Each year Petroleum Restoration Program spending procedures are published that outline various criteria and exceptions to the basic priority score funding process. They are too numerous to list here, but generally include imminent threats and emergencies, executed PAC contracts, approved bankruptcy court order sites, free product recovery initiative sites, source removal with UST upgrade initiative sites, well abandonment required for SRCO, removal and disposal of IDW, certain SRFA agreements, certain PBC milestone authorizations and department discretion special projects.
The Abandoned Tank Restoration Program (ATRP) was created in 1990 by the Legislature to address contamination at facilities that were “out of the business of storing petroleum products.” To be eligible for ATRP, a facility cannot have stored petroleum products for consumption, use, or sale since March 1, 1990, and the petroleum storage systems from which the discharge occurred must be closed pursuant to department rules. See subsection 376.305(6), F.S. and Rule 62-769, F.A.C., for more information on ATRP.
Posted March 29, 2024
Effective March 29, 2024, the Petroleum Restoration Program (PRP) has lowered the priority score funding threshold from 10 to 7. As of March 28, 2024, the Program has approximately $199,488,293 obligated, which will continue to be paid out as invoices are received.
Posted February 14, 2024
The Petroleum Liability and Restoration Insurance Program (PLRIP) was created in its original form in 1988 in response to anticipated federal financial responsibility requirements.
The state of Florida created the Petroleum Cleanup Participation Program (PCPP) for owners, operators, or responsible parties to clean up property contaminated with petroleum or petroleum products from a petroleum storage system by providing rehabilitation funding assistance from the Inland Protection Trust Fund (IPTF).
Please see section 376.3071(13), Florida Statutes, for all statutory requirements.
Ability to pay determinations are sought when responsible parties claim they do not have the financial resources to pay their portion of the cleanup costs. The following financial affidavits are a tool used by the department’s financial analyst to determine the responsible party's apparent ability to comply with corrective actions, pay proposed penalties or the ability to pay for site cleanup. The analysis is performed as a courtesy in response to a claim of an inability to pay some or all of what is required.
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