§128D-36  Funding.  (a)  The departmentshall establish an account, to be called the voluntary response action account,within the environmental response revolving fund pursuant to section 128D-2,for the purpose of administration and oversight of this part.

(b)  The $1,000 nonrefundable application feeshall be deposited into the voluntary response action account.

(c)  Upon initial approval of an application,the department may require a deposit of up to $5,000 to initiate asite-specific account.  The department may require an additional deposit of upto $5,000, whenever the balance of the site-specific account falls below$1,000.

(d)  If a site-specific account balance isinadequate to support oversight, the department may discontinue oversight onthe voluntary response action.  The department may pursue enforcement actionagainst the requesting party and any other person liable under section 128D-6,pursuant to part I of this chapter, when an account balance is inadequate tosupport further oversight by the department.

(e)  At the completion ofthe voluntary response action, or at the termination of the agreement, exceptwhen the voluntary response action requires continuing oversight, thedepartment shall provide a final accounting of the site-specific account andreturn the balance to the requesting party. [L 1997, c 377, pt of§2; am L 2005, c 133, §4]