S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: The 2015 Appropriations Act (Section 14.16B of S.L. 2015-241) directed the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to amend its underground storage tank (UST) regulations to no longer require soil remediation at low risk UST sites and to no longer require initial abatement or corrective action for a noncommercial UST until DEQ has classified the risk of that UST. Section 13.19 of S.L. 2017-57 directs DEQ to adopt temporary rules implementing the 2015 directive no later than October 1, 2017, and report to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources on its implementation of both directives no later than December 31, 2017.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.