California Code of Regulations
Title 23 - Waters
Division 3 - State Water Resources Control Board and Regional Water Quality Control Boards
Chapter 18 - Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund Regulations
Article 7 - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Contamination Orphan Site Cleanup Fund
Section 2814.30 - General Procedures for Payment

(a) After the Board issues a notice of eligibility to the applicant, the Board and the applicant shall enter into a grant agreement.

(b) After the Board and the applicant enter into the grant agreement, the applicant may begin submitting payment requests. An applicant may submit payment requests on an on-going basis for eligible response action costs provided that the request is for $500 or more.

(c) Payment requests for assessment funds and cleanup funds must include invoices and auxiliary documentation that demonstrate to the Board's satisfaction that the response action costs claimed by an applicant are eligible. Invoices must include, at a minimum, all of the following:

(d) Within 60 days of the receipt of a properly documented payment request, the Board will pay for eligible costs or inform the applicant of the Board's basis for rejecting the costs.

(e) Within 30 days of receipt of payment from the Orphan Site Cleanup Fund, an applicant must pay all reimbursed costs incurred by the applicant, but not yet paid. If an applicant has not paid such costs within 30 days, the applicant shall immediately return the unpaid funds to the Board.

(f) In the event of an overpayment of a claim, the applicant shall repay the overpayment to the Board within 30 days of request by the Board.