Administrative Rules of Montana › Department 17 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 17.56 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES › Subchapter 17.56.8 - Financial Responsibility › Rule 17.56.811 - LETTER OF CREDIT

Current through Register Vol. 13, July 5, 2024
(1) An owner or
				operator may satisfy the requirements of ARM
				17.56.805
				by obtaining an irrevocable standby letter of credit that conforms to the
				requirements of this rule. The issuing institution must be an entity that has
				the authority to issue letters of credit in each state where used and whose
				letter-of-credit operations are regulated and examined by a federal or state
				agency.
(2) The letter of credit
				must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be
				replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit
[Name and address of issuing institution]
Director
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
PO Box 200901, Metcalf Building
Helena, Montana 59620-0901
Attn: UST Program
Dear Sir or Madam: We hereby establish our Irrevocable
				  Standby Letter of Credit No. _______ in your favor, at the request and for the
				  account of [owner or operator name] of [address] up to the aggregate amount of
				  [in words] US dollars ($[insert dollar amount]), available upon presentation by
				  you 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 Subtitle I to the Resource Conservation and Recovery
				Act (RCRA) amending the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended and the applicable
				state laws and rules."
This letter of credit may be drawn on to cover [insert:
				  "taking corrective action" and/or "compensating third parties for bodily injury
				  and property damage caused by" either "sudden accidental releases" or
				  "nonsudden accidental releases" or "accidental releases"] arising from
				  operating the underground storage tank(s) identified below in the amount of [in
				  words] $[insert dollar amount] per occurrence and [in words] $[insert dollar
				  amount] annual aggregate:
[List the number of tanks at each facility and the name(s)
				  and address(es) of the facility(ies) where the tanks are located. If more than
				  one instrument is used to assure different tanks at any one facility, for each
				  tank covered by this instrument, list the tank identification number provided
				  in the notification submitted pursuant to
				  40 CFR
				  280.22, or the corresponding state
				  requirement, and the name and address of the facility.]
The letter of credit may not be drawn on to cover any of the
				  following:
(a) Any obligation of
				[insert owner or operator] under a workers' compensation, disability benefits,
				or unemployment compensation law or other similar law;
(b) Bodily injury to an employee of [insert
				owner or operator] arising from, and in the course of employment by [insert
				owner or operator];
(c) Bodily
				injury or property damage arising from the ownership, maintenance, use, or
				entrustment to others of any aircraft, motor vehicle, or watercraft;
(d) Property damage to any property owned,
				rented, loaned to, in the care, custody, or control of, or occupied by [insert
				owner or operator] that is not the direct result of a release from a petroleum
				underground storage tank;
(e)
				Bodily injury or property damage for which [insert owner or operator] is
				obligated to pay damages by reason of the assumption of liability in a contract
				or agreement other than a contract or agreement entered into to meet the
				requirements of ARM 17.56.805.
This letter of credit is effective as of [date] and shall
				  expire on [date], but such expiration date shall be automatically extended for
				  a period of [at least the length of the original term] on [expiration date] and
				  on each successive expiration date, unless at least 120 days before the current
				  expiration date, we notify [owner or operator] by certified mail that we have
				  decided not to extend this letter of credit beyond the current expiration date.
				  In the event that [owner or operator] is 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 [owner or operator], as shown on the signed return
				  receipt.
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 standby trust fund of [owner or operator] in accordance with your
				  instruction.
We certify that the wording of this letter of credit is
				  identical to the wording specified in ARM 17.56.811(2) as such rule was
				  constituted on the date shown immediately below.
[Signature(s) and title(s) of official(s) of issuing
				  institution]
[Date]
This credit is subject to [insert "the most recent edition of
				  the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, published by the
				  International Chamber of Commerce," or "the Uniform Commercial Code"].