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Before receiving a PHS/EHD corrective action directive and in order to receive <br /> the SWRCB Clean up Fund Letter of Committment, you must make application to <br /> the State of California Water Resources Control Board's (SWRCB) "Petroleum <br /> Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund" (Fund) . An application package ifor the <br /> Fund has been."iprovided. <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 account available from the Fund is $990,000 per occurrence. <br /> Claimants are responsible for the first $10,000 of eligible costs. <br /> Applicationsmust be submitted to the SWRC8 clean Up Fund by Karch 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 coats 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 /> i (916) 445-6733. <br /> If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Linda Turkatte, <br /> Senior R.E.H.S. at (209) 468-3441. <br /> Ernest M. Fujimoto, M.D., M.P.H. <br /> Acting Heaith ;Officer <br /> lane M. Hinson, Supervising R.E.H.S. <br /> Environmental :I,Health Division <br /> DMH/lt <br /> Enclosures <br /> 1lAmking Underground Fuel Tank Manual: Guidelines for Site Assessment, Cleanup, and Underground <br /> Storage Tank Closure", State of California Leaking Underground Ferrel Tank Task Foxe, October, 1989. <br /> USTRUORT.00C <br /> 02/01/94 <br /> i4 <br /> - <br /> I, <br /> k <br />