§ 38 §563-B — Regulatory powers of department

In addition to the rule-making authorities otherwise set forth in this subchapter, the department may adopt rules related to the following matters:
1.
Investigation and removal.
Procedures, methods, means and equipment to be used in the investigation of discharges and the removal of oil and petroleum pollutants. The rules:
2.
Inventory reconciliation; precision testing; leak detection methods.
Procedures and methods to be used in conducting statistical inventory reconciliation, underground oil storage facility precision testing and other leak detection methods. The rules must allow owners or operators of facilities undergoing routine monitoring in the absence of any other evidence of a leak:
3.
Hearings.
Hearings related to clean-up orders issued pursuant to section 568; and
4.
Third-party damage claims.
Procedures to be used in filing and processing of 3rd-party damage claims.

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 491, §10 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 865, §9 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 763, §§2,3 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 333, §§1, 2 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 285, §17 (AMD).