[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR307.33]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 307--COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) CLAIMS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
     Subpart C--Procedures for Filing and Processing Response Claims
 
Sec. 307.33  Records retention.

    A claimant receiving an award from the Fund is required to maintain 
all cost documentation and any other records relating to the claim, and 
to provide EPA with access to such records. These records must be 
maintained until cost recovery is initiated by EPA. If, after ten (10) 
years from the date of award of the final claim, EPA has not initiated a 
cost recovery action, the claimant need no longer retain the records. 
The claimant shall,

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however, notify EPA of the location of the records, and allow EPA the 
opportunity to take possession of the records before they are destroyed. 
The claimant shall cause to be inserted in all agreements between itself 
and contractors performing work at the site a clause providing for the 
same requirement to maintain records and to provide access to records as 
that required of the claimant.