119 STAT. 1092
PUBLIC LAW 109–58—AUG. 8, 2005 (B) PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.—Subject to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall guarantee 100 percent of the principal and interest of a loan guarantee made under subparagraph (A).
Subtitle B—Underground Storage Tank Compliance
Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act. 42 USC 6901 note.
SEC. 1521. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act’’. SEC. 1522. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6991c) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) TRUST FUND DISTRIBUTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(A) AMOUNT AND PERMITTED USES OF DISTRIBUTION.— The Administrator shall distribute to States not less than 80 percent of the funds from the Trust Fund that are made available to the Administrator under section 9014(2)(A) for each fiscal year for use in paying the reasonable costs, incurred under a cooperative agreement with any State for— ‘‘(i) corrective actions taken by the State under section 9003(h)(7)(A); ‘‘(ii) necessary administrative expenses, as determined by the Administrator, that are directly related to State fund or State assurance programs under subsection (c)(1); or ‘‘(iii) enforcement, by a State or a local government, of State or local regulations pertaining to underground storage tanks regulated under this subtitle. ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT.—In addition to the uses of funds authorized under subparagraph (A), the Administrator may use funds from the Trust Fund that are not distributed to States under subparagraph (A) for enforcement of any regulation promulgated by the Administrator under this subtitle. ‘‘(C) PROHIBITED USES.—Funds provided to a State by the Administrator under subparagraph (A) shall not be used by the State to provide financial assistance to an owner or operator to meet any requirement relating to underground storage tanks under subparts B, C, D, H, and G of part 280 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection). ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— ‘‘(A) PROCESS.—Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of a State with which the Administrator has entered into a cooperative agreement under section 9003(h)(7)(A), the Administrator shall distribute funds from the Trust Fund to the State using an allocation process developed by the Administrator. ‘‘(B) DIVERSION OF STATE FUNDS.—The Administrator shall not distribute funds under subparagraph (A)(iii) of subsection (f)(1) to any State that has diverted funds from
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