Section 270.20  Application for Reimbursement

An Emergency Response Agency requesting reimbursement shall meet the following criteria:

a)         The Emergency Response Agency must attempt to contact the Responsible Party in writing for reimbursement prior to applying for reimbursement from the Fund.

b)         If, after 14 days from the date the notification was mailed to the Responsible Party, the Emergency Response Agency has not been reimbursed by the Responsible Party, or the Responsible Party is not expeditiously cooperating or providing a reasonable effort to reimburse an Emergency Response Agency, or if no Responsible Party can be identified, the Emergency Response Agency may submit the following information to the Office:

1)         The Application for Reimbursement Form prescribed by the Office.

A)        More than one Application for Reimbursement may be filed per incident for different costs but reimbursement is limited to the amount specified in Section 270.30(e).

B)        Reimbursement costs for separate incidents may not be filed on the same form.

2)         No later than 90 days after the date of the incident, the Application for Reimbursement form and documentation required in these rules and regulations shall be submitted to the Office at 1035 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, Illinois 62703-4259. Applications for Reimbursement which have been filed in a timely manner may be amended at the discretion of the Panel.

c)         For incidents after July 1, 1992, applications for reimbursement will not be processed if received more than 90 days after the incident.