Sec. 22a-449k. Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees.
Sec. 22a-449k. Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement
contractors. Registration. Fees. No person shall remove or replace or subcontract for
the removal or replacement of a residential underground heating oil storage tank system
if the person finds such removal or replacement will involve remediation of contaminated soil or groundwater, the costs of which are to be paid out of the residential underground heating oil storage tank system clean-up subaccount established pursuant to
subsection (b) of section 22a-449c, unless the person is a registered contractor. To become a registered contractor, a person shall provide to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, on forms prescribed by said commissioner, (1) evidence of financial
assurance in the form of insurance, a surety bond or liquid company assets in an amount
not less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and (2) a written statement certifying
that such person has had any training required by law for such business and that such
person has (A) performed no fewer than three residential underground petroleum storage
tank system removals, or (B) has contracted for at least three removals of residential
underground petroleum storage tank systems. Such person shall pay a registration fee
of seven hundred fifty dollars to the commissioner. Each contractor holding a valid
registration on July first shall, not later than August first of that year, pay a renewal fee
to the commissioner of three hundred seventy-five dollars in order to maintain such
registration. Any money collected for registration pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Environmental Quality Fund. The commissioner may revoke a registration for
cause and, on and after the date the review board establishes requirements for financial
assurance, training and performance standards under subsection (c) of section 22a-449d,
may reject any application for registration that does not meet such requirements.
(P.A. 99-269, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-201, S. 5, 8; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 135.)
History: P.A. 99-269 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-201 substantially rewrote language to prohibit person from replacing
or removing certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems unless registered and added provisions re
subcontracting, renewal fees, deposit of registration funds, registration revocation and registration requirements, effective
June 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased registration fee from $500 to $750 and increased renewal fee from
$250 to $375, effective August 20, 2003.