SB381: Bill Text

SB381,3 Section 3. 168.125 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,3,9 168.125 Reports; payment. Persons who are liable for the fee under this subchapter s. 168.12 shall state the number of gallons of petroleum products on which the fee is due and the amount of their liability for the fee in the reports under s. 78.12 (1) to (3). The requirements for payment of the motor vehicle fuel tax under s. 78.12 (5) apply to the fee under this subchapter s. 168.12.

SB381,4 Section 4. 168.21 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,3,12 168.21 (1) “Combustible liquid" means a liquid having a flash point at or above 100 degrees fahrenheit and below 200 degrees fahrenheit Fahrenheit.

SB381,5 Section 5. 168.21 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,3,15 168.21 (4) “Flammable liquid" means a liquid having a flash point below 100 degrees fahrenheit Fahrenheit.

SB381,6 Section 6 . 168.21 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,3,20 168.21 (5) “Flash point" means the minimum temperature at which a flammable liquid or combustible liquid will give off sufficient flammable vapors to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface of the liquid or within the vessel which contains the liquid.

SB381,7 Section 7. 168.21 (6m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,3,23 168.21 (6m) “Tank system” means a tank and its associated piping and equipment.

SB381,8 Section 8. 168.22 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,3,25 168.22 (title) Storage tanks tank systems.

SB381,9 Section 9. 168.22 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,4,6 168.22 (1) Except as provided under subs. (2) to (5), every person who constructs, owns, or controls a tank system for the storage, handling, or use of liquid that is a flammable or liquid, combustible liquid, or liquid that is a federally regulated hazardous substance shall comply with the standards adopted under s. 168.23.

SB381,10 Section 10. 168.22 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,4,9 168.22 (2) This subchapter does not apply to storage tanks which tank systems that require a hazardous waste license under s. 291.25.

SB381,11 Section 11. 168.22 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,4,13 168.22 (3) This subchapter does not apply to storage tanks which tank systems that are installed above ground level and which that are less than 5,000 110 gallons in capacity.

SB381,12 Section 12. 168.22 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,4,18 168.22 (4) (intro.) Any rules promulgated under s. 168.23 requiring an owner to test the ability of a storage tank, connected piping or ancillary equipment system to prevent an inadvertent release of a stored substance liquid do not apply to storage tanks tank systems that satisfy all of the following:

SB381,13 Section 13. 168.23 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,5,5 168.23 (1) The department shall promulgate by rule construction, maintenance, and abandonment standards applicable to tanks tank systems for the storage, handling, or use of liquids that are flammable or liquids, combustible liquids, or liquids that are federally regulated hazardous substances, and to the property and facilities where the tanks tank systems are located, for the purpose of protecting the waters of the state from harm due to contamination by liquids that are flammable or liquids, combustible liquids, or liquids that are federally regulated hazardous substances. The rule shall comply with ch. 160. The rule may include different standards for new and existing tanks tank systems, but all standards shall provide substantially similar protection for the waters of the state. The rule shall include maintenance requirements related to the detection and prevention of leaks.

SB381,5,9 (1r) The rule promulgated under sub. (1) may require any person supplying heating oil to any noncommercial storage tank for consumptive use on the premises to submit to the department, within 30 days after the department requests, the location, contents, and size of any such tank.

SB381,14 Section 14. 168.23 (1g) of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,5,16 168.23 (1g) The department may promulgate rules to provide fire and life safety by ensuring the safe storage, display, installation, operation, use, maintenance, and transportation of flammable liquids, combustible liquids, or liquids that are federally regulated hazardous substances and the equipment, facilities, buildings, and premises that are used to store, transfer, and dispense those liquids.

SB381,15 Section 15. 168.23 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,5,24 168.23 (2) The department may transfer any information which that the department receives under sub. (1) (1r) to any other agency or governmental unit. The department and any such agency shall treat the name of the owner and the location of any noncommercial storage tank which that stores heating oil for consumptive use on the premises, required to be submitted to the department under sub. (1) (1r), as confidential and shall not permit inspection or copying under s. 19.35 of any record containing the information.

SB381,16 Section 16. 168.23 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,6,8 168.23 (3) The rule promulgated under sub. (1) may require the certification or registration of persons who install, remove, clean, line, perform tightness testing on and inspect tanks tank systems; persons who design, install, test, and maintain cathodic protection systems for tank systems; and persons who perform site assessments. Any rule requiring certification or registration shall also authorize the revocation or suspension of the certification or registration. The department may not require an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 to pay any fee that may be charged pursuant to such a rule.

SB381,17 Section 17. 168.23 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,6,14 168.23 (4) The department shall promulgate a rule specifying fees for plan review and inspection of tanks tank systems for the storage, handling, or use of flammable or liquids, combustible liquids, or liquids that are federally regulated hazardous substances and for any certification or registration required under sub. (3).

SB381,18 Section 18 . 168.23 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,6,23 168.23 (5) (a) Subject to par. (b), in addition to any fee charged by the department by rule for plan review and approval for the construction of a new or additional installation or change in operation of a previously approved installation for the storage, handling, or use of a liquid that is flammable or liquid, combustible liquid, or liquid that is a federally regulated hazardous substance, as defined in s. 168.21 (3), the department shall collect a groundwater fee of $100 for each plan review submittal. The moneys collected under this subsection shall be credited to the environmental fund for environmental management.

SB381,19 Section 19 . 168.23 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,7,5 168.23 (5) (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), an installation for the storage, handling, or use of a liquid that is flammable or liquid, combustible liquid, or liquid that is a federally regulated hazardous substance, as defined in s. 168.21 (3), that has a capacity of less than 1,000 gallons is not subject to the groundwater fee under par. (a).

SB381,20 Section 20. 168.25 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,7,8 168.25 (1m) The department may contract with any person for services to administer or implement this subchapter.

SB381,21 Section 21. 168.255 of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,7,12 168.255 Attorney general and district attorney to prosecute. Upon request of the department, the attorney general or proper district attorney shall prosecute any action to enforce this subchapter.

SB381,22 Section 22. 168.28 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,7,15 168.28 (title) Inventory of petroleum product storage tanks for certain regulated products.

SB381,23 Section 23. 168.28 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 168.28 (1) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB381,7,19 168.28 (1) (a) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 168.01 (3), “petroleum “Regulated product" means materials a liquid that is any of the following:

SB381,7,22 1. A substance derived from petroleum, natural gas, or asphalt deposits and includes, including gasoline, diesel and heating fuels, liquefied petroleum gases, lubricants, waxes, greases, and petrochemicals.

SB381,24 Section 24 . 168.28 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,7,24 168.28 (1) (a) 2. A federally regulated hazardous substance.

SB381,25 Section 25. 168.28 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

SB381,8,1 168.28 (1) (a) 3. Any other substance regulated under 40 CFR part 280.

SB381,26 Section 26. 168.28 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,8,6 168.28 (1) (b) “Storage tank" means an enclosed container with a capacity in excess of 60 gallons which that is used to hold a petroleum regulated product, regardless of the duration of storage and which that is intended for use as a fixed, rather than as a portable, installation.

SB381,27 Section 27. 168.28 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB381,8,15 168.28 (2) Inventory of storage tanks. The department shall undertake a program to inventory and determine the location of every aboveground storage tanks tank with a capacity of 110 gallons or more and every underground storage tanks tank with a capacity of 60 gallons or more. The department may require its deputies and any person engaged in the business of distributing petroleum regulated products to provide information on the location of aboveground storage tanks and underground storage tanks. The department shall develop uniform procedures for reporting the location of aboveground storage tanks and underground storage tanks.

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