Chapter 14B - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

  1. Subchapter 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION (§ 7:14B-1.1 to 7:14B-1.8)
  2. Subchapter 2 - REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES (§ 7:14B-2.1 to 7:14B-2.8)
  3. Subchapter 3 - FEES (§ 7:14B-3.1 to 7:14B-3.10)
  4. Subchapter 4 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION (§ 7:14B-4.1 to 7:14B-4.3)
  5. Subchapter 4A - FIELD-CONSTRUCTED TANKS AND AIRPORT HYDRANT SYSTEMS (§ 7:14B-4A.1 to 7:14B-4A.2)
  6. Subchapter 5 - GENERAL OPERATING REQUIREMENTS (§ 7:14B-5.1 to 7:14B-5.14)
  7. Subchapter 5A - CLASS A, CLASS B, AND CLASS C OPERATOR TRAINING (§ 7:14B-5A.1 to 7:14B-5A.5)
  8. Subchapter 6 - RELEASE DETECTION (§ 7:14B-6.1 to 7:14B-6.7)
  9. Subchapter 7 - RELEASE REPORTING AND INVESTIGATION (§ 7:14B-7.1 to 7:14B-7.4)
  10. Subchapter 8 - REMEDIATION (§ 7:14B-8.1 to 7:14B-8.8)
  11. Subchapter 9 - OUT-OF-SERVICE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS AND CLOSURE OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS (§ 7:14B-9.1 to 7:14B-9.5)
  12. Subchapter 10 - PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS (§ 7:14B-10.1 to 7:14B-10.8)
  13. Subchapter 11 - MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES (§ 7:14B-11.1 to 7:14B-11.3)
  14. Subchapter 12 - PENALTIES, REMEDIES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCEDURES (§ 7:14B-12.1 to 7:14B-12.4)
  15. Subchapter 13 - CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS FIRMS (§ 7:14B-13.1 to 7:14B-13.10)
  16. Subchapter 14 - RESERVED
  17. Subchapter 15 - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (§ 7:14B-15.1 to 7:14B-15.4)
  18. Subchapter 16 - CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS FIRMS FOR UNREGULATED UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK SYSTEMS (§ 7:14B-16.1 to 7:14B-16.11)

Notes

CHAPTER SOURCE AND EFFECTIVE DATE:
Effective: February 15, 2019.
See: 51 N.J.R. 410(a).
CHAPTER HISTORICAL NOTE:
Chapter 14B, Underground Storage Tanks, was adopted as R.1987 d.531, effective December 21, 1987. See: 19 N.J.R. 1477(a), 19 N.J.R. 2417(a).
Subchapter 4, Underground Storage Tank System Performance Standards and Engineering Requirements; Subchapter 5, Underground Storage Tank System General Operating Requirements; Subchapter 6, Monitoring Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems; Subchapter 7, Release Reporting and Investigation; Subchapter 8, Corrective Action; Subchapter 9, Out-of-Service Underground Storage Tank Systems and Closure of Underground Storage Tank Systems; Subchapter 10, Permitting Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems; Subchapter 11, Municipal Ordinances; Subchapter 12, Penalties, Remedies, and Administrative Hearing Procedures; Subchapter 13, Underground Storage Tank Loan Program; and Subchapter 15, Confidentiality, were adopted as R.1990 d.443, effective September 4, 1990. See: 21 N.J.R. 2242(a), 22 N.J.R. 2758(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 14B was readopted as R.1992 d.498, effective November 18, 1992. See: 24 N.J.R. 2975(a), 24 N.J.R. 4523(a) .
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 66(1978), Chapter 14B was readopted as R.1997 d.487, effective October 22, 1992. As part of R.1997 d.487, effective November 17, 1997, Subchapter 4, Underground Storage Tank System Performance Standards and Engineering Requirements; Subchapter 5, Underground Storage Tank System General Operating Requirements; Subchapter 6, Monitoring Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems; Subchapter 10, Permitting Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems; and Subchapter 13, Underground Storage Tank Loan Program, were repealed; and Subchapter 4, Underground Storage Tank Systems Design, Construction and Installation; Subchapter 5, General Operating Requirements; Subchapter 6, Release Detection; Subchapter 10, Permitting Requirements for Underground Storage Tank Systems; and Subchapter 13, Certification of Individuals and Business Firms, were adopted as new rules; Subchapter 8, Corrective Action, was renamed Remediation Activities; and Subchapter 15, Confidentiality, was recodified as Subchapter 14. See: 29 N.J.R. 1593(a), 29 N.J.R. 4866(a).
Chapter 14B, Underground Storage Tanks, was readopted as R.2003 d.197, effective April 20, 2003. As a part of R.2003 d.197, Subchapter 15, Financial Responsibility Requirements, was adopted as new rules, effective May 19, 2003. See: 34 N.J.R. 4024(a), 35 N.J.R. 2304(a).
Public Notice: Notice of intent to adopt interim rules: Underground Storage Tank Rules. See: 38 N.J.R. 3927(a).
Subchapter 16, Certification of Individuals and Business Firms for Unregulated Underground Storage Tank Systems, was adopted as special new rules by R.2006 d.383, effective October 3, 2006 (to expire April 3, 2008). See: 38 N.J.R. 4748(a). The provisions of R.2006 d.383 were readopted without change by R.2008 d.322, effective September 30, 2008. See: 40 N.J.R. 2166(a), 40 N.J.R. 6440(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1d, the expiration date of Chapter 14B, Underground Storage Tanks, was extended by gubernatorial directive from April 20, 2008 to October 20, 2009. See: 40 N.J.R. 2474(a).
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14B-5.1c, Chapter 14B, Underground Storage Tanks, was scheduled to expire on April 18, 2010. See: 41 N.J.R. 4384(a).
Pursuant to Executive Order No. 1(2010), the chapter expiration date was extended from April 18, 2010 until the completion of the review of administrative regulations and rules by the Red Tape Review Group, and until such time as the extended regulation or rule is readopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.
Subchapter 8, Activities, was renamed Remediation; and Subchapter 14, Confidentiality, was repealed by R.2012 d.095, effective May 7, 2012. See: 43 N.J.R. 1935(a), 44 N.J.R. 1339(b).
Subchapter 4, Underground Storage Tank Systems: Design, Construction and Installation, was renamed Underground Storage Tank Systems: Design, Construction, and Installation, Subchapter 4A, Field-Constructed Tanks and Airport Hydrant Systems, and Subchapter 5A, Class A, Class B, and Class C Operator Training, were adopted as new rules, and Subchapter 12, Penalties, Remedies, and Administrative Hearing Procedures, was renamed Penalties, Remedies, and Adjudicatory Hearing Procedures, by R.2018 d.037, effective January 16, 2018. See: 49 N.J.R. 1121(a) , 50 N.J.R. 409(a).
Chapter 14B, Underground Storage Tanks, was readopted with a technical change, effective February 15, 2019. See: Source and Effective Date. See, also, section annotations.
Modified by Executive Order No. 103(2020), effective May 5, 2020. See: 52 N.J.R. 1149(a).

CHAPTER AUTHORITY:

N.J.S.A. 13:1B-3(e), 13:1D-9, 13:1D-134 et seq., and 26:2C-1 et seq., in particular, 26:2C-9.2 and 9.4.

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