The department may adopt rules regulating wastewater treatment tank systems, including oil-water separators and catch basins, that meet the definition of “underground oil storage tank,” except that this section does not apply to: [PL 2017, c. 333, §11 (NEW).]
1. Oil-water separators. Oil-water separators and catch basins under section 570?F, subsection 2; and

[PL 2017, c. 333, §11 (NEW).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 570-N

  • Discharge: means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying or dumping. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
  • Oil: means oil, oil additives, petroleum products and their by-products of any kind and in any form, including, but not limited to, petroleum, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse, oil mixed with other nonhazardous waste, crude oils and all other liquid hydrocarbons regardless of specific gravity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
  • tank: means any aboveground container, less than 10% of the capacity of which is beneath the surface of the ground, that is used or intended to be used for the storage or supply of oil. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 562-A
2. Storm water or wastewater collection. Storm water or wastewater collection systems or flow-through tanks.

[PL 2017, c. 333, §11 (NEW).]

The department may adopt rules under this section for wastewater treatment tank systems relating to registration, tank construction, financial assurance and discharge response and corrective action. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2?A. [PL 2017, c. 333, §11 (NEW).]
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PL 2017, c. 333, §11 (NEW).
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