§ 23-1707. Environmental safety permit; siting.

No person shall commence the preparation of a site for, or begin the
construction of, a liquefied natural or petroleum gas storage or
conversion facility in the state without having first obtained an
environmental safety permit issued with respect to such facility or
activity by the commissioner pursuant to this title. Any such facility
with respect to which a permit is issued shall not thereafter be built,
maintained or operated, and any such activity with respect to which a
permit is issued, shall not be carried out, except in conformity with
such permit and any terms, limitations or conditions contained therein;
provided that nothing herein shall exempt such facility from compliance
with state law and regulations thereunder or with municipal laws and
regulations thereunder not inconsistent with the provisions of such
permit. A permit may be transferred, subject to the approval of the
commissioner, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms,
limitations and conditions contained therein. This section shall not
apply to a liquefied natural or petroleum gas storage or conversion
facility in actual use and operation on September first, nineteen
hundred seventy-six.