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Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 13. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

12-13-4. Exceptions to chapter.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. This chapter shall not apply to the following:

  2. (1)

    Any farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes;#

  3. (2)

    Any tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored;#

  4. (3)

    Any septic tank;#

  5. (4)

    Any pipeline facility, including gathering lines:#

    1. (A)

      Regulated under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. Section 1671, et seq.;#

    2. (B)

      Regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. Section 2001, et seq.; or#

    3. (C)

      Which is an intrastate pipeline facility regulated under state law comparable to the provisions of law referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph;#

  6. (5)

    Any surface impoundment, pit, pond, or lagoon;#

  7. (6)

    Any storm-water or waste-water collection system;#

  8. (7)

    Any flow-through process tank;#

  9. (8)

    Any liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations; or#

  10. (9)

    Any storage tank situated in an underground area (such as a basement, cellar, mine working, drift, shaft, or tunnel), if the storage tank is situated upon or above the surface of the floor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 12-13-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 12.

Code Commission notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, ‘‘Section’’ was inserted following ‘‘U.S.C.’’ in subparagraphs (4)(A) and (4)(B).

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Text read from t12-(v10)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V10, 2021 edition, page 1186; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 a1ca11f804f2.