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10/16/95 15:34 UST CLEANUP FUND 4 912094640138 NO. 112 UO3 5/24/94 • • UST EAR Account Re Tonal Water Board: Upon request by the State Water Board, notifies their LIAs to nom nate high priority sites for inclusion on the regional annual list of abandoned and recalcitrant sites for EAR Account funding. Prioritizes and submits their annual list of abandoned and recalcitrant LIA and Regional Water Board sites to the State Water Board for statewide prioritization and funding consideration. State Water Board: Approve, modify, or disapprove the annual abandoned and recalcitrant site priority list including recommended funding levels, based on availability of funds. Additionally, will approve, modify or disapprove all prompt action funding requests. FORMS o APPROVAL FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING FORM (Apgndix A - This form is completed and signed by the Division ief, DCWP or out orized representative) and forwarded to the Regional Water Board Executive Officer, or the LIA Director, and the State Water Board's Accounting Office, upon approval of a verbal request for emergency funding. o REQUEST FOR FUNDS FORM (Appendix B) - This form is completed by the Regional ter Board Executive 0 icer or the LIA Director (or their designee) and is submitted to the UST Cleanup Fund Section Chief, DCWP, at the time of prompt action or abandoned, recalcitrant site funding requests. c REQUEST FOR PAYMENT FORM (Appendix C) - This form is submitted to the UST Cleanup Fund Section Chief with the appropriate invoices, at the time of payment requests. The DCWP will forward the request to the DAS Accounting Office to process payments. USE OF THE EAR ACCOUNT The EAR Account is to he used primarily to: o Provide funding to Regional Water Boards and LIAs to initiate emergency corrective action at petroleum UST sites where immediate action is required to protect human health, safety and the environment and any delay, while awaiting State Water Board approval of the request, would endanger human health, safety or the environment (emergency sites); o Provide funding to Regional Water Boards and LIAs to initiate prompt corrective action at petroleum UST sites where such prompt action is required to protect human health, safety and the environment, and the responsible party, if any, has failed to comply with a corrective action order (prompt action sites). A corrective action order may include any written order issued by a Regional Water Board or, a written order issued by the LIA which designates that the order was issued in accordance with Section 25299.37(c) of Chapter 6.75, and which: (1) specifies the required corrective action directives; (2) includes a time schedule for completion of specific directives; and, (3) informs the responsible party of the enforcement actions and liabilities that may be imposed if the responsible party fails to comply. Prompt action requests shall be -3-