Bill Text: HI SB2652 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating To Underground Fuel Storage Tanks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Referred to HTH/AEN, JDC/WAM. [SB2652 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2652-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2652

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to underground fuel storage tanks.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 342L, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§342L-    Underground field-constructed tanks.  (a)  No person shall operate a field-constructed storage tank.

     (b)  The department shall not issue new permits or permit renewals for any field-constructed tank.

     As used in this section,

     "Field-constructed tank" means a tank constructed or manufactured in the field and installed underground.  Types of underground field-constructed tanks include but are not limited to:

     (1)  A tank constructed from concrete that is poured in the field; and

     (2)  Tanks constructed from steel or fiberglass that were fabricated in the field."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Underground Field-Constructed Storage Tanks; Prohibition; Definition

 

Description:

Prohibits the operation of all field-constructed storage tanks.  Defines "field-constructed tank" to mean any tank constructed or manufactured in the field, including concrete tanks poured in the field or constructed in the field from steel or fiberglass.

 

 

 

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