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Montana committee hears bill to expand eligibility for petroleum tank cleanup fund to older releases
Summary
Representative Marta Bertoglio introduced House Bill 189 to change the discovery-date cutoff for eligibility in the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Fund from April 13, 1989, to Jan. 1, 1984. Owners, the Department of Environmental Quality and industry groups testified in support; no committee vote was recorded in the hearing.
Representative Marta Bertoglio introduced House Bill 189 in the House State Administration Committee on behalf of owners of small businesses and communities with legacy petroleum releases. The bill would change the discovery-date cutoff used to determine eligibility for the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Fund from April 13, 1989, to Jan. 1, 1984.
The change, Bertoglio said, is intended to allow sites discovered before 1989 but after 1984 to qualify for reimbursement from the fund and speed remediation. "This bill changes that eligibility date," Bertoglio said. "... Extending the eligibility date back to 1984 would mean that the ineligible Montana City store release could be eligible...protecting the drinking…
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