329 Ind. Admin. Code 3.1-14-27
Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-22-2; IC 13-22-8-1; IC 13-22-9-7
Affected: IC 13-22; IC 13-11-2-71
Sec. 27.
A surety bond guaranteeing payment into a trust fund, as specified in section 6 or 16 of this rule, 329 IAC 3.1-15-4(c), or 329 IAC 3.1-15-6(c), 329 IAC 3.1-15-10(b)) , must be worded as follows except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
Financial Guarantee Bond
Date bond executed: _________________________
Effective date: _________________________
Principal: [legal name and business address of owner or operator]
Type of organization: [insert "individual", "joint venture", "partnership", or "corporation"]
State of incorporation: _________________________
Surety(ies): [name(s) and business address(es)]
U.S. EPA identification number, name, address, and corrective action, closure, and/or post-closure amount(s) for each facility guaranteed by this bond [indicate corrective action, closure, and post-closure amounts separately]:
Total penal sum of bond: $_________________________
Surety's bond number: _________________________
We, the Principal and Surety(ies) hereto are firmly bound to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), in the above penal sum for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns jointly and severally; provided that, where the Surety(ies) are corporations acting as co-sureties, we, the Sureties, bind ourselves in such sum "jointly and severally" only for the purpose of allowing a joint action or actions against any or all of us, and for all other purposes each Surety binds itself, jointly and severally with the Principal, for the payment of such sum only as is set forth opposite the name of such Surety, but if no limit of liability is indicated, the limit of liability shall be the full amount of the penal sum.
Whereas said Principal is required, under the environmental management laws as defined at IC 13-11-2-71 and 329 IAC 3.1, to have a permit or interim status in order to own or operate each hazardous waste management facility identified above, and
Whereas said Principal is required to provide financial assurance for corrective action, closure, and/or post-closure care, as a condition of the permit or interim status, and
Whereas said Principal shall establish a standby trust fund as is required when a surety bond is used to provide such financial assurance;
Now, Therefore, the conditions of the obligation are such that if the Principal shall faithfully, before the beginning of corrective action or final closure of each facility identified above, fund the standby trust fund in the amount(s) identified above for the facility,
Or, if the Principal shall fund the standby trust fund in such amount(s) within fifteen (15) days after a final order to begin corrective action or closure is issued by the IDEM or a U.S. district court or other court of competent jurisdiction,
Or, if the Principal shall provide alternate financial assurance, in accordance with 329 IAC 3.1-14 or 329 IAC 3.1-15, as applicable, and obtain the IDEM commissioner's written approval of such assurance, within ninety (90) days after the date notice of cancellation is received by both the Principal and the IDEM commissioner from the Surety(ies), then this obligation shall be null and void, otherwise it is to remain in full force and effect.
The Surety(ies) shall become liable on this bond obligation only when the Principal has failed to fulfill the conditions described above. Upon notification by the IDEM commissioner that the Principal has failed to perform as guaranteed by this bond, the Surety(ies) shall place funds in the amount guaranteed for the facility(ies) into the standby trust fund as directed by the IDEM commissioner.
The liability of the Surety(ies) shall not be discharged by any payment or succession of payments hereunder, unless and until such payment or payments shall amount in the aggregate to the penal sum of the bond, but in no event shall the obligation of the Surety(ies) hereunder exceed the amount of said penal sum.
The Surety(ies) may cancel the bond by sending notice of cancellation by certified mail to the Principal and to the IDEM commissioner, provided, however, that cancellation shall not occur during the one hundred twenty (120) days beginning on the date of receipt of the notice of cancellation by both the Principal and the IDEM commissioner, as evidenced by the return receipts.
The Principal may terminate this bond by sending written notice to the Surety(ies), provided, however, that no such notice shall become effective until the Surety(ies) receive(s) written authorization for termination of the bond by the IDEM commissioner.
[The following paragraph is an optional rider that may be included but is not required.]
Principal and Surety(ies) hereby agree to adjust the penal sum of the bond yearly so that it guarantees a new corrective action, closure, and/or post-closure amount, provided that the penal sum does not increase by more than twenty percent (20%) in any one (1) year, and no decrease in the penal sum takes place without the written permission of the IDEM commissioner.
In Witness Whereof, the Principal and Surety(ies) have executed this Financial Guarantee Bond and have affixed their seals on the date set forth above.
The persons whose signatures appear below hereby certify that they are authorized to execute this surety bond on behalf of the Principal and Surety(ies) and that the wording of this surety bond is identical to the wording specified in 329 IAC 3.1-14-27 as such rule was constituted on the date this bond was executed.
Principal
[Signature(s)]
[Name(s)]
[Title(s)]
[Corporate seal]
Corporate Surety(ies)
[Name and address] _________________________
State of incorporation: _________________________
Liability limit: $_________________________
[Signature(s)]
[Name(s) and title(s)]
[Corporate seal]
[For every co-surety, provide signature(s) and other information in the same manner as for Surety above.]
Bond premium: $ _________________________
(Note: The corporate seal is not required by Indiana law.)
329 IAC 3.1-14-27