ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

Senate: NR 4-2-2-0 | 3rd Read 24-1-5-0-0
House: NREW DP 9-0-0-1

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

SB 1730: underground storage tanks; reimbursement

Sponsor: Senator Shope, LD 16

Caucus & COW

Overview

Requires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) to report on the Underground Storage Tank Revolving Fund (Fund) and designates a timeline to submit reimbursement applications.

History

ADEQ's Tank Site Improvement Program (TSIP) utilizes the Underground Storage Tank Revolving Fund (Fund) to provide financial assistance for tank site improvements, leak prevention, closures and corrective action costs associated with leaking underground storage tanks (A.R.S. §§ 49-1015 and 49-1071). The financial assistance is administered to persons who apply to ADEQ, complete the ADEQ – preapproved work and request reimbursement within a specific timeframe (ADEQ- TSIP).

Provisions

1.   Requires ADEQ to compile a report on the Fund preapproval process and for the report to:

a)   be completed annually by September 1, starting in 2025;

b)   be submitted to the Governor, Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the President of the Arizona Senate, the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and Arizona Secretary of State; and

c) include the dollar amount associated with:

i. applications that ADEQ has preapproved in compliance with existing statute;

ii.   each preapproved application and;

iii.  each preapproved application ADEQ has yet to distribute. (Sec. 1)

2.   Mandates that applicants for reimbursement apply to ADEQ within one year after the completion of eligible work. (Sec. 2)

3.   Designates February 1, 2026, or one year after the completion of work, as the deadline for an application for projects approved before September 1, 2025. (Sec 2)

4.   Asserts September 1, 2025, to begin the one-year submission window and past that day any applicant who has not timely submitted an application for reimbursement loses eligibility. (Sec. 2)

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