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10/16/95 15:37 UST CLEANUP FUND -+ 912094640138 N0. 112 U07 5/24/94 UST EAR Account within one week of receipt of the written approval. In addition, a written confirmation of any oral agreement must be submitted before any payments will be made. The Request for Payment Form (Appendix C) shall be submitted, includirg all invoices, at the time of payment requests. REQUESTS nR FUNDING FOR PROMPT ACTION Regional Water Board's Executive Officers, and LTA Directors (or their designee), may request up to $200,000 if prompt action is required to protect human health, safety and the environment and the responsible party, if any, is either unable or unwilling to comply with a written corrective action order requiring such prompt action. Approval of these requests will be limited to those cases where a situation poses a threat to human health, safety or the environment and prompt action is required. Requests must be submitted in writing to the DCWP Chief (See Appendix B). All prompt action requests must be approved by the State Water Board. To be considered, the request must include information specified in the Funding Criteria section, including a copy of the corrective action order, a completed EAR Account Request for Funds Form (Appendix B) and a specific Resolution authorizing the funding request. If the DCWP Chief determines that the request is eligible for consideration, it will be presented to the State Water Board with a staff recommendation. The UST Cleanup Fund Section Chief shall review all prompt action requests and present them to the State Water Board with a staff recommendation within 60 calendar days of receipt of the request. ABANDONED AND RECALCITRANT SITE ANNUAL FUNDING REQUESTS The State Water Board will be presented an annual statewide priority list, with staff recommendations, and will establish the annual amounts to be allocated to approved sites contained on the list. The Regional Water Board will establish priorities within their respective region for all LIA and Regional Water Board proposed UST leak sites. The UST Cleanup Fund Section Chief will establish statewide priorities if funding requests exceed the available resources. The relative priority for each proposed site will be established to direct limited resources to the highest priority water quality needs. ANNUAL SCHEDULE FOR PROCESSING ABANDONED AND RECALCITRANT SITE FUNDING REQUESTS o October 1st - A request will be sent to all Regional Water Boards and LIAs which contains information needed for the Regional Water Boards to recommend and prioritize LIA and Regional Water Board abandoned and recalcitrant sites within their region for EAR Account funding. LIAS should contact the appropriate Regional Water Board if they have any high priority abandoned or recalcitrant UST sites which they want considered for inclusion an the EAR Account Annual Sites List. All prioritized Regional Water Board lists, including a Regional Water Board resolution which adopts their prioritized annual list, must be submitted to the UST Cleanup Fund Section Chief by March 1 to be considered. o March I - The UST Cleanup Fund Section will review and develop statewide priorities based on all Regional Water Board lists received. The statewide prioritized list, including staff recommendations on which sites can be funded, will be mailed out to Regional Water Boards and LIAs prior to the May State Board Workshop. -7-