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Since 1988, owners of commercial and noncommercial underground storage tanks (USTs) have had assistance from state trust funds to clean up petroleum leaks. Because of a major backlog of claims and substantial financial deficits, the state is phasing out this assistance program. The North Carolina Department of Waste Management is developing new legislation on USTs. The three objectives of the legislation are: initiate regulatory reform; allocate more money to meet its existing obligations to pay for cleanup at sites already reported; and transition toward alternate means for commercial tank owners to demonstrate, as required by federal law, that they have the financial means through insurance or other sources, to clean up any releases.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 353, July/Aug 2005,
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33353
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The North Carolina Division of Environmental Management is currently developing underground storage tank regulations designed to prevent pollution from this source. Regulations will ultimately cover the registration, construction, installation, monitoring, repair, closure, and financial responsibility for underground tanks used to store hazardous substances or petroleum products.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 235, May/June 1986,
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34079
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There are approximately 222,000 underground storage tanks in North Carolina, thirty-six-percent of which are at risk of failing and leaking their contents into the surrounding earth, threatening to contaminate groundwater. Cleanup of some major pollution incidents may be paid for by a federal trust fund established through Superfund legislation.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 252, Aug 1988,
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34170
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In March, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission voted to proceed to public hearings with proposed underground storage tank regulations. The proposed regulations establish technical standards for construction and installation of new underground storage tank systems, for upgrading existing systems, for corrective action in leaking systems, and for closure of systems taken out of service.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 262, Mar/Apr 1990,
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34243
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In October, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved a temporary rule that requires owners or operators of leaking underground storage tanks to show through risk assessments that the leaks pose a threat to human health or the environment to be eligible to receive reimbursement for cleanup from the state’s Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. This article discusses the rule and earlier efforts of the trust fund.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 296, Nov/Dec 1995,
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34255
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On December 12, the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission approved holding public hearings on rules that will make permanent changes in the way soil and groundwater contamination from underground petroleum storage tanks must be assessed and cleaned up. The proposed rules require all sites to undergo risk assessment and establishes conditions under which cleanup will be required.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 303, Jan/Feb 1997,
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34259
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Unless recent legislation and pending rules curtail cleanup reimbursements, North Carolina’s Commercial Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund could face insolvency. A report on the fund provided to the General Assembly in March projected that, at the current rate of reimbursement, the fund will be depleted by September. This article discusses cleanup costs, legislation, and economic and environmental implications.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 306, July/Aug 1997,
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Record #:
34321
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In North Carolina, regulation and compliance of underground storage tanks is the responsibility of the Underground Storage Tanks Section of the North Carolina Division of Waste Management. About two-thousand tanks are temporarily closed because they have not been fully upgraded to meet the regulations. Because these tanks are privately owned, currently, the main goal of the Division is to identify the responsible parties and have the tanks permanently closed or upgraded.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 327, Jan/Feb 2001,
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Record #:
34357
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In the 2004 appropriations act, the North Carolina General Assembly allocated funds that pay for cleanup of contamination from leaking underground storage tanks and provide financial assurance for owners and operators of commercial underground storage tanks. A study is being conducted on the desirability and feasibility of altering or eliminating the role of the State in providing funding for cleanup of contamination from leaking petroleum tanks.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 348, July/Aug 2004,
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