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Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund - Assignment of Claim

Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund - Assignment of Claim


In April 2000, the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) adopted an order that allows, under certain circumstances, the Fund to honor a claimant’s assignment of its rights to reimbursement from the Fund. (See In the Matter of the Petition of the Lake Publishing Company, Order: WQ 2000-06-UST (Lake). Lake can be accessed on the Internet through http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/board_decisions/adopted_orders/water_quality/2000/wq2000_06.pdf.

Information regarding assignments and “Sample Provisions for Assignments” is available below. The Sample Provisions for Assignments is a guidance document, which can be used by parties to enter into their assignment agreement. If you should have any questions regarding the assignment of a claim, please contact the Fund by calling
1-800-813-FUND.

UST Assignment of Claim and Information Guide