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2019 Statute



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65-34,106.Permit to construct, install, modify or operate storage tank. (a) No person shall construct, install, modify or operate a storage tank unless a permit or other approval is obtained from the secretary. Applications for permits shall include proof that the required performance standards will be met and applications for underground storage tank permits shall include evidence of financial responsibility. For purposes of administering this section, any underground storage tank registered with the department on May 18, 1989, and any aboveground storage tank registered with the department on July 1, 1992, shall be deemed to be a permitted storage tank so long as the owner or operator shall comply with all applicable provisions of this act.

(b) Permits may be transferred upon acceptance of the permit obligations by the person who is to assume the ownership or operational responsibility of the storage tank from the previous owner or operator. The department shall furnish a transfer of permit form providing for acceptance of the permit obligations. A transfer of permit form shall be submitted to the department not less than seven days prior to the transfer of ownership or operational responsibility of the storage tank.

(c) The secretary may deny, suspend or revoke any permit issued or authorized pursuant to this act if the secretary finds, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing conducted in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act, that the person has:

(1) Fraudulently or deceptively obtained or attempted to obtain a storage tank permit;

(2) failed at any time to maintain a storage tank in accordance with the requirements of this act or any rule and regulation promulgated hereunder;

(3) failed at any time to comply with the requirements of this act or any rule and regulation promulgated hereunder; or

(4) failed at any time to make any retrofit or improvement to a storage tank which is required by this act or any rule and regulation promulgated hereunder.

(d) Any person aggrieved by an order of the secretary may appeal the order in accordance with provisions of the Kansas judicial review act.

History: L. 1989, ch. 186, § 7; L. 1992, ch. 311, § 5; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 153; July 1.



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