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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 26.10.14.09" title_num="26" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="14" heading="Reimbursement Allocations and Payments.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Reimbursement Allocation.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Department shall make a reimbursement allocation in accordance with:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A complete application received and approved by the Department;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The numerical ranking assigned to an approved application in accordance with Regulation .07A of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The reimbursement limit and deductible requirements established in Regulation .08 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The availability of revenues within the Fund.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Upon the approval of a complete application, the Department shall reserve a reimbursement allocation within the Fund in accordance with §A of this regulation to pay for a reimbursement of site rehabilitation costs that are otherwise eligible under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Payment of an Approved Reimbursement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Subject to §B(2) and (3) of this regulation, the Department may issue a reimbursement payment to a residential owner for eligible site rehabilitation costs from allocated funds.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In order to issue a reimbursement payment from allocated funds, the Department may request that a residential owner provide a recent W-9 Identification Number and Certification Form from the federal Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department reserves the right to deny a reimbursement payment in whole or in part if the Department determines that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A residential owner is disregarding or has disregarded the oil pollution control and abatement requirements under Environment Article, §4-401 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The reimbursement has been or is being used, or site rehabilitation work has been or is being conducted, in a manner inconsistent with the goals of the site rehabilitation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The residential owner is not proceeding with the site rehabilitation or has abandoned the site;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>The residential owner is not in compliance with all Maryland laws and regulations applicable to oil and residential heating oil tank systems;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The residential owner has not submitted any eligible site rehabilitation costs and supporting documentation of those costs within 6 months of completing the site rehabilitation, unless extended in writing by the Department; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Any other good cause exists for denying a reimbursement payment, as determined by the Department.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Any reimbursement allocation left unpaid will be released for other Fund uses.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>