STATE WATER
RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD MEETING
SACRAMENTO,
CALIFORNIA
JUNE 15, 2000
PROPOSED RESOLUTION AMENDING THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK (UST) CLEANUP FUND PRIORITY LIST - AMENDMENT NO. 75
Chapter 6.75 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes
creation of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (Fund) to reimburse
UST owners and operators for the cleanup of contaminated soil and water caused
by leaking petroleum USTs. The law established a four-tier priority system
setting the order in which the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
shall pay claims from the Fund. The
law established a separate priority for joint claim applications to the Commingled
Plume Account within the Fund. The
law requires the SWRCB to update the list at least annually. The initial priority list was adopted July
16, 1992. This, the 75th amendment
of the priority list, would add 72 claims to four-tier
priority system and add 1 to the commingled plume priority.
A claim must appear on the list to be
considered for funding. However,
placement on the priority list does not guarantee that a claim is valid or that
it has been assigned the correct priority, and does not constitute a commitment
to reimburse costs requested in the claim.
These determinations will be made when the claim is taken from the list
for detailed processing. Claims will
generally be processed and paid by the Division according to Priority Classes
and the ranking of claims within each Priority Class.
Should the SWRCB amend the UST Cleanup Fund Priority
List to add 73 claims which, as the result of Division or Board action, have
been determined to be eligible for placement on the list, and to authorize the
Division to change the priority class of claims when appropriate?
The staff effort required to administer claims is
funded by the UST Cleanup Fund.
Staffing levels approved for the Division for Fiscal Year 1999/2000 are
sufficient to review and process projects for which grant funds are
available. No new funding authority
will be required in later fiscal years by this action.
Yes - All regions
That the SWRCB adopt a resolution amending the
UST Cleanup Fund Priority List to add 73 claims which, as the result of
Division or Board action, have been determined to be eligible for placement on
the list, and to authorize the Division to change the priority class of claims
when appropriate.
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DRAFT June
6, 2000
STATE WATER RESOURCES
CONTROL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 2000 -
AMENDMENT OF
THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST)
CLEANUP FUND PRIORITY LIST
AMENDMENT NO.
75
WHEREAS:
1. The Health and Safety Code authorizes the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to expend money from the UST Cleanup Fund for payment of claims against the Fund;
2. The Health and Safety Code requires the SWRCB to pay claims in accordance with a four-class priority ranking system, and to update the priority list at least annually;
3. The SWRCB adopted its initial priority list on July 16, 1992;
4. The Division of Clean Water Programs (Division) continues to receive claims and make decisions on claims regarding placement on the priority list and or the appropriate priority classification to which a claim belongs.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The SWRCB hereby amends the UST Cleanup Fund
Priority List to add the 72 claims to
the four-tier priority system and 1 claim to the commingled plume priority
shown in the Attachment which, as the result of Division or Board action, have
been determined to be eligible for placement on the list, and authorizes the
Division to change the priority class of claims when appropriate.
CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, Administrative Assistant to the
Board, does hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy
of a resolution duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the State Water
Resources Control Board held on June 15, 2000.
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