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ROBERT SMITH, Program Manager - State Water Board Name: Robert Smith
Title: Program Manager
Workplace: State Water Board
What You Do Now: Program Manager of the RUST (Remove, Replace, or Upgrading Underground Storage Tanks) and EAR (Emergency, Abandoned, Recalcitrant Account Program) programs within the State Water Board's UST Cleanup Fund. The RUST Program provides grants and loans to assist small business UST owners and operators to come into compliance with UST regulatory requirements by removing, replacing, or upgrading USTs. The EAR Account Program provides funding to the Regional Water Quality Control Boards and local regulatory agencies to abate emergency situations or to cleanup abandoned or recalcitrant sites that pose a threat to human health, safety, and the environment, as a result of a petroleum release from a UST. |