HB254 Alabama 2020 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Drycleaning and Environmental Response Trust Fund Act, all owners, operators, and wholesale distributors required to participate in program, former owner or operator may pay annual fee to participate, Secs. 22-30D-3 to 22-30D-7, inclusive, 22-30D-9 to 22-30D-12, inclusive, am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Act provides a program and fund, administered jointly by the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Board and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, to investigate, assess, and remediate contamination in soil, ground water, and surface waters resulting from the operation of a drycleaning facility.

This bill would require owners, operators, and wholesale distributors to participate in the program and be covered by the act.

This bill would also provide the means for a former owner or operator of a drycleaning facility to be covered by the act upon the payment of an annual fee.

To amend Sections 22-30D-3, 22-30D-4, 22-30D-5, 22-30D-6, 22-30D-7, 22-30D-9, 22-30D-10, 22-30D-11, and 22-30D-12, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund Act; to require owners, operators, and wholesale distributors to participate in the program and be covered by the act; and to provide the means for a former owner or operator of a drycleaning facility to be covered by the act upon the payment of an annual fee.

Subjects

Drycleaning Environmental Response Trust Fund