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JUN 4; 2010 <br />Mr. Jay McIlrath -2- <br />Claim No. 013882 <br />Section 25299.52(b) of the H&SC states, in part, that the State Water Resources <br />Control Board shall pay claims in accordance with the following order of priority: <br />[Residential tank owners]. <br />Owners and operators of tanks that are either of the following: <br />An owner or operator of a tank that is a small business, by meeting the <br />requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 of the Government <br />Code. An owner or operator that meets that definition of small <br />business, but who is domiciled or has its principal office outside of the <br />state, shall be classified in this category if the owner or operator <br />otherwise meets the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 14837 <br />of the Government Code with regard to the number of employees and <br />the total annual revenues received. <br />An owner or operator that is a city, county, district, or nonprofit <br />organization that receives total annual revenues of not more than <br />seven million dollars ($7,000,000). In determining the amount of a <br />non-profit organization's annual revenues, the board shall calculate <br />only those revenues directly attributable to the particular site at which <br />the tank or tanks for which the claim is submitted are located. . . . <br />Government Code Section 14837(d) defines "small business," in relevant part, as: <br />(d)(1) "Small business" means an independently owned and operated business <br />that is not dominant in its field of operation, . . . and that, together with affiliates, <br />has 100 or fewer employees, and average annual gross receipts of ten million <br />dollars ($10,000,000) or less over the previous three years, or is a manufacturer, <br />as defined in subdivision (c), with 100 or fewer employees. <br />The Small Business Regulations implement Government Code Section 14837(d) by <br />establishing current small business standards. Section 1896.12(a), of the Small <br />Business Regulations describes, in relevant part, the current qualifying criteria for small <br />business certification as follows: <br />(a) To be eligible for certification as a small business, a business must meet all of <br />the following qualifying criteria: <br />California Environmental Protection Agency <br />R ecy cled Paper