General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 21J Underground Storage Tank Petroleum
Product Cleanup Fund

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 21J, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Board”, the underground storage tank petroleum product cleanup fund administrative review board....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fees for use of dispensing facilities and underground storage tanks - Chapter 21J, Section 2
  [ Subsection (A) effective until January 1, 2015. For text effective January 1, 2015, see below.](A) A fee is hereby imposed on the use of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Responsibility for environmental cleanup actions; failure or delay of reimbursement - Chapter 21J, Section 3
  No owner or operator who has a responsibility pursuant to any law with respect to environmental cleanup actions, awarding third party damages or preventing the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Cleanup fund purpose; limitations on use of fund monies; powers of cleanup fund administrative review board; grant amounts - Chapter 21J, Section 4
  The purpose of the fund shall be to prevent the need for environmental cleanup actions and to expedite environmental cleanup actions by providing partial reimbursements...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reimbursement of costs - Chapter 21J, Section 5
  Reimbursements described in subsection (a) of section four shall be subject to the cap specified in subsection (a) of this section and the deductibles specified...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Claims for reimbursement; approval - Chapter 21J, Section 6
  No owner or operator shall receive reimbursement pursuant to this chapter unless a claim for such reimbursement has been submitted in writing to, and approved...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Maintenance of records - Chapter 21J, Section 7
  The cargo manifests or invoices or copies of the cargo manifests or invoices and any other records required under this chapter or regulations of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board; members; rules and regulations - Chapter 21J, Section 8
  There is hereby established the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board. The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration, collection,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Eligibility for reimbursement from fund - Chapter 21J, Section 9
  In order to be eligible for reimbursement from the fund an owner or operator described in section four must comply with the following:— (a) An...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Recoupment of reimbursement from negligent person - Chapter 21J, Section 10
  If an owner or operator received a reimbursement pursuant to this chapter for a cost, expense, or obligation incurred in remediating a release or a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Claims procedures; civil actions - Chapter 21J, Section 11
  Claims submitted to the board pursuant to this chapter, and procedures for acting on such claims, shall not be adjudicatory proceedings and shall not be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to remit fees or file reports - Chapter 21J, Section 12
  Any owner or operator who possesses a fee collected or payable under this chapter and who fails to remit the fee to the department at...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; penalties - Chapter 21J, Section 13
  Any owner or operator who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder (1) shall be subject to a fine...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deposits of fees, penalties and interest - Chapter 21J, Section 14
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July 1, 2014, see below.]The fees, penalties, and interest remitted to the treasurer...

Last modified: September 11, 2015