UST Fund Coverage and Fee Suspension Rules provide two major changes. First, the current rules make fund coverage for a fund eligible release dependent upon an owner or operator’s compliance history. With these revisions, all fund eligible releases will be entitled to reimbursement from the fund; however, an owner or operator’s compliance history will now determine the amount of the fund deductible. Second, the revisions will suspend annual tank fees from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The rules also provide general cleanup revisions to Rules 0400-18-01-.09 and 0400-18-01-.10.
An initial set of draft rules has been prepared for public review and comment and may be accessed
here. A public hearing will be held on December 1, 2020 10:30 AM CDT at the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower 2nd Floor conference rooms A, B & C {additional information provided in the link above}.
Oral or written comments are welcomed at the hearing. In addition, written comments may be submitted prior to or after the public hearing to:
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Underground Storage Tanks; Attention: Rhonda Key, William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 12th Floor; Nashville, Tennessee 37243; telephone 615-532-0989 or fax 615-532-9759.
Written comments must be received by 4:30 PM CDT, December 8, 2020 in order to assure consideration. For further information, please contact Rhonda Key at the above address or telephone number or by e-mail at
Rhonda.Key@tn.gov .