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Senate approves changes to underground storage-tank program, adds temporary environmental surcharge
Summary
Senate Bill 26 amends the state's underground storage-tank program: it removes a previously required soil test for program eligibility, creates an insurance fund supported by a half-cent-per-gallon environmental surcharge estimated to raise about $5 million annually, and sets triggers and corrective-action criteria.
Senate Bill 26, taken up as unfinished business, drew extended floor debate before final passage. Sponsor explanation and questions from senators laid out the principal elements: removal of a previously required soil-test prerequisite for tank-insurance participation, a proposed environmental surcharge (a half-cent per gallon) to raise roughly $5 million a year, and a fund-trigger mechanism that will suspend the surcharge when the fund reaches $17.5 million and reinstate it if the fund falls to $12.5 million.
The bill also tightens timelines for…
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