42 U.S.C. § 6991a — Notification

(a) Underground storage tanks

(1) Within 18 months after November 8, 1984, each owner^* of an underground storage tank^* must notify the State^* or local agency or department designated under subsection (b)(1). The notice must state the tank’s age, size, type, location, and uses.

(2)(A) For each tank taken out of operation after January 1, 1974, the owner must, within that same 18-month period, notify the designated State or local authority, unless the owner knows the tank was later removed from the ground. An owner need not notify the authority about a tank taken out of operation on or before January 1, 1974.

(B) To the extent the owner knows it, the notice must state: (i) when the tank was taken out of operation; (ii) its age then; (iii) its size, type, and location; and (iv) the type and amount of substances left in it then.

(3) An owner who puts an underground storage tank into use after the initial notice period in paragraph (1) must notify the designated State or local authority within 30 days. The notice must state the tank’s age, size, type, location, and uses.

(4) Paragraphs (1) through (3) do not apply to a tank for which notice was given under 42 U.S.C. 9603(c).

(5) Starting 30 days after the Administrator^* prescribes the notice form under subsection (b)(2), and continuing for 18 months, anyone who puts regulated substances into an underground storage tank must reasonably tell the owner or operator^* about the owner’s notice duties under this subsection.

(6) Starting 30 days after the Administrator issues new tank performance standards under 42 U.S.C. 6991b(c), and for the 18-month period beginning then, anyone who sells a tank intended for underground storage must tell the buyer about those owner notice duties.

(b) Agency designation

(1) Within 180 days after November 8, 1984, each State Governor must designate the State, local, or both State and local agencies or departments that will receive the notices under subsection (a)(1), (2), and (3).

(2) Within 12 months after November 8, 1984, after consulting designated State and local officials and giving the public notice and an opportunity to comment, the Administrator must prescribe the notice form and the information required in notices under subsection (a). The Administrator must consider the effect on small businesses and other owners and operators.

(c) State inventories

Each State must make two separate inventories of all underground storage tanks in the State that contain regulated substances: one for petroleum^* and one for other regulated substances. The State must use and combine the information in notices submitted under subsections (a) and (b). Each State must send the combined information to the Administrator no later than 270 days after October 17, 1986.

(d) Public record

(1) General rule. The Administrator must require each State receiving Federal money to carry out this subchapter to keep, update at least yearly, and make public a record of underground storage tanks regulated under this subchapter. The Administrator prescribes the form and manner after consulting States.

(2) Contents. To the greatest practicable extent, each State’s public record must include, for each year: (A) the number, sources, and causes of tank releases in the State; (B) the compliance record of the State’s tanks under this subchapter or an approved State program under 42 U.S.C. 6991c; and (C) the number of underground storage tank equipment failures in the State.