SB345: Bill Text

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1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Senate BILL 345

September 21, 1995 - Introduced by Senators Panzer and Farrow, cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, Schneiders, Duff, Lehman, Owens, Dobyns, Albers, Hahn and Hoven. Referred to Committee on Environment and Energy.

SB345,1,2 An Act to renumber and amend 144.405 (5) (a); and to create 144.405 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes; relating to: eligibility for vapor recovery grants.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under the gasoline vapor recovery grant program, which ends on December 31, 1995, the department of natural resources (DNR) pays a portion of the costs incurred after August 15, 1990, for installing equipment to recover vapors released when gasoline is pumped into a motor vehicle at a gasoline station located in an area of this state in which federal standards for ozone pollution are exceeded. Under current law, in order to be eligible for a grant, the vapor recovery equipment must be connected to a pump that is attached to a gasoline storage tank that was installed on or before August 15, 1991, or to a pump that is attached to a gasoline storage tank that was installed after August 15, 1991, but that does not increase the storage tank capacity of the gasoline station in existence on August 15, 1991.

This bill expands the vapor recovery grant program to include grants for a portion of the costs, excluding excavation costs, incurred for installing vapor recovery equipment at retail gasoline stations, located in the ozone nonattainment area, on which construction began after August 15, 1991, and before May 1, 1993.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB345, s. 1 Section 1. 144.405 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, is renumbered 144.405 (5) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

SB345,2,2 144.405 (5) (a) (intro.) The department shall develop, implement and administer a program to provide financial all of the following:

SB345,2,13 1. Financial assistance to the owner or operator of a gasoline dispensing facility for costs directly incurred after August 15, 1990, for the design, acquisition and installation of a vapor control system necessary for the owner or operator to comply with rules requiring the installation of a vapor control system on those portions of a gasoline dispensing facility located in an ozone nonattainment area with a classification under 42 USC 7511 (a) of moderate or worse that relate to a stationary storage tank installed on or before August 15, 1991, or on those portions of a gasoline dispensing facility located in an ozone nonattainment area with a classification under 42 USC 7511 (a) of moderate or worse that relate to a stationary storage tank installed after August 15, 1991, that does not increase the stationary storage tank capacity of the gasoline dispensing facility in existence on August 15, 1991.

SB345, s. 2 Section 2. 144.405 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

SB345,2,19 144.405 (5) (a) 2. Financial assistance to the owner or operator of a retail station on which construction began after August 15, 1991, and before May 1, 1993, for costs, except excavation costs, directly incurred for the design, acquisition and installation of a vapor control system necessary for the owner or operator to comply with the rules under sub. (3).

SB345,2,20 (End)