15A NCAC 02P .0101. GENERAL

(a)  The purpose of this Subchapter is to establish criteria and procedures for the reimbursement of costs incurred by owners, operators, and landowners from the Leaking Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Funds.

(b)  The Groundwater Section of the Division of Environmental Management of the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources shall administer the Commercial and Noncommercial Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Funds for the State of North Carolina.

(c)  As authorized by G.S. 143‑215.94G, the Department may engage in cleanup work it deems appropriate and pay the costs from the Noncommercial Fund in accordance with G.S. 143‑215.94D.

(d)  The Department may engage in investigations and cleanups in accordance with the severity of threat to human health and safety and to the environment, and the availability of resources, as determined by the Division.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑215.3; 143‑215.76; 143‑215.94B; 143‑215.94D; 143‑215.94E;

143‑215.94G; 143‑215.94L; 143‑215.94T; 143B‑282;

Eff. February 1, 1993;

Amended Eff. September 1, 1993.