Duties of owners
Sec. 2. (a) Immediately upon abandoning the use of heating oil as
a fuel in heating a property, the owner of a heating oil tank, under
applicable state and federal law, shall:
(1) remove all flammable or combustible liquids from the
heating oil tank, piping, and connections; and
(2) except as provided under subsection (b), remove the outside
filling pipe.
(b) An owner is not required to remove an outside filling pipe
under subsection (a)(2) if the owner permanently secures the tank
against accidental filling.
(c) An owner of a heating oil tank described in subsection (a)
shall, under applicable state and federal law, dispose of all
flammable and combustible liquids removed under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.131-1997, SEC.7.
Last modified: May 27, 2006