BOARD MEETING
SESSION – CLEAN WATER PROGRAMS
March 15,
2000
ITEM2
SUBJECT
PROPOSED
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST) CLEANUP FUND PRIORITY
LIST - AMENDMENT NO. 72
DISCUSSION
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 establishes a four-tier
priority system setting the order in which the State Water Resources Control
Board (SWRCB) shall pay claims from the Fund, and requires the SWRCB to
update the list at least annually.The
initial priority list was adopted July 16, 1992.This,
the 72nd amendment of the priority list, would add 102 claims.
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.
POLICY
ISSUE
Should
the SWRCB amend the UST Cleanup Fund Priority List to add 102 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?
FISCAL
ISSUE
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.
RWQCB
IMPACT
Yes
- All regions
STAFF
RECOMMENDATION
That
the SWRCB adopt a resolution amending the UST Cleanup Fund Priority List
to add 102 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
UST Cleanup Fund Priority List is available in PDF format Attachment
here.]
[For
paper copy call 1-800-813-3863.]
RESOLUTION
NO. 2000-___
AMENDMENT
OF THE UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST)
CLEANUP FUND
PRIORITY LIST
AMENDMENT
NO. 72
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 102 claims
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 March 15, 2000.
Maureen
Marchè
Administrative
Assistant to the Board