Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 807 - SOLID WASTE
Subpart G - SITE SPECIFIC RULES AND EXCEPTIONS NOT OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
Appendix A - Financial Assurance Forms
ILLUSTRATION E - Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
IRREVOCABLE STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT
Director
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
C/O Bureau of Land #24
Financial Assurance Program
1021 North Grand Avenue East
Post Office Box 19276
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9276
Dear Sir or Madam:
We have authority to issue letters of credit. Our letter-of-credit operations are regulated by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or our deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (Omit language that does not apply.)
We hereby establish our Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit No. ______ in your favor, at the request and for the account of ____________ up to the aggregate amount of ________ U.S. dollars ($_______), available upon presentation of:
1. your sight draft, bearing reference to this letter of credit No. _____; and
2. your signed statement reading as follows: "I certify that the amount of the draft is payable pursuant to regulations issued under authority of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ] and 35 Ill. Adm. Code 807.664(e)."
This letter of credit is effective as of ____________ [date] and shall expire on __________[date at least one year later], but, such expiration date shall be automatically extended for a period of _________ [at least one year] on _________ [date] and on each successive expiration date, unless, at least 120 days before the current expiration date, we notify both you and [owner's or operator's name] by certified mail that we have decided not to extend this letter of credit beyond the current expiration date. The 120 days will begin on the date when both__________[owner's or operator's name] and the IEPA have received the notice, as evidenced by the return receipts. In the event you are so notified, any unused portion of the credit shall be available upon presentation of your sight draft for 120 days after the date of receipt by both you and _________ [owner's or operator's name], as shown on the signed return receipts.
Whenever this letter of credit is drawn on under and in compliance with the terms of this credit, we shall duly honor such draft upon presentation to us, and we shall deposit the amount of the draft directly into the State of Illinois Landfill Closure and Post-Closure Fund in accordance with your instructions.
We certify that the wording of this letter of credit is identical to the wording specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 807.Appendix A, Illustration E as such regulations were constituted on the date shown below.
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Signature
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Typed Name
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Title
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Date
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Name and address of issuing institution
This credit is subject to [insert "the most recent edition of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, published and copyrighted by the International Chamber of Commerce," or "the Uniform Commercial Code"].
