The Department may use funding from the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund (§ 9113 of this title) to support the implementation of this chapter, including but not limited to preventing releases from underground storage tanks, removing or properly closing in place underground storage tanks that are suspected of leaking or that have been out of service for longer than 12 months, providing financial assistance to remove underground storage tanks containing heating fuel, detecting releases as early as possible, investigating the nature and extent of a release, and performing necessary corrective actions to minimize degradation of groundwater and protect human health and the environment.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 74. DELAWARE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK ACT
Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 7401. Declaration of purpose.
§ 7405. Registration by owner.
§ 7406. Release of substances prohibited; correction of substance release; Department intervention.
§ 7407. Release detection, prevention and correction regulations.
§ 7408. Inspection and monitoring.
§ 7409. Delaware Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Response Fund.
§ 7410. Financial responsibility.
§ 7414. Leaking Underground Storage Tank Committee.
§ 7415. Implementation and reporting requirements.
§ 7416. Groundwater risk assessment.
§ 7417. Use of Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act funding.