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DATE: June 20, 20032003

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING – UNDERGROUND STORAGE

TANK CLEANUP FUND REGULATIONS

Below are links Enclosed is a copy toof the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that announces the proposal by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) to amend California Code of Regulations, title 23, division 3, chapter 18 (commencing with section 2803) relating to the Underground Storage Tank (UST) Cleanup Fund program (the Fund regulations). The Fund regulations implement the Barry Keene UST Cleanup Trust Fund Act of 1989, which is codified in chapter 6.75 of the California Health and Safety Code (commencing with section 25299.10). The Informative Digest portion of the notice explains the regulatory amendments being proposed.

You are invited to submit written comments within the 45-day comment period, which begins on the date of this letter and ends at 5:00 p.m., August 4, 2003. Any comments received after this deadline will not be considered. The SWRCB will address in the Final Statement of Reasons all comments timely received.

The entire rulemaking package,package which consists of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Initial Statement of Reasons, and the Ttext of the Pproposed Rregulations in MS Word and PDF format., has been posted on the SWRCB UST Cleanup Fund program's website at: http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/cwphome/ustcf/index.html. You may also obtain a hard copy of the rulemaking package by submitting a request in writing to the SWRCB, addressed as follows:

State Water Resources Control Board

Division of Financial Assistance, UST Cleanup Fund

Attention: Wes Wilkinson

P.O. Box 944212

Sacramento, CA 94244-2120

Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Mr. Wilkinson by writing to the address shown above or by contacting him by telephone at (916) 341-5750.

Allan Patton, Manager

Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Fund

Division of Financial Assistance

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