WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

Senate Bill 469

By Senator Maynard

[Introduced January 30, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §22-30-27, relating to requiring the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to prepare guidelines for small gas stations that have small volume aboveground storage tanks; and requiring rulemaking.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 30. THE ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK ACT.

§22-30-27. Inventory and registration of small volume existing above-ground storage tanks; guidelines; rulemaking.

(a) The Legislature finds that due to restrictions in the retail gas industry over the last few decades, the secretary shall prepare a step-by-step above-ground storage tank instruction guidelines for small gas stations that have one or more above-ground storage tanks holding 1,320 gallons or less per tank. At a minimum, the guidelines shall cover the minimum regulatory requirements on those tanks, minimum requirements on dykes, and minimum requirements on piping and minimum insurance requirements.

(b) The secretary shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code to implement this section.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to prepare guidelines for small gas stations that have small volume above-ground storage tanks. The bill requires rulemaking.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.