Exceptions to Chapter

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This chapter shall not apply to the following:

  1. Any farm or residential tank of 1,100 gallons or less capacity used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes;
  2. Any tank used for storing heating oil for consumptive use on the premises where stored;
  3. Any septic tank;
  4. Any pipeline facility, including gathering lines:
    1. Regulated under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. Section 1671, et seq.;
    2. Regulated under the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. Section 2001, et seq.; or
    3. Which is an intrastate pipeline facility regulated under state law comparable to the provisions of law referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph;
  5. Any surface impoundment, pit, pond, or lagoon;
  6. Any storm-water or waste-water collection system;
  7. Any flow-through process tank;
  8. Any liquid trap or associated gathering lines directly related to oil or gas production and gathering operations; or
  9. Any storage tank situated in an underground area (such as a basement, cellar, mine working, drift, shaft, or tunnel), if the storage tank is situated upon or above the surface of the floor.

(Code 1981, §12-13-4, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 2072, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 12.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "Section" was inserted following "U.S.C." in subparagraphs (4)(A) and (4)(B).


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