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Attachment R Financial Responsibility The permittee has submitted a letter of credit as financial assurance. This letter was deemed by EPA to be in compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR 144.52(a)(7). Within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, the permittee shall submit up- dated financial assurance information for plugging and abandonment provided in this per- mit. The information submitted to the Director must consist of the following three (3) items: 1. A letter signed by the owner's or operator's financial officer and worded as specified in 40 CFR 144.70(f); and 2. A copy of the independent certified public accountant's report on examination of the owner's or operator's financial statements for the latest completed fiscal year; and 3. A special report from the owner's or operator's independent certified public account- ant to the: owner or operator stating that: (a) He or she has compared the data which the letter from the chief financial officer specifies as having been derived from the independently audited, year-end financial state- ments for the latest fiscal year with the amounts in such financial statements; and (b) In connection with that procedure, no matters came to his attention which caused him to believe that the specific data should be adjusted. The permittee must maintain a written cost estimate, in current dollars, for the plugging and abandonment plan as specified in 40 CFR 146.10 and according to the plan contained in Attachment Q. The latest cost estimates must be kept on file at the facility during the operating life of the facility and shall be available for inspection. The permittee must revise the plugging and abandonment cost estimate whenever a change in the plugging and abandonment plan increases the cost of plugging and abandonment. The revised plugging and abandonment estimate must be adjusted for inflation. The inflation factor is prescribed in 40 CFR 144.62(b). 25