WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Containment, Clean-up and Contingency Fund; altering the

amount of certain balances in the Fund; authorizing the

Department to use the Fund in certain actions relating to

land; repealing a provision relating to reimbursements to

the Fund; authorizing the Department to use the Fund to

reimburse the owner or operator of a petroleum storage tank

under certain circumstances; requiring the owner or operator

of a petroleum storage tank to take corrective action under

certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take

certain actions in a discharge situation; requiring the

Department to reimburse the owner or operator of a petroleum

storage tank for certain costs under certain circumstances;

imposing limitations on a reimbursement from the Fund;

establishing a Maryland Underground Storage Tank Fund (UST

Fund) in the Department of the Environment; requiring a

person transferring gasoline and diesel fuel into the State

to pay a certain fee per barrel of gasoline transferred;

requiring certain owners and operators of certain

underground tanks to pay a certain tank fee on or before a

certain date; providing for the deposit of certain fees into

the UST Fund; establishing certain maximum and minimum

balances in the Fund for making a certain determination on

the collection of fees; providing for the relationship

between the UST Fund and the existing Maryland Oil Disaster

Containment, Clean-up and Contingency Fund; establishing

certain purposes for the allocation of money in the UST

Fund; requiring the owner or operator of certain underground

tanks to take corrective action under certain circumstances;

authorizing the Department to take certain corrective

actions under certain circumstances; authorizing certain

owners or operators to apply for reimbursement for certain

costs or for a certain guarantee of payment from the UST

Fund, subject to certain deductible amounts; establishing a

certain limit on the amounts of money that may be

distributed from the UST Fund; requiring owners and

operators to demonstrate certain financial assurance;

establishing certain eligibility requirements for a certain

reimbursement or guarantee of payment from the UST Fund;

providing for certain cost recovery by the Department under

certain circumstances; providing for the reimbursement of

third party claims under certain circumstances; providing

for a certain priority of uses of the Fund; providing for

certain notice and hearings for certain aggrieved parties;

requiring the Department to adopt certain regulations;

requiring the Department to prepare and submit a certain

report on the UST Fund; providing a certain date for

reimbursement from the UST Fund; altering certain

definitions; authorizing the State Attorney General to

intervene in certain civil actions; defining certain terms;

clarifying language; and generally relating to water quality

and oil discharge control and clean-up in the State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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