WHEREAS:

1. Chapter 6.75 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCBs) and LIAs to take corrective action at petroleum UST sites which have had unauthorized releases;

2. The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has established administrative procedures for providing cleanup funds to RWQCBs and LIAs, which include adoption of an EAR Account Annual Site List;

3. On January 6, 1998, the SWRCB requested the RWQCBs to: (1) contact their LIAs to identify any abandoned and recalcitrant petroleum UST sites for inclusion on the FY 1998-1999 EAR Account Annual Site List; and, (2) submit their annual list of RWQCB and LIA sites nominated to receive EAR Account funding;

4. Three RWQCBs responded, nominating a total of 13 eligible sites;

5. Sufficient funding is available to provide the requested funding for all 13 sites; and

6. The SWRCB wants to delegate authority to the Executive Director, or his designee, to execute contracts with designated LIAs.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

The State Water Resources Control Board hereby: (1) adopts the attached EAR Account FY 1998-99 Annual Site List; and (2) authorizes the Executive Director, or his designee, to negotiate and execute contracts with a designated LIA for the expenditure of EAR Account funds.

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 July 23, 1998.

/s/

Maureen Marchè

Administrative Assistant to the Board

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