1. Except as provided in subsection 2, the owner or operator of an underground storage tank existing on or before July 1, 1985, shall notify the department in writing by May 1, 1986, of the existence of each tank and specify the age, size, type, location and uses of the tank.
2. The owner of an underground storage tank taken out of operation between January 1, 1974 and July 1, 1985, shall notify the department in writing by July 1, 1986, of the existence of the tank unless the owner knows the tank has been removed from the ground. The notice shall specify to the extent known to the owner, the date the tank was taken out of operation, the age of the tank on the date taken out of operation, the size, type and location of the tank, and the type and quantity of substances left stored in the tank on the date that it was taken out of operation.
3. An owner or operator which brings into use an underground storage tank after July 1, 1985, shall notify the department in writing within thirty days of the existence of the tank and specify the age, size, type, location and uses of the tank.
4. An owner or operator of a storage tank described in section 455B.471, subsection 11, paragraph "a", which brings the tank into use after July 1, 1987, shall notify the department of the existence of the tank within thirty days. The registration of the tank shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars to be deposited in the storage tank management account. A tank which is existing before July 1, 1987, shall be reported to the department by July 1, 1989. Tanks under this section installed on or following July 1, 1987, shall comply with underground storage tank regulations adopted by rule by the department.
5. The notice of the owner or operator to the department under subsections 1 through 3 shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars for each tank included in the notice. All moneys collected shall be deposited in the storage tank management account of the groundwater protection fund created in section 455E.11. All moneys collected pursuant to this section prior to July 1, 1987, which have not been expended, shall be deposited in the storage tank management account.
6. Subsections 1 to 3 do not apply to an underground storage tank for which notice was given pursuant to section 103, subsection c, of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liabilities Act of 1980.
7. A person who deposits a regulated substance in an underground storage tank shall notify the owner or operator in writing of their notification requirements pursuant to this section.
8. A person who sells a tank intended to be used as an underground storage tank shall notify the purchaser of the tank in writing of the owner's notification requirements pursuant to this section.
9. It shall be unlawful to deposit a regulated substance in an underground storage tank which has not been registered pursuant to subsections 1 through 6.
The department shall furnish the owner or operator of an underground storage tank with a registration tag for each underground storage tank registered with the department. The owner or operator shall affix the tag to the fill pipe of each registered underground storage tank. A person who conveys or deposits a regulated substance shall inspect the underground storage tank to determine the existence or absence of the registration tag. If a registration tag is not affixed to the underground storage tank fill pipe, the person conveying or depositing the regulated substance may deposit the regulated substance in the unregistered tank provided that the deposit is allowed only in the single instance, that the person reports the unregistered tank to the department of natural resources, and that the person provides the owner or operator with an underground storage tank registration form and informs the owner or operator of the underground storage tank registration requirements. The owner or operator is allowed fifteen days following the report to the department of the owner's or operator's unregistered tank to comply with the registration requirements. If an owner or operator fails to register the reported underground storage tank during the fifteen-day period, the owner or operator shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars upon registration of the tank.
85 Acts, ch 162, § 3; 87 Acts, ch 225, § 604, 605
Referred to in § 455B.473A, 455B.474, 455B.477, 455E.11
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