(a)
- (1) An annual registration fee for each storage tank shall be paid by the tank owner or operator to the Division of Environmental Quality for each year or portion of a year that the tank is in use.
- (2) A storage tank shall be deemed “in use” until it has been removed or otherwise permanently closed in accordance with the procedures mandated by this part and written notice of the change in status of the tank has been provided to the Division of Environmental Quality.
- (b) The annual registration fee for a storage tank newly placed into service shall be paid within thirty (30) days after the storage tank is placed into service.
- (c) The annual registration fee for all storage tanks shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per tank.
- (d) The annual registration fees shall be allocated to the Regulated Substance Storage Tank Program Fund and the Division of Arkansas State Police.
- (e) If the annual registration fee required by this subpart is not paid within thirty (30) days of the billing date of the applicable fee invoice from the Division of Environmental Quality, a late fee shall be imposed in the amount of five dollars ($5.00) per storage tank.
- (f) Nonpayment of any fee required by this subpart is grounds for legal action by the Division of Environmental Quality, and may result in the assessment of civil penalties as provided in Subpart 9 of this part.
- (g) Any fees required by this subpart shall be nonrefundable.