |
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21 | 21 | | by dry cleaning operations. |
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22 | 22 | | This bill would delete the requirement that the |
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23 | 23 | | Alabama Department of Environmental Management Act |
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24 | 24 | | prevent other units of federal, state, and local |
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25 | 25 | | governments from becoming involved in contamination |
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26 | 26 | | problems. |
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27 | 27 | | This bill would also reduce the balance of |
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28 | 28 | | monies the board is required to maintain in the Alabama |
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29 | 29 | | Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund from one |
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30 | 30 | | million to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. |
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31 | 31 | | A BILL |
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32 | 32 | | TO BE ENTITLED |
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33 | 33 | | AN ACT |
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34 | 34 | | Relating to the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental |
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35 | 35 | | Response Trust Fund Advisory Board; to amend Sections 22-30D-4 |
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36 | 36 | | and 22-30D-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the requirement |
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66 | 66 | | and 22-30D-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to delete the requirement |
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67 | 67 | | that the Alabama Department of Environmental Management |
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68 | 68 | | prevent the involvement of other units of federal, state, and |
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69 | 69 | | local governments in contamination problems; and to reduce the |
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70 | 70 | | required minimum balance to be maintained in the Alabama |
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71 | 71 | | Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund from one million |
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72 | 72 | | to two hundred fifty thousand dollars. |
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73 | 73 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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74 | 74 | | Section 1. Sections 22-30D-4 and 22-30D-7 of the Code |
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75 | 75 | | of Alabama 1975, are amended to read as follows: |
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76 | 76 | | "§22-30D-4 |
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77 | 77 | | (a)(1) All owners and operators and all wholesale |
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78 | 78 | | distributors shall elect by May 24, 2001, to be covered or not |
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79 | 79 | | to be covered by this chapter and shall do so by notifying the |
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80 | 80 | | department in writing that such the owner or operator or |
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81 | 81 | | wholesale distributor elects to be covered or not to be |
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82 | 82 | | covered by this chapter. Following May 24, 2001, any owner or |
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83 | 83 | | operator or wholesale distributor who may have initially |
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84 | 84 | | elected not to be covered by this chapter or who may have |
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85 | 85 | | inadvertently failed to notify the department may notify the |
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86 | 86 | | department that such the owner or operator or wholesale |
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87 | 87 | | distributor has reconsidered and desires to be covered by the |
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88 | 88 | | fund, but any such owner or operator or wholesale distributor |
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89 | 89 | | shall, with its notice of request for coverage, shall be |
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90 | 90 | | required to pay to the Department of Revenue the registration |
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91 | 91 | | fees which that would otherwise have been due to the fund had |
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92 | 92 | | such the owner or operator or wholesale distributor elected to |
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93 | 93 | | be covered by this chapter prior to May 24, 2001. Coverage by |
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124 | 124 | | this chapter shall be effective on the date that a written |
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125 | 125 | | notice of an election to be covered is received by the |
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126 | 126 | | department. The department shall maintain a listing of all |
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127 | 127 | | owners or operators or wholesale distributors who shall have |
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128 | 128 | | elected to be covered or not to be covered by this chapter and |
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129 | 129 | | shall advise the board from time to time of the names of those |
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131 | 131 | | (2) Any owner or operator or wholesale distributor who |
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132 | 132 | | shall elect elects not to be covered by this chapter or shall |
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133 | 133 | | fail fails to notify the department that it has determined to |
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134 | 134 | | reconsider within the times set forth above in subdivision (1) |
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135 | 135 | | shall be relieved of any of the obligations imposed on owners |
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136 | 136 | | or operators or wholesale distributors under this chapter, |
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137 | 137 | | including any obligation to register or pay registration fees. |
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138 | 138 | | (3) Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter to |
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139 | 139 | | the contrary, any owner or operator or wholesale distributor |
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140 | 140 | | who shall so elect elects not to be covered by this chapter or |
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141 | 141 | | shall fail fails to notify the department that it has |
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142 | 142 | | determined to reconsider within the times set forth above in |
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143 | 143 | | subdivision (1) shall thereafter permanently and irrevocably |
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144 | 144 | | waive and relinquish any benefit, coverage, protection, |
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145 | 145 | | payment, or waiver of liability otherwise afforded by this |
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146 | 146 | | chapter. An election not to be covered by the fund or a |
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147 | 147 | | failure to reconsider by any owner or operator or wholesale |
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148 | 148 | | distributor who shall be is an individual, shall include and |
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149 | 149 | | bind any relative by blood within the third degree of |
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150 | 150 | | consanguinity or by marriage, and in the case of a corporation |
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151 | 151 | | or other legal entity, any current or former subsidiary, |
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182 | 182 | | division, stockholder, parent company, partner, member, |
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183 | 183 | | successor or assign, or any predecessor-in-title or |
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185 | 185 | | (4) If on May 31, 2002, the registration fees collected |
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187 | 187 | | wholesale distributors who shall have elected to be covered by |
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188 | 188 | | this chapter shall not have not generated total receipts in |
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189 | 189 | | excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000), then in such event |
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190 | 190 | | the fund shall terminate, the board shall refund to all owners |
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191 | 191 | | or operators or wholesale distributors who shall have paid |
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192 | 192 | | into the fund the pro rata portion of payments to such that |
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193 | 193 | | date, less expense of charges against the fund, and thereafter |
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194 | 194 | | the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void and of |
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195 | 195 | | no further force or effect of law. |
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196 | 196 | | (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the monies |
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197 | 197 | | in the fund will only be utilized to address contamination |
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198 | 198 | | that is caused by drycleaning agents occurring at or on |
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199 | 199 | | drycleaning facilities, abandoned drycleaning facilities, |
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200 | 200 | | wholesale distribution facilities, or real property of |
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201 | 201 | | impacted third parties or adjacent landowners, whether such |
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202 | 202 | | the contamination occurred or was discovered before or after |
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203 | 203 | | May 24, 2000; provided , that monies in the fund shall be used |
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204 | 204 | | only for payment for costs of investigation, assessment, or |
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205 | 205 | | remediation that which are incurred after May 24, 2000; and |
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206 | 206 | | further provided , that this chapter and the fund created |
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207 | 207 | | hereby by this chapter shall benefit only those owners or |
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209 | 209 | | drycleaning facilities who shall have elected to be covered by |
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240 | 240 | | this chapter and impacted third parties and adjacent |
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241 | 241 | | landowners impacted or adjacent to drycleaning facilities or |
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242 | 242 | | wholesale distribution facilities of such the owners or |
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243 | 243 | | operators or wholesale distributors. The board and the |
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244 | 244 | | department shall jointly administer this chapter under the |
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245 | 245 | | following criteria: |
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246 | 246 | | (1) The department shall allow owners or operators, |
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250 | 250 | | contamination under the oversight of the department utilizing |
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251 | 251 | | monies in the fund under the oversight of the board, including |
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252 | 252 | | costs incurred for initial investigations in determining that |
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253 | 253 | | contamination has actually occurred. The fund shall not be |
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254 | 254 | | used to deal with address contamination at any facilities |
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255 | 255 | | other than drycleaning facilities, abandoned drycleaning |
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256 | 256 | | facilities, wholesale distribution facilities, or the real |
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257 | 257 | | property of impacted third parties or adjacent landowners. |
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258 | 258 | | (2) If the response actions to releases are conducted |
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259 | 259 | | pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 300 or pursuant to regulations |
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260 | 260 | | adopted by the department under subsection (c), the department |
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261 | 261 | | shall not require any owner or operator, person owning any |
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262 | 262 | | abandoned drycleaning facility, wholesale distributor, |
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263 | 263 | | impacted third party, or adjacent landowner to: (i) Obtain any |
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264 | 264 | | state permit or engage in closure, post-closure, or corrective |
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265 | 265 | | action pursuant to AHWMMA; (ii) establish or maintain any |
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266 | 266 | | financial assurance or other financial requirement; or (iii) |
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298 | 298 | | the deductible set forth in Section 22-30D-7, in connection |
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300 | 300 | | abandoned drycleaning facility, wholesale distribution |
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301 | 301 | | facility, or at the real property of impacted third parties or |
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302 | 302 | | adjacent landowners which may have failed to operate as a |
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303 | 303 | | permitted treatment, storage , or disposal facility as defined |
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304 | 304 | | under AHWMMA. |
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305 | 305 | | (3) To the fullest extent allowed by law, the |
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306 | 306 | | department shall provide its oversight in such a manner that |
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307 | 307 | | other units of federal, state, and local government, including |
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308 | 308 | | the United States Environmental Protection Agency, do not |
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309 | 309 | | become involved in contamination problems resulting from |
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310 | 310 | | drycleaning facilities, abandoned drycleaning facilities, or |
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312 | 312 | | (4)(3) To the fullest extent allowed by law, the |
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313 | 313 | | department shall make every reasonable effort to allow for |
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314 | 314 | | such interim action as may be necessary to keep sites where |
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315 | 315 | | contamination exists off of the national priorities list, as |
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317 | 317 | | (5)(4) The department shall not seek out contamination |
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319 | 319 | | of this chapter. Monies shall be made available by the board |
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320 | 320 | | for the use as contamination is discovered, whether such the |
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322 | 322 | | (6)(5) Careful consideration shall be given by the |
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325 | 325 | | and in reduction of total costs of remediation. Such The |
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356 | 356 | | remedial activities should receive consideration by the |
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357 | 357 | | department as a high priority. |
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358 | 358 | | (7)(6) The department, in its discretion, may allow the |
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359 | 359 | | use of innovative technology to perform remedial activities. |
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360 | 360 | | (c) In addition to the powers and duties specified in |
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363 | 363 | | administer and enforce this chapter, it being the intent of |
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364 | 364 | | the Legislature that contamination caused by drycleaning |
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365 | 365 | | agents shall be managed solely in accordance with this chapter |
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366 | 366 | | and the rules and regulations to be adopted. Consistent with |
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367 | 367 | | these purposes, such the rules and regulations shall , at a |
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368 | 368 | | minimum, shall establish or adopt the following standards, |
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369 | 369 | | schedule, and criteria: |
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370 | 370 | | (1) Establishing performance standards for drycleaning |
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371 | 371 | | facilities and wholesale distribution facilities first brought |
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372 | 372 | | into use on or after the effective date of regulations rules |
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373 | 373 | | authorized by this subsection. Such The performance standards |
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374 | 374 | | shall be effective when the rules and regulations adopted |
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375 | 375 | | become final. The performance standards for new drycleaning |
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376 | 376 | | facilities and wholesale distribution facilities shall allow |
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377 | 377 | | the use of new technology as it becomes available and shall, |
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414 | 414 | | and which wastes contain any regulated quantity of drycleaning |
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415 | 415 | | agent, shall ensure delivery of all such wastes to a facility |
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416 | 416 | | that is legally authorized to manage or recycle wastes that |
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418 | 418 | | b. A prohibition of the release of wastewater |
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420 | 420 | | facilities to any sanitary sewer or septic tank, any land or |
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421 | 421 | | ground application thereof, or any discharge to the waters of |
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423 | 423 | | c. A requirement of compliance with the national |
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424 | 424 | | emission standards for hazardous air pollutants for |
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425 | 425 | | perchloroethylene drycleaning facilities promulgated adopted |
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427 | 427 | | September 22, 1993, including revisions and applicable |
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428 | 428 | | regulations thereto. |
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429 | 429 | | d. A requirement that all drycleaning agents or wastes |
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430 | 430 | | containing drycleaning agents be stored in appropriate closed |
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431 | 431 | | containers and handled so as to minimize the risk of spills or |
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435 | 435 | | each drycleaning agent or waste storage area, which structures |
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436 | 436 | | shall be capable of containing a release of drycleaning agent. |
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437 | 437 | | f. A requirement that those portions of all diked floor |
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438 | 438 | | surfaces upon which any drycleaning agent may leak, spill, or |
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472 | 472 | | delivered to each drycleaning machine or other storage |
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473 | 473 | | container located within a drycleaning facility by means of |
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474 | 474 | | closed, direct-coupled delivery systems, but only after such |
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475 | 475 | | the systems become generally available. |
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476 | 476 | | h. A requirement for reporting of releases of a |
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478 | 478 | | agent occurring after May 24, 2000. |
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479 | 479 | | (2) Adopting a schedule requiring the retrofitting of |
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481 | 481 | | in existence on or before May 24, 2000, in order to conform |
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482 | 482 | | the drycleaning facility to the rules and regulations |
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483 | 483 | | authorized by subdivision (1) and to implement the performance |
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484 | 484 | | standards established pursuant to subdivision (1). The |
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485 | 485 | | schedule may phase in the standards authorized by this |
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488 | 488 | | subdivision requiring retrofitting shall not require an owner |
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490 | 490 | | May 24, 2000, to replace an existing drycleaning unit unless |
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531 | 531 | | or the environment and necessary or appropriate emergency |
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532 | 532 | | action, to assure that human health or safety is not |
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533 | 533 | | threatened by such the contamination. |
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534 | 534 | | (4) Establishing criteria to prioritize those sites at |
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535 | 535 | | which contamination is reported to the department and which |
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536 | 536 | | may require investigation, assessment, and, if necessary, |
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537 | 537 | | remediation. The criteria shall include consideration of each |
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538 | 538 | | of the following factors: |
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539 | 539 | | a. The degree to which human health and the environment |
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540 | 540 | | are actually affected by exposure to the contamination. |
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541 | 541 | | b. The future risk to human health or the environment |
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542 | 542 | | resulting from the contamination. |
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543 | 543 | | c. The benefit to be derived from remediation compared |
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544 | 544 | | to the cost of conducting such the remediation. |
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545 | 545 | | d. The present and future use of an affected aquifer or |
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547 | 547 | | e. The possibility of no further action. |
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548 | 548 | | f. The effect that interim or immediate remedial |
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549 | 549 | | measures will have on future costs. |
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550 | 550 | | g. The amount of monies available in the fund. |
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554 | 554 | | (5) Establishing requirements for investigation, |
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555 | 555 | | assessment, and, if necessary, remediation of contamination in |
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556 | 556 | | the order of priority established by the department. |
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557 | 557 | | (6) Establishing criteria under which a determination |
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588 | 588 | | may be made by the department of the extent of contamination |
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589 | 589 | | at which: (i) no remediation is required at the site ,; or (ii) |
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590 | 590 | | if remediation is necessary, the extent to which remediation |
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591 | 591 | | shall be deemed completed ,; and (iii) that no further action |
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592 | 592 | | is required. Criteria for determining completion of |
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593 | 593 | | remediation shall include the factors set forth in subdivision |
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594 | 594 | | (4). If contamination has or is suspected to have migrated |
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595 | 595 | | from the site to real property of an adjacent landowner, |
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596 | 596 | | investigation, assessment, and, if necessary, remediation of |
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597 | 597 | | contamination will be determined under these criteria." |
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599 | 599 | | (a) Prior to the approval of an expenditure of any |
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600 | 600 | | funds monies under this chapter with respect to payment for |
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601 | 601 | | costs incurred for investigation, assessment, and, if |
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602 | 602 | | necessary, remediation at a particular site, every owner or |
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603 | 603 | | operator covered by this chapter, person owning any abandoned |
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604 | 604 | | drycleaning facility eligible for coverage by this chapter, or |
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605 | 605 | | impacted third party filing a request with the board for |
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606 | 606 | | payment, shall accept responsibility for the first ten |
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607 | 607 | | thousand dollars ($10,000), as a deductible amount, of the |
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608 | 608 | | actual costs to be incurred with that particular site. Each |
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609 | 609 | | wholesale distributor covered by this chapter shall accept |
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610 | 610 | | responsibility for the first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), |
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611 | 611 | | as a deductible amount , of the actual cost to be incurred with |
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612 | 612 | | a wholesale distribution facility. An adjacent landowner shall |
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613 | 613 | | not be required to accept responsibility for any costs |
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647 | 647 | | (1) An owner or operator covered by this chapter, a |
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648 | 648 | | person owning any abandoned drycleaning facility eligible for |
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649 | 649 | | coverage by this chapter, or a wholesale distributor covered |
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650 | 650 | | by this chapter may request payment from the fund for cost of |
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651 | 651 | | investigation, assessment, and remediation above the |
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652 | 652 | | applicable deductible set forth in subsection (a) incurred in |
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653 | 653 | | connection with a contamination discovered before or after May |
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654 | 654 | | 24, 2000, that has been reported to the board and the |
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655 | 655 | | department by filing a request for reimbursement pursuant to |
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656 | 656 | | the procedures established by the board ; provided, however |
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657 | 657 | | that no. No payment shall be made from the fund for cost of |
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658 | 658 | | investigation, assessment, and remediation incurred prior to |
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659 | 659 | | May 24, 2000. An impacted third party or adjacent landowner |
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660 | 660 | | may seek payment from the fund for cost of investigation, |
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661 | 661 | | assessment, or remediation above the applicable deductible(s) |
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662 | 662 | | deductible or deductibles set forth in subsection (a) incurred |
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663 | 663 | | in connection with contamination by filing a request for |
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664 | 664 | | payment pursuant to the procedures established by the board ; |
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665 | 665 | | provided the. The board shall determine that : (i) the owner or |
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667 | 667 | | drycleaning facility eligible for coverage by this chapter, or |
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668 | 668 | | wholesale distributor covered by this chapter has failed or |
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669 | 669 | | refused to engage in investigation, assessment, or remediation |
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670 | 670 | | in connection with the contamination ,; and (ii) that the |
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672 | 672 | | the impacted third party or adjacent landowner poses a threat |
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673 | 673 | | to the environment or the public health, safety, or welfare |
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704 | 704 | | which warrants investigation, assessment, or remedial action |
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705 | 705 | | in accordance with criteria established by this chapter and |
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706 | 706 | | the rules and regulations adopted by the director. |
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707 | 707 | | (2) The board shall not obligate the expenditure of |
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708 | 708 | | funds from the fund in the amount in excess of two hundred |
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709 | 709 | | fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per fiscal year of the fund |
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710 | 710 | | for costs of investigation, assessment, and remediation of |
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711 | 711 | | contamination at any particular site, unless upon request by |
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712 | 712 | | any party, including the department, the board first |
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713 | 713 | | determines that such the excess expenditure is required to |
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714 | 714 | | avoid an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health |
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715 | 715 | | or the environment. |
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716 | 716 | | (3) The board shall not obligate a distribution of |
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717 | 717 | | monies from the fund that at any time would result in the |
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718 | 718 | | diminution of the fund below a balance of one million dollars |
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719 | 719 | | ($1,000,000) two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) |
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720 | 720 | | unless an emergency exists that the board has determined |
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721 | 721 | | constitutes an imminent and substantial endangerment to human |
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722 | 722 | | health or the environment. In the event of an emergency as |
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723 | 723 | | described herein, the board shall approve the payment of |
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724 | 724 | | reasonable response costs to remove the imminent and |
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725 | 725 | | substantial endangerment to human health or the environment. |
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726 | 726 | | (4) The board shall not authorize distribution of fund |
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727 | 727 | | monies to any of the following sites or facilities: |
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728 | 728 | | a. Sites that are contaminated by drycleaning agents |
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729 | 729 | | where the contamination at such the sites did not result from |
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730 | 730 | | the operation of a drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning |
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731 | 731 | | facility, or wholesale distribution facility. |
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732 | 732 | | b. Sites that are not drycleaning facilities, abandoned |
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762 | 762 | | b. Sites that are not drycleaning facilities, abandoned |
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763 | 763 | | drycleaning facilities, wholesale distribution facilities, or |
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764 | 764 | | the real property of impacted third parties or adjacent |
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765 | 765 | | landowners, but are contaminated by a release that resulted |
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766 | 766 | | from drycleaning agents being transported to or from a |
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767 | 767 | | drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning facility, or |
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768 | 768 | | wholesale distribution facility. |
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769 | 769 | | c. Any drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning |
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770 | 770 | | facility, wholesale distribution facility, or any property of |
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771 | 771 | | any impacted third party or adjacent landowner that has been, |
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772 | 772 | | or is in the future, identified by the United States |
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773 | 773 | | Environmental Protection Agency as a federal superfund site |
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774 | 774 | | pursuant to 40 C.F.R. Part 300 et seq. |
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775 | 775 | | d. Any drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning |
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776 | 776 | | facility, wholesale distribution facility, or any real |
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777 | 777 | | property of any impacted third party or adjacent landowner |
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778 | 778 | | which has obtained a treatment, storage, or disposal permit |
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779 | 779 | | pursuant to the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
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780 | 780 | | (RCRA) or AHWMMA regulations. |
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781 | 781 | | e. Any drycleaning facility, abandoned drycleaning |
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782 | 782 | | facility, wholesale distribution facility, or any real |
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783 | 783 | | property owned or leased by any owner or operator or wholesale |
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784 | 784 | | distributor who shall elect elects not to be covered by the |
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785 | 785 | | provisions of this chapter within the time(s) time or times |
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786 | 786 | | required by this chapter or any real property of any impacted |
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787 | 787 | | third party or adjacent landowner impacted by or adjacent to |
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788 | 788 | | any such owner or operator or wholesale distributor. |
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789 | 789 | | f. Any owner or operator, wholesale distributor, owner |
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820 | 820 | | of any abandoned drycleaning facility, or impacted third party |
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821 | 821 | | who shall fail fails to pay or be delinquent in payment of the |
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822 | 822 | | registration fees required by the provisions of this chapter." |
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823 | 823 | | Section 2. This act shall become effective on October |
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