---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 144.70"
title: "40"
number: "144.70"
heading: "Wording of the instruments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/144.70"
---

# §144.70. Wording of the instruments.

- (a)
  - (1) A trust agreement for a trust fund, as specified in [§ 144.63(a)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=a) of this chapter, must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
  - (2) The following is an example of the certification of acknowledgment which must accompany the trust agreement for a trust fund as specified in [§ 144.63(a)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=a). State requirements may differ on the proper content of this acknowledgment.
- (b) A surety bond guaranteeing payment into a trust fund, as specified in [§ 144.63](/cfr/40/144.63.md) of this chapter, must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
- (c) A surety bond guaranteeing performance of plugging and abandonment, as specified in [§ 144.63(c)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=c), must be worded as follows, except that the instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
- (d) A letter of credit, as specified in [§ 144.63(d)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=d) of this chapter, must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
- (e) A certificate of insurance, as specified in [§ 144.63(e)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=e) of this chapter, must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
- (f) A letter from the chief financial officer, as specified in [§ 144.63(f)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=f) of this chapter, must be worded as follows, except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the brackets deleted:
- (g) A corporate guarantee as specified in [§ 144.63(e)](/cfr/40/144.63.md?p=e) must be worded as follows except that instructions in brackets are to be replaced with the relevant information and the bracketed material deleted:

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 29959, June 10, 1994]

### Source

Source: 49 FR 20186, May 11, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 14189, Apr. 1, 1983, as amended at 59 FR 29959, June 10, 1994]