§ 8-7-814 - Delivery prohibition. - Arkansas Statutes

8-7-814. Delivery prohibition.

(a) It shall be unlawful to deliver to, deposit into, or accept a regulated substance into an underground storage tank at a facility that has been identified by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to be ineligible for fuel delivery or deposit.

(b) The Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Commission shall adopt regulations to implement the criteria and process required by the delivery prohibition requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58, and the regulations shall consist of, at a minimum, the federal guidelines for determining the significant operational compliance of underground storage tank systems.

(c) In order to prevent the delivery of a regulated substance into an underground storage tank system that has been identified by the department to be ineligible for fuel delivery or deposit, the department shall affix a tamper-proof tag, seal, or other device blocking the fill pipes of the ineligible underground storage tank. This affixed notice shall serve as written notification to the owner, the operator, and the product delivery industry.

(d) No owner or operator shall receive any regulated substance into any underground storage tank to which notification of delivery prohibition has been affixed.

(e) No person selling any regulated substance shall deliver or cause to be delivered a regulated substance into any underground storage tank to which notification of delivery prohibition has been affixed.

(f) It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an authorized representative of the department, to remove, tamper with, destroy, or damage a device affixed to any underground storage tank by department personnel.

(g) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to an assessment of an administrative civil penalty as set forth in this subchapter.