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Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTWATER DIVISION - WATER QUALITY PROGRAM
Chapter 335-6-16 - ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ALABAMA UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE TANK (TANK TRUST FUND) TRUST FUND
Section 335-6-16-.07 - Trust Fund Fee And Charge

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-16-.07

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Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024
Section 335-6-16-.07 - Trust Fund Fee And Charge
(1) In order to participate in the liability limitations and reimbursement benefits of the Tank Trust Fund, an UST and/or AST owner or operator shall pay an annual Tank Trust Fund Fee, if any. The Commission may set annual fees the total of which shall not exceed $150 per regulated tank.
(2) Each year UST and/or AST owners or operators will be notified by the Department of the amount of the required Tank Trust Fund Fee, if any, which will be due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date. For underground storage tanks and/or aboveground storage tanks brought into service on or after October 1 of each year the Tank Trust Fund fee is due with the registration of the tank(s) with the Department.
(3) To protect the financial integrity of the fund, the Commission may make special assessments of Tank Trust Fund Fees. However, the total fee, if any, shall not exceed $150 per regulated tank per year. Special assessment fees will be due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date.
(4) The failure to pay Tank Trust Fund Fees, if any, within the time prescribed by the Department shall make the owner or operator of an UST and/or AST liable for a late charge penalty in an amount not to exceed $100 per tank for each day such payment is delinquent and will result in the loss of Trust Fund eligibility. The Department, for good cause shown, may abate all or part of said late charge penalty.
(5) The Trust Fund Fee is set at $0.00 per tank.
(6) The Trust Fund Charge if set at $0.01 per gallon.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 335-6-16-.07

Effective June 1, 1989. Amended: Filed March 18, 1994; effective April 22, 1994. Amended: Filed August 26, 2004; effective September 30, 2004. Amended: Filed October 20, 2009; effective November 24, 2009; operative January 1, 2010. Amended: Filed December 12, 2011; effective January 16, 2012.
Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 03, December 31, 2020, eff. 2/14/2021.
Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XLII, Issue No. 03, December 29, 2023, eff. 2/12/2024.

Author: Sonja Massey, James Stevens, Gregory Stephens, James Thrash, Vernon H. Crockett.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-35-5.