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Legislative Annual Report 1996

California Environmental Protection Agency
State Water Resources Control Board
Division of Clean Water Programs
Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (USTCF)

ANNUAL REPORT
New Series No. 1
September 1997

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Executive Summary
  • Program Effectiveness
  • Program Improvements
    
    
• The Program
  
  
• Financial Responsibility
  
  
• Funding
  
  
• Eligibility Requirements
  
  
• Claim Priority System
  
  
• Claims Processing
  
  
• Letters of Commitment
  
  
• Reimbursable Costs
  
  
• Deductible
  
  
• Third Party Costs
  
  
• Three Bid Requirement
  
  
• Preapproval
  
  
• Fund Subaccounts
  • EAR Account
  • Circle K Settlement Trust Fund
  • Commingled Plume Account
    
    
• Rust Loan Program
  
  
• Fiscal Status Report
  
  
• Legislation
  • Enacted
  • Proposed
    
    
• Significant Issues
  
  

Pursuant to Chapter 6.75, Article 9, Section 25299.81(d) of the Health and Safety Code (H&SC), the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is mandated to prepare an annual report to the Legislature describing the status of the Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund (Fund). This annual report discusses recent legislative changes to the Fund for improving the efficiency of the program, with special emphasis on expediting environmental cleanup and the distribution of monies from the Fund

Although Assembly Bill 116 (Chapter 870, Statutes of 1996) established a moratorium on the preparation and submission of this annual report until October 1, 1999, the SWRCB has prepared this annual report as a continuing effort to provide quality customer service to our claimants, local regulatory agencies, and other public members serviced by the Fund.

Dave Deaner, Manager
UST Cleanup Fund