Illinois § 3.5

§ 3.5.

Underground Storage Tank Certification. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "petroleum", "petroleum product", "hazardous substance", and "regulated substance" have the meanings ascribed to them in Subtitle I of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.). "Underground storage tank" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(e) of this Act. (b) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall certify either that all underground storage tanks in a facility comply or that one or more tanks in the facility do not comply with the rules adopted by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall affix evidence of compliance or noncompliance to the facility in which the underground storage tank is located. (c) Beginning December 22, 1998, no person, corporation, unit of local government, firm, or other business entity or political subdivision of the State shall knowingly deliver, deposit, fill, or otherwise place any petroleum, petroleum product, hazardous substance, or regulated substance into any underground storage tank in a facility that: (1) does not display evidence that its underground storage tanks are in compliance with the rules of the Office of the State Fire Marshal; or (2) displays evidence that one or more of its underground storage tanks are not in compliance with the rules of the Office of the State Fire Marshal. (d) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules, which may include emergency rules, for certification, evidence of compliance or noncompliance, and expiration dates and intervals for reissuance. (Source: P.A. 90-662, eff. 7-30-98.)