Section 38D Notification of operation of underground storage tanks; enforcement; safety regulations
Section 38D. The department shall enforce the provisions of sections thirty-eight B through thirty-eight I, and may, subject to the provisions in sections thirty-eight B through thirty-eight I, take all action necessary and appropriate to secure to the commonwealth the benefits of subtitle I of RCRA, including without limitation, obtaining federal grants. The board may, from time to time, adopt, amend, or repeal regulations as it deems necessary to accomplish the following purposes: (1) prevent or remedy any condition in or about any underground storage tank which may tend to become a fire hazard or to cause a fire; or (2) which provide adequate safety requirements for the protection of the public in the event of a fire in or about any underground storage tank; or (3) provide for the safe storage, use, handling and manufacturing of regulated substance in or about any underground storage tank; or (4) protect public health, safety, and welfare, and the environment, from any release of a regulated substance from any underground storage tank; or (5) implement, administer, and enforce sections thirty-eight B through thirty-eight I.