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Chapter 9. Heating Oil Tank Closure
IC 22-12-9-1
"Heating oil tank" defined
Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "heating oil tank" means an above
ground or underground tank used to store heating oil for use as a fuel
in heating a residential property.
As added by P.L.131-1997, SEC.7.
IC 22-12-9-2
Duties of owners
Sec. 2. (a) Immediately upon abandoning the use of heating oil as
a fuel in heating a property, the owner of a heating oil tank, under
applicable state and federal law, shall:
(1) remove all flammable or combustible liquids from the
heating oil tank, piping, and connections; and
(2) except as provided under subsection (b), remove the outside
filling pipe.
(b) An owner is not required to remove an outside filling pipe
under subsection (a)(2) if the owner permanently secures the tank
against accidental filling.
(c) An owner of a heating oil tank described in subsection (a)
shall, under applicable state and federal law, dispose of all
flammable and combustible liquids removed under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.131-1997, SEC.7.
IC 22-12-9-3
Duties of contractors or subcontractors
Sec. 3. A contractor or subcontractor proposing to convert a
residential property from heating oil to another heat source shall
inform the property owner of the requirements of this chapter and
include in a contract for labor and materials the cost of:
(1) properly removing and disposing of all flammable or
combustible liquids from a heating oil tank; and
(2) either:
(A) removing an outside filling pipe; or
(B) permanently securing the tank against accidental filling.
As added by P.L.131-1997, SEC.7.
