SITE INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE FILE 2

Home Browse Search

Palisades Gas &Wash -4- On page seven (7) of your claim application, Claimant must provide an "original signed" Verification and Signature Page including signatory's title as related to the claimant (see enclosed Verification and Signature page). C. Miller signed this page and you provided an Authorized Representative Designation Form signed by C. Miller; however, it is unclear as to C. Miller's affiliation with claimant and is form is no longer accepted by the Fund (see enclosed Authorized Representative Designation Form Replacement). In the past the Cleanup Fund allowed claimants to designate a representative to sign certain Fund documents. However, there is a concern that this procedure is not consistent with section 25299.55 of the Health and Safety Code, which requires a Fund claimant to make a sworn verification of the claim and certification of costs. Therefore, the "Authorized Representative Designation Form" is no longer being used by the Fund and we will not accept any future documents signed by the representative that was designated by such form. We encourage claimants to sign all Fund documents personally. However, there may be circumstances where a claimant wants a representative to be able to sign Fund documents on the claimant's behalf. In this situation, the claimant must submit a notarized Power of Attorney form designating a specific representative to sign and submit documents to the Fund on the claimant's behalf. The designated representative should not be a consultant or contractor performing work on the project site because it would create a conflict of interest. Claimants should be aware that they will be personally responsible and bound by any assertions made to the Fund pursuant to a Power of Attorney. (An appropriate Power of Attorney form-enclosed-is available on our web site or by request, however other forms may also be acceptable.) • Claimants who acquire sites after January 1, 1990, must complete the enclosed Claimant Certification of Compliance with Fund Regulations Section 2811(a)(1)-(2) and Health & Safety Code, Section 25299.54, subdivision (h). AND • Provide a copy of the first permit to own or operate the UST from the local implementing agency issued to you ("eligible claimant") and dated after you acquired site (11/97) (pursuant to Chapter 6.7 of the Health and Safety Code). You provided a permit issued to New West Petroleum dated 1/1/98-12/31/98. • Submit a removal permit for all underground storage tanks listed in claim application. • Claimant is required to provide documentation that all current and prior UST fees due on or after January 1, 1991 imposed by Section 25299.41 of the Health and Safety Code have been paid. If any of the USTs owned or operated had product California Environmental Protection Agency P.a R".vc%d Paper