42 U.S.C. § 6991i
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- § 1
- § 6901
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- § 6902
- § 6903
- § 6904
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- § 6906
- § 6907
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- § 6911
- § 6911a
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- § 6914b
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- § 6941
- § 6941a
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- § 6949a
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- § 6961
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- § 6964
- § 6965
- § 6966
- § 6966a
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- § 6966d
- § 6971
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- § 6973
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- § 6976
- § 6977
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- § 6979
- § 6979a
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- § 6981
- § 6982
- § 6983
- § 6984
- § 6985
- § 6986
- § 6987
- § 6991
- § 6991a
- § 6991c
- § 6991b
- § 6991d
- § 6991e
- § 6991f
- § 6991h
- § 6991g
- § 6991i
- § 6991j
- § 6991k
- § 6991m
- § 6991l
- § 6992
- § 6992a
- § 6992b
- § 6992c
- § 6992d
- § 6992e
- § 6992f
- § 6992h
- § 6992i
- § 6992j
- § 6992g
- § 6992k
§ 6991i. Operator training
- (a)
- (1) Not later than 2 years after August 8, 2005 , in consultation and cooperation with States and after public notice and opportunity for comment, the Administrator shall publish guidelines that specify training requirements for—
- (A) persons having primary responsibility for on-site operation and maintenance of underground storage tank systems;
- (B) persons having daily on-site responsibility for the operation and maintenance of underground storage tanks systems; and
- (C) daily, on-site employees having primary responsibility for addressing emergencies presented by a spill or release from an underground storage tank system.
- (2) The guidelines described in paragraph (1) shall take into account—
- (A) State training programs in existence as of the date of publication of the guidelines;
- (B) training programs that are being employed by tank owners and tank operators as of August 8, 2005 ;
- (C) the high turnover rate of tank operators and other personnel;
- (D) the frequency of improvement in underground storage tank equipment technology;
- (E) the nature of the businesses in which the tank operators are engaged;
- (F) the substantial differences in the scope and length of training needed for the different classes of persons described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1); and
- (G) such other factors as the Administrator determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
- (1) Not later than 2 years after August 8, 2005 , in consultation and cooperation with States and after public notice and opportunity for comment, the Administrator shall publish guidelines that specify training requirements for—
- (b)
- (1) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Administrator publishes the guidelines under subsection (a)(1), each State that receives funding under this subchapter shall develop State-specific training requirements that are consistent with the guidelines developed under subsection (a)(1).
- (2) State requirements described in paragraph (1) shall—
- (A) be consistent with subsection (a);
- (B) be developed in cooperation with tank owners and tank operators;
- (C) take into consideration training programs implemented by tank owners and tank operators as of August 8, 2005 ; and
- (D) be appropriately communicated to tank owners and operators.
- (3) The Administrator may award to a State that develops and implements requirements described in paragraph (1), in addition to any funds that the State is entitled to receive under this subchapter, not more than $200,000, to be used to carry out the requirements.
- (c) All persons that are subject to the operator training requirements of subsection (a) shall—
- (1) meet the training requirements developed under subsection (b); and
- (2) repeat the applicable requirements developed under subsection (b), if the tank for which they have primary daily on-site management responsibilities is determined to be out of compliance with—
- (A) a requirement or standard promulgated by the Administrator under section 6991b of this title ; or
- (B) a requirement or standard of a State program approved under section 6991c of this title .
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