1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/07/2017 09:55am
A bill for an act
relating to environment; modifying Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Act; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115C.021, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115C.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Except as provided in subdivisions 2 to deleted text begin 4deleted text end new text begin 5new text end , a person is
responsible for a release from a tank if the person is an owner or operator of the tank at any
time during or after the release.
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115C.021, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:
new text begin
A heating oil vendor is not a responsible person for a
heating oil spill inside a residential location if the spill was caused solely by the failure of
a tank or appurtenance to a tank owned by the homeowner.
new text end