Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-44-17 - Underground storage tank registration and operating permit

(a) Registration of each UST shall include notice of UST existence. Each owner or operator shall submit notice to the department and include the registration documentation specified in the department's "Kansas storage tank program document," as adopted in K.A.R. 28-44-15.

(b) Each owner of a UST shall remit a nonrefundable registration fee of $20.00 for each tank, which shall be submitted to the department with the registration notification form provided by the department.

(c) Each owner shall be assessed a penalty fee of $50.00 for each tank if the owner fails to submit the completed registration notification form within seven days of either of the following:

(1) Bringing a UST or UST system into use; or

(2) assuming ownership of a regulated UST or UST system.

(d) Each owner or operator shall submit an annual operating permit fee of $25.00 for each tank before April 30 of each year. The operating permit requirements shall be those specified in the department's "Kansas storage tank program document," as adopted in K.A.R. 28-44-15.

(e) Each owner who fails to secure all necessary annual operating permits for each facility before April 30 of each year shall be assessed a penalty fee of $50.00 for each tank. Each owner shall be assessed an additional penalty fee of $100.00 for each tank if the owner fails to secure all necessary operating permits before August 1 of each year.

(f) An annual operating permit shall not be issued by the department until all permit fees and applicable penalty fees have been paid.

(g) No owner or operator shall operate a regulated UST system unless a valid operating permit issued by the department is displayed at the facility and is visible to the public.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-44-17

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 65-34,105; effective Nov. 26, 1990; amended by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 25; effective 7/6/2020.