Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 13. UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
12-13-4. Exceptions to chapter.
Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
This chapter shall not apply to the following:
- (1)
Any farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes;#
- (2)
Any tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored;#
- (3)
Any septic tank;#
- (4)
Any pipeline facility, including gathering lines:#
- (A)
Regulated under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. Section 1671, et seq.;#
- (B)
Regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. Section 2001, et seq.; or#
- (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;#
- (5)
Any surface impoundment, pit, pond, or lagoon;#
- (6)
Any storm-water or waste-water collection system;#
- (7)
Any flow-through process tank;#
- (8)
Any liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations; or#
- (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.#
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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