Section 250:1. APPENDIX I. LETTER FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

APPENDIX I. LETTER FROM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

(Note: The instructions in brackets are to be replaced by the relevant information and the brackets deleted.)

I am the chief financial officer of [insert: name and address of the operator or guarantor]. This letter is in support of the use of [insert: "the financial test of self-insurance," and/or "Guarantee"] to demonstrate financial responsibility for the containment and clean up of discharges of oil in the amount of at least [insert: dollar amount] per occurrence and [insert: dollar amount] annual aggregate arising from operating [insert: "(an) aboveground storage tank(s)" and/or "(a) pipeline(s)"].

Aboveground storage tanks at the following facilities and/or pipelines are assured by this financial test by this [insert: "operator" and/or "guarantor"]:

[List for each facility: the name and address of the facility where tanks assured by this financial test are located, either the registration identification number assigned by the Department or the Oil Discharge Contingency Plan facility identification number, and whether tanks are assured by this financial test. If separate mechanisms or combinations of mechanisms are being used to assure any of the tanks at this facility, list each tank assured by this financial test.

List for each pipeline: the home office address and the names of the cities and counties in the Commonwealth where the pipeline is located.]

This [insert: "operator " or "guarantor"] has not received an adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, or a "going concern" qualification from an independent auditor on the financial statements for the latest completed fiscal year.

[Fill in the information for Alternative I if the criteria of 9VAC25-640-70 B are being used to demonstrate compliance with the financial test requirements. Fill in the information for Alternative II if the criteria of 9VAC25-640-70 C are being used to demonstrate compliance with the financial test requirements.]

ALTERNATIVE I

1. Amount of AST annual aggregate coverage being assured by a financial test, and/or guarantee	$_________
2. Amount of pipeline annual aggregate coverage covered by a financial test, and/or guarantee	$_________
3. Amount of annual underground storage tank (UST) aggregate coverage being assured by a financial test and/or guarantee pursuant to 9 VAC 25-590	$_________
4. Total AST/Pipeline/UST financial responsibility obligations assured by a financial test and/or guarantee (Sum of lines 1, 2 and 3)	$_________
5. Total tangible assets	$_________
6. Total liabilities [if any of the amount reported on line 4 is included in total liabilities, you may deduct that amount from this line or add that amount to line 7]	$_________
7. Tangible net worth [subtract line 6 from line 5]	$_________
8. Is line 7 at least equal to line 4 above?	Yes	No
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9. Have financial statements for the latest financial reporting year been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission?	___	___
10. Have financial statements for the latest financial reporting year been filed with the Energy Information Administration?	___	___
11. Have financial statements for the latest financial reporting year been filed with the Rural Utilities Service?	___	___
12. Has financial information been provided to Dun and Bradstreet, and has Dun and Bradstreet provided a financial strength rating of at least equal to the amount of annual AST/pipeline aggregate coverage being assured? [Answer Yes only if both criteria have been met.]	___	___
13. If you did not answer Yes to one of lines 9 through 12, please attach a report from an independent certified public accountant certifying that there are no material differences between the data reported in lines 5 through 8 above and the financial statements for the latest financial reporting year.

ALTERNATIVE II

1. Amount of AST annual aggregate coverage being assured by a financial test, and/or guarantee	$_________
2. Amount of pipeline annual aggregate coverage covered by a financial test, and/or guarantee	$_________
3. Amount of annual underground storage tank (UST) aggregate coverage being assured by a financial test and/or guarantee pursuant to 9VAC25-590	$_________
4. Total AST/Pipeline?UST financial responsibility obligations assured by a financial test and/or guarantee (Sum of lines 1, 2 and 3)	$_________
5. Total tangible assets	$_________
6. Total liabilities [if any of the amount reported on line 4 is included in total liabilities, you may deduct that amount from this line or add that amount to line]	$_________
7. Tangible net worth [subtract line 6 from line 5]	$_________
8. Total assets in the U.S. [required only if less than 90 percent of assets are located in the U.S.]	$_________
9. Is line 7 at least equal to line 4 above?	Yes	No
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10. Are at least 90 percent of assets located in the U.S.? [If No, complete line 11.]	___	___
11. Is line 8 at least equal to line 4?	___	___
[Fill in either lines 12-15 or lines 16-18:]
12. Current assets	$_________
13. Current liabilities	$_________
14. Net working capital [subtract line 13 from line 12]	$_________
15. Is line 14 at least equal to line 4?	Yes	No
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16. Current bond rating of most recent bond issue	__________
17. Name of rating service	__________
18. Date of maturity of bond	__________
19. Have financial statements for the latest fiscal year been filed with the SEC, the Energy Information Administration, or the Rural Utilities Service?	Yes	No
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[If "No," please attach a report from an independent certified public accountant certifying that there are no material differences between the data as reported in lines 5-18 above and the financial statements for the latest financial reporting year.]

[For Alternatives I and II, complete the certification with this statement.]

I hereby certify that the wording of this letter is identical to the wording specified in Appendix I of 9VAC25-640 as such regulations were constituted on the date shown immediately below.

[Signature]

[Name]

[Title]

[Date]

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 17, Issue 10, eff. March 2, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 02, eff. November 1, 2008.

Statutory Authority

§§ 62.1-44.15 and 62.1-44.34:16 of the Code of Virginia.