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DEQ seeks higher fee cap for underground tank program; industry supports coordinated rulemaking
Summary
DEQ told the House Natural Resources Committee that underground storage tank program costs have outpaced current fee revenue and asked the legislature to raise statutory fee caps so agencies can pursue a rulemaking increase; the bill does not itself raise fees, DEQ said.
Senate Bill 46, carried by a senator representing Park and Gallatin counties, would lift statutory fee caps for the Underground Storage Tank program so DEQ can pursue a rulemaking to raise registration fees if needed.
Amy Steinmetz, Division Administrator for Waste Management and Remediation at DEQ, described the Underground Storage Tank program’s role in permitting, inspections, installer/remover…
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