---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 146.73"
title: "40"
number: "146.73"
heading: "Financial responsibility for post-closure care."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/146.73"
---

# §146.73. Financial responsibility for post-closure care.


The owner or operator shall demonstrate and maintain financial responsibility for post-closure by using a trust fund, surety bond, letter of credit, financial test, insurance or corporate guarantee that meets the specifications for the mechanisms and instruments revised as appropriate to cover closure and post-closure care in [40 CFR part 144](/cfr/40/part144.md), subpart F. The amount of the funds available shall be no less than the amount identified in [§ 146.72(a)(4)(vi)](/cfr/40/146.72.md?p=a-4-vi). The obligation to maintain financial responsibility for post-closure care survives the termination of a permit or the cessation of injection. The requirement to maintain financial responsibility is enforceable regardless of whether the requirement is a condition of the permit.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 53 FR 28148, July 26, 1988, 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: 45 FR 42500, June 24, 1980, unless otherwise noted.