Cite as: 27 CNCA § 670

A. Until the Environmental Protection Commission may adopt rules that differ, the following minimum requirements apply to releases from storage tank systems:

1. Owners and operators of underground storage tank systems must report to the Administrator and/or the designated agent(s) of the Administrator within twenty-four (24) hours, or such other reasonable time period as is specified by the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission. Underground storage systems must comply with substantive and procedural requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 280 including, but not limited to, the procedures in 40 C.F.R. § 280.52;

2. Owners and operators of aboveground storage tank systems must report to the Administrator and/or the designated agent(s) of the Administrator within twenty-four (24) hours, or such other reasonable time period as is specified by the Cherokee Nation Environmental Protection Commission.

B. In the event of a discharge of a "pollutant" to "waters of the Nation" or in the event that "pollution" may occur, as those terms are defined in 27 CNCA § 201, a release must be immediately reported to the Administrator regardless of its source. The initial report may be by telephone or in person, but shall be followed with a written report within forty-eight (48) hours.

C Nothing in STARS shall be deemed to supercede reporting requirements elsewhere in the Cherokee Nation Environmental Code or rules promulgated thereunder.

Historical Data

LA 19–05, eff. May 19, 2005. Renumbered from 63 CNCA § 670.