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UST LUFT LETTER <br /> Page 2 <br /> i <br /> Ik <br /> the State of California Water Resources Control Board's (SWRCB) "Petroleum f <br /> Underground ','Storage Tank Cleanup Fund" (Fund) . An application package for the <br /> Fund has been provided. <br /> The Fund was created pursuant to Chapter 6.75 of the California Health and <br /> Safety Code ',to help eligible owners and operators of petroleum underground <br /> storage tanks to: <br /> 1. Meet federal requirements to demonstrate financial responsibility; <br /> 2. Obtain reimbursement for costs of the cleanup of unauthorized <br /> releases of petroleum from USTs; and <br /> 3. -Obtain reimbursement for damages awarded to third parties who are <br /> injured by petroleum releases. <br /> The maximum °amount available from the Fund is $990,000 per occurrence. f <br /> Claimants are responsible for the first $10,000 of eligible costs. <br /> Applications must be submitted to the SWRCB Clean Up Fund by March 31, 1994 to <br /> undergo eligibility ranking for funding in the 1994-95 state fiscal budget <br /> year. All subsurface investigations and remedial actions must be performed <br /> under a workplan approved by PHS/EHD. <br /> The Fund does not cover the costs incurred for the removal, repair, retrofit, <br /> or installation of USTs. Should you wish to obtain a low interest loan for <br /> the upgrade "of your tank system, please contact the State of California Trade <br /> and Commerce Agency, UST Loan Program, regarding their loan requirements, at <br /> (916) 445-6733. <br /> If you have !'any questions, please do not hesitate to contact ,Michael Collins, <br /> REHS, at (209)- 468-0338. <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., M.P.H. <br /> Acting Health Officer_ <br /> Diane . Hinson, upervising R.E.H.S. <br /> Environmental Health Division <br /> DMH/MC <br /> Enclosures <br /> 4 <br /> 1l aldng Underground Fuel Tank Manual: Guidelines for Site Assessment, Cleanup, and Underground <br /> Storage Tank Closure", State of California Leaking Underground Fuel Tank Task Force, October, 1989. <br /> USTNUDRT.DOC <br /> 02/01/94 <br />