98 STAT. 3282
PUBLIC LAW 98-616—NOV. 8, 1984 standard is prescribed by the Administrator by rule), a storage tank without corrosion protection may be installed in that location during the period referred to in paragraph (1). "APPROVAL OF STATE PROGRAMS
42 USC 6991c.
"SEC. 9004. (a) ELEMENTS OF STATE PROGRAM.—Beginning 30 months after the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, any State may, submit an underground storage tamk release detection, prevention, and correction program for review and approval by the Administrator. The program may cover tanks used to store regulated substances referred to in 9001(2)(A) or (B) or both. A State program may be approved by the Administrator under this section only if the State demonstrates that the State prc^ram includes the following requirements and standards and provides for adequate enforcement of compliance with such requirements and standards— "(1) requirements for maintaining a leak detection system, an inventory control system together with tank testing, or a comparable system or method designed to identify releases in a manner consistent with the protection of human health and the environment; "(2) requirements for maintaining records of any monitoring or leak detection system or inventory control system or tank testing system; "(3) requirements for reporting of any releases and corrective action taken in response to a release from an underground storage tank; "(4) requirements for taking corrective action in response to a release from an underground storage tank; "(5) requirements for the closure of tanks to prevent future releases of regulated substances into the environment; "(6) requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for taking corrective action and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by sudden and nonsudden accidental releases arising from operating an underground storage tank; "(7) standards of performance for new underground storage tanks; and "(8) requirements— "(A) for notifying the appropriate State agency or department (or local agency or department) designated according to section 9002(b)(l) of the existence of any operational or non-operational underground storage tank; and "(B) for providing the information required on the form issued pursuant to section 9002(b)(2), "(b) FEDERAL STANDARDS.—(1) A State program submitted under this section may be approved only if the requirements under paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) are no less stringent than the corresponding requirements standards promulgated by the Administrator pursuant to section 9003(a). "(2)(A) A State program may be approved without regard to whether or not the requirements referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (a) are less stringent than the corresponding standards under section 9003(a) during the one-year period commencing on the date of promulgation of regulations under section
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