HAR §11-280.1-106
HAR §11-280.1-106. specified in subsection (e)
Cite as Haw. Code R. § 11-280.1-106
(d)
The local government guarantee with standby
trust must be worded exactly as follows, except that
instructions in brackets are to be replaced with
relevant information and the brackets deleted:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE WITH STANDBY TRUST MADE BY
A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Guarantee made this [date] by [name of
guaranteeing entity], a local government organized
under the laws of Hawaii, herein referred to as
guarantor, to the Hawaii department of health and to
any and all third parties, and obliges, on behalf of
[local government owner or operator].
Recitals
(1)
Guarantor meets or exceeds [select one: the
local government bond rating test requirements of
section 11-280.1-104, Hawaii Administrative Rules, the
local government financial test requirements of
section 11-280.1-105, Hawaii Administrative Rules, or
the local government fund under section
11-280 .1-107 (1), (2), or (3), Hawaii Administrative
Rules. ]
(2)
[Local government owner or operator] owns or
operates the following underground storage tank(s)
covered by this guarantee: [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
section 3421-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or 40 C.F.R.
section 280.22, or in the permit applications
submitted under sections 11-280.1-324 and
11-280.1-326, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and the
name and address of the facility.]
This guarantee
satisfies subchapter 8 of chapter 11-280.1, Hawaii
Administrative Rules, requirements for assuring
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funding for [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"; if coverage is different for
different tanks or locations, indicate the type of
coverage applicable to each tank or location] arising
from operating the above-identified underground
storage tank(s) in the amount of [insert dollar
amount] per occurrence and [insert: dollar amount]
annual aggregate.
(3)
Incident to our substantial governmental
relationship with [local government owner or
operator], guarantor guarantees to the Hawaii
department of health and to any and all third parties
that:
In the event that [local government owner or
operator] fails to provide alternative coverage within
sixty days after receipt of a notice of cancellation
of this guarantee and the director of the Hawaii
department of health has determined or suspects that a
release has occurred at an underground storage tank
covered by this guarantee, the guarantor, upon
instructions from the director shall fund a standby
trust fund in accordance with the provisions of
section 11-280.1-112, Hawaii Administrative Rules, in
an amount not to exceed the coverage limits specified
above.
In the event that the director determines that
[local government owner or operator] has failed to
perform corrective action for releases arising out of
the operation of the above-identified tank(s) in
accordance with subchapter 6 of chapter 11-280.1,
Hawaii Administrative Rules, the guarantor upon
written instructions from the director shall fund a
standby trust fund in accordance with the provisions
of section 11-280.1-112, Hawaii Administrative Rules,
in an amount not to exceed the coverage limits
specified above.
If [owner or operator] fails to satisfy a
judgment or award based on a determination of
liability for bodily injury or property damage to
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third parties caused by ["sudden" and/or "nonsudden")
accidental releases arising from the operation of the
above-identified tank(s), or fails to pay an amount
agreed to in settlement of a claim arising from or
alleged to arise from such injury or damage, the
guarantor, upon written instructions from the
director, shall fund a standby trust in accordance
with the provisions of section 11-280.1-112, Hawaii
Administrative Rules, to satisfy such judgment(s),
award(s), or settlement agreement(s) up to the limits
of coverage specified above.
(4)
Guarantor agrees that, if at the end of any
fiscal year before cancellation of this guarantee, the
guarantor fails to meet or exceed the requirements of
the financial responsibility mechanism specified in
paragraph (1), guarantor shall send within one hundred
twenty days of such failure, by certified mail, notice
to [local government owner or operator), as evidenced
by the return receipt.
(5)
Guarantor agrees to notify [owner or
operator) by certified mail of a voluntary or
involuntary proceeding under Title 11 (Bankruptcy),
U.S. Code naming guarantor as debtor, within ten days
after commencement of the proceeding.
(6)
Guarantor agrees to remain bound under this
guarantee notwithstanding any modification or
alteration of any obligation of [owner or operator)
pursuant to chapter 11-280.1, Hawaii Administrative
Rules.
(7)
Guarantor agrees to remain bound under this
guarantee for so long as [local government owner or
operator) must comply with the applicable financial
responsibility requirements of subchapter 8 of chapter
11-280.1, Hawaii Administrative Rules, for the above
identified tank(s), except that guarantor may cancel
this guarantee by sending notice by certified mail to
[owner or operator], such cancellation to become
effective no earlier than one hundred twenty days
after receipt of such notice by [owner or operator),
as evidenced by the return receipt.
(8)
The guarantor's obligation does not apply to
any of the following:
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(a)
Any obligation of [local government 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: local
government owner or operator] arising from, and
in the course of, employment by [insert: local
government 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: local government owner or
operator] that is not the direct result of a
release from a petroleum underground storage
tank;
(e)
Bodily damage 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 section 11-280.1-93, Hawaii
Administrative Rules.
(9)
Guarantor expressly waives notice of
acceptance of this guarantee by the Hawaii department
of health, by any or all third parties, or by [local
government owner or operator].
I hereby certify that the wording of this
guarantee is identical to the wording specified in
section ll-280.1-106(d), Hawaii Administrative Rules,
as such regulations were constituted on the effective
date shown immediately below.
Effective date:
[Name of guarantor]
[Authorized signature for guarantor]
[Name of person signing]
[Title of person signing]
Signature of witness or notary:
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(e)
The local government guarantee without
standby trust must be worded exactly as follows,
except that instructions in brackets are to be
replaced with relevant information and the brackets
deleted:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUARANTEE WITHOUT STANDBY TRUST MADE
BY A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Guarantee made this [date] by [name of
guaranteeing entity), a local government organized
under the laws of Hawaii, herein referred to as
guarantor, to the Hawaii department of health and to
any and all third parties, and obliges, on behalf of
[local government owner or operator).
Recitals
(1)
Guarantor meets or exceeds [select one: the
local government bond rating test requirements of
section 11-280.1-104, Hawaii Administrative Rules, the
local government financial test requirements of
section 11-280.1-105, Hawaii Administrative Rules, or
the local government fund under section
11-280.1-107 (1),
(2), or (3), Hawaii Administrative
Rules] .
(2)
[Local government owner or operator] owns or
operates the following underground storage tank(s)
covered by this guarantee: [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
section 3421-30, Hawaii Revised Statutes, or 40 C.F.R.
section 280.22, or in the permit applications
submitted under sections 11-280.1-324 and
11-280.1-326, Hawaii Administrative Rules, and the
name and address of the facility.]
This guarantee
satisfies subchapter 8 of chapter 11-280.1, Hawaii
Administrative Rules, requirements for assuring
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funding for [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 releasesn ; if coverage is different for
different tanks or locations, indicate the type of
coverage applicable to each tank or location) arising
from operating the above-identified underground
storage tank(s) in the amount of [insert: dollar
amount] per occurrence and [insert: dollar amount]
annual aggregate.
(3)
Incident to our substantial governmental
relationship with [local government owner or
operator], guarantor guarantees to the Hawaii
department of health and to any and all third parties
and obliges that:
In the event that [local government owner or
operator] fails to provide alternative coverage within
sixty days after receipt of a notice of cancellation
of this guarantee and the Hawaii director of health
has determined or suspects that a release has occurred
at an underground storage tank covered by this
guarantee, the guarantor, upon written instructions
from the director shall make funds available to pay
for corrective actions and compensate third parties
for bodily injury and property damage in an amount not
to exceed the coverage limits specified above.
In the event that the director determines that
[local government owner or operator] has failed to
perform corrective action for releases arising out of
the operation of the above-identified tank(s) in
accordance with subchapter 6 of chapter 11-280.1,
Hawaii Administrative Rules, the guarantor upon
written instructions from the director shall make
funds available to pay for corrective actions in an
amount not to exceed the coverage limits specified
above.
If [owner or operator] fails to satisfy a
judgment or award based on a determination of
liability for bodily injury or property damage to
third parties caused by ["sudden" and/or "nonsudden"]
accidental releases arising from the operation of the
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above-identified tank(s), or fails to pay an amount
agreed to in settlement of a claim arising from or
alleged to arise from such injury or damage, the
guarantor, upon written instructions from the
director, shall make funds available to compensate
third parties for bodily injury and property damage in
an amount not to exceed the coverage limits specified
above.
(4)
Guarantor agrees that if at the end of any
fiscal year before cancellation of this guarantee, the
guarantor fails to meet or exceed the requirements of
the financial responsibility mechanism specified in
paragraph (1), guarantor shall send within one hundred
twenty days of such failure, by certified mail, notice
to [local government owner or operator}, as evidenced
by the return receipt.
(5)
Guarantor agrees to notify [owner or
operator] by certified mail of a voluntary or
involuntary proceeding under Title 11 (Bankruptcy),
U.S. Code naming guarantor as debtor, within ten days
after commencement of the proceeding.
(6)
Guarantor agrees to remain bound under this
guarantee notwithstanding any modification or
alteration of any obligation of [owner or operator]
pursuant to chapter 11-280.1, Hawaii Administrative
Rules.
(7)
Guarantor agrees to remain bound under this
guarantee for so long as [local government owner or
operator] must comply with the applicable financial
responsibility requirements of subchapter 8 of chapter
11-280.1, Hawaii Administrative Rules, for the above
identified tank(s), except that guarantor may cancel
this guarantee by sending notice by certified mail to
[owner or operator], such cancellation to become
effective no earlier than one hundred twenty days
after receipt of such notice by (owner or operator],
as evidenced by the return receipt.
If notified of a
probable release, the guarantor agrees to remain bound
to the terms of this guarantee for all charges arising
from the release, up to the coverage limits specified
above, notwithstanding the cancellation of the
guarantee with respect to future releases.
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(8)
The guarantor's obligation does not apply to
any of the following:
(a)
Any obligation of (local government 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: local
government owner or operator] arising from and in
the course of, employment by [insert: local
government 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: local government owner or
operator] that is not the direct result of a
release from a petroleum underground storage
tank;
(e)
Bodily damage 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 section 11-280.1-93, Hawaii
Administrative Rules.
(9)
Guarantor expressly waives notice of
acceptance of this guarantee by the Hawaii department
of health, by any or all third parties, or by [local
government owner or operator].
I hereby certify that the wording of this
guarantee is identical to the wording specified in
section 11-280.1-106(e), Hawaii Administrative Rules,
as such regulations were constituted on the effective
date shown immediately below.
Effective date:
[Name of guarantor]
[Authorized signature for guarantor]
[Name of person signing]
[Title of person signing]
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Signature of witness or notary:
[Eff 7/15/18; comp 1/17/20; comp 7/8/21; comp
MAR212025
]
(Auth:
HRS §§3421-3, 3421-36)
(Imp:
HRS §§3421-3, 342L-36)