2025 Code of Georgia
Title 12 - Conservation and Natural Resources (Chs. 1 — 17)
Chapter 13 - Underground Storage Tanks (§§ 12-13-1 — 12-13-22)
Annotations
Notes
Code Commission notes.Two 1988 Acts added a new Chapter 13 to this title. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072 has retained the Chapter 13 designation, but the chapter enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 354 has been redesignated as Chapter 14 and the Code sections have been renumbered accordingly.
Research References & Practice Aids
Administrative rules and regulations.Underground gas storage, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-12.
Underground storage tank management, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, Subject 391-3-15.
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d.61C Am. Jur. 2d, Pollution Control, § 1045 et seq.
Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. —Leaking Underground Gasoline Storage Tanks, 3 POF3d 517.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 12
- § 12-13-1. Short title
- § 12-13-2. Public policy
- § 12-13-3. Definitions
- § 12-13-4. Exceptions to chapter
- § 12-13-5. Rules and regulations; enforcement powers
- § 12-13-6. Powers and duties of director
- § 12-13-7. Performance standards applicable until rules and regulations effective
- § 12-13-8. Investigations
- § 12-13-9. Establishing financial responsibility; claims against guarantor; Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
- § 12-13-10. Environmental assurance fees; late participation fee
- § 12-13-11. Corrective action for release of petroleum product into environment
- § 12-13-12. Recovery in event of discharge or threat of discharge of regulated substance; lien
- § 12-13-13. Notification by owner of underground storage tank
- § 12-13-14. Corrective action for violations of chapter, rules and regulations, or orders and for release of regulated substance into environment
- § 12-13-15. Injunctions and restraining orders
- § 12-13-16. Hearings and review
- § 12-13-17. Judgment in accordance with division’s order
- § 12-13-18. Required compliance with chapter; proof that petroleum subjected to environmental fee; violations of chapter; access to property
- § 12-13-19. Violations; imposition of penalties
- § 12-13-20. Emergency orders; hearing
- § 12-13-21. Public access to records
- § 12-13-22. Representation by Attorney General
