Underground Storage Tank Act
West Virginia · Uniform Environmental Covenants Act · §§ 22-17-1 to 22-17-9 · 23 sections
Overview
The act regulates underground storage tanks containing petroleum and other regulated substances, giving the administering state department rulemaking authority along with powers to permit tanks, conduct inspections, take samples, and require owners and operators to report leaks and maintain inventories of the substances stored. It establishes a corrective action framework covering contamination cleanup, the treatment of petroleum mixing zones, and response to conditions posing an imminent hazard, and it sets out the scope of liability for releases together with the defenses and exclusions available. Compliance is backed by administrative and civil penalties subject to appeal, injunctions, cleanup orders, and liens, with a dedicated special revenue account supporting the program.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 207 W. Va. 54 - State v. Zain
Sections covered
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-1Short title
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-10Financial responsibility
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-11Performance standards for new underground storage tanks
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-12Confidentiality
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-13Inspections, monitoring and testing
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-14Corrective action for underground petroleum storage tanks1 cite
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-15Administrative orders; injunctive relief; requests for reconsideration
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-16Civil penalties
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-17Public participation
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-18Appeal to environmental quality board
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-19Disclosures required in deeds and leases
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-2Declaration of policy and purpose
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-20Appropriation of funds; Underground Storage Tank Administrative Fund
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-21Leaking underground storage tank response fund
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-22Underground Storage Tank Insurance Fund
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-23Duplicative enforcement prohibited
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-3Definitions1 cite
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-4Designation of Division of Environmental Protection as the state underground storage tank program lead agency
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-5Powers and duties of director; integration with other acts
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-6Promulgation of rules and standards by director
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-7Underground storage tank advisory committee; purpose
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-8Notification requirements
- W. Va. Code § 22-17-9Registration requirements; undertaking activities without registration
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