SB1301 - 442R - House Bill Summary

House of Representatives

SB 1301

appropriation; underground storage tanks

Sponsors: Senators Bowers, Richardson

X	Committee on Appropriations
	Caucus and COW	This bill as introduced contains *an Appropriation clause.*
	As Passed the House

SB 1301 makes an appropriation to the underground storage tank (UST) state assurance account in the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and specifies the distribution of a previous appropriation.

History

The UST program was established in 1989 by the Legislature to implement regulations adopted by Congress in 1984 as a part of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The program was designed to prevent, detect and clean up releases of petroleum and other hazardous (regulated) substances into the groundwater, surface and subsurface soils. The program also provides financial coverage to underground storage tank owners and operators for upgrading and removing tanks and the clean up of site contamination from leaking tanks. Program funding comes from a one cent per gallon excise tax on regulated substances (primarily petroleum), a $100 tank registration fee and two federal grants.

Provisions

· Appropriates $2 million in FY 2000-01 from the general fund to the DEQ for deposit in the Area A account of the UST revolving fund assurance account to be used only for paying claims for partial coverage of corrective actions costs. This appropriation shall not be used for administrative costs and is exempt from lapsing.

· States that the $1.3 million appropriation for FY 2000-01 from Laws 1999 shall be distributed to the Area A and non-Area A accounts based on the amounts collected from those areas in FY 1993-94. Monies distributed to non-Area A account shall not exceed the amount necessary to repay the non-Area A portion of the $3 million transferred from the underground storage tank loan account to the general fund based on Laws 1992.

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