WAC 173-360-100
Purpose and authority. (1) The purpose of
this chapter is to address the serious threat posed to human
health and the environment by leaking underground storage systems
containing petroleum and other regulated substances.
(2) The department of ecology is directed by chapter 90.76 RCW to establish an underground storage tank program designed,
operated and enforced in a manner that, at a minimum, meets the
requirements for delegation of the Federal Underground Storage
Tank Program of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.). The
legislative intent is that statewide requirements for underground
storage tanks adopted by the department be consistent with and no
less stringent than the objectives outlined in the federal
regulations. Because certain areas of the state possess physical
characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to threats
from leaking underground storage tanks, local requirements more
stringent than the statewide requirements may apply in these
environmentally sensitive areas.
(Note:
All codes, standards, rules, or regulations cited in this chapter are available for inspection at the Department of Ecology, P.O. Box
47655, Olympia, WA 98504-7655.)