Report Title:

Underground Storage Tanks

Description:

Ensure compliance with the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005.  (SD1)

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	942
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to conform the State's underground storage tank laws to the requirements of the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005, P.L. 109-58, to ensure department of health eligibility for federal grants.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 342L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§342L‑   Delivery, deposit, and acceptance prohibition. No person shall deliver to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into an underground storage tank regulated under this chapter at a facility that has been identified by the department to be ineligible for such delivery, deposit, or acceptance.  The delivery prohibition may go into effect at a facility before a hearing is conducted by the director. "

     SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.