NJDEP UST Fund Cost Guide

Effective October 1, 2008

Cover Letter

October 1, 2008

Dear UST Fund Applicant or Consultant:

Enclosed you will find the new version of the Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Remediation, Upgrade & Closure Fund (UST Fund) Cost Guide. This Cost Guide will also be available on the UST Fund web-site at www.nj.gov/dep/srp/finance/ustfund within the next few weeks. This Cost Guide is utilized when reviewing applications submitted to the NJDEP pursuant to the UST Fund. The cover pages attached to the guide itself explain how the Cost Guide is utilized.

This Cost Guide will become effective with the following conditions:

• All new applications that have been submitted to the NJDEP prior to and after September 30, 2008, and have not yet been forwarded to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) for approval will be reviewed utilizing the 2008 Cost Guide.
• All previously approved applications (applications where the NJEDA has approved funding) will have costs submitted and reviewed (e.g. invoices and subcontractor invoices) utilizing the Cost Guide in effect at that time of their approval. All applications that have already been submitted to the NJDEP may not be withdrawn for the purpose of revising the cost proposal.

The NJDEP will accept comments on the new UST Fund Cost Guide for consideration of future Cost Guide revisions only.

Any questions about how to interpret the UST Fund Cost Guide can be directed to the Bureau of Contract & Fund Management, NJDEP, at (609) 777-0101.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Be advised that as October 3, 2006, due to the enactment of P.L. 2006, c.58, all contractors performing work on non-regulated underground storage tanks, including homeowner heating oil tanks, where work is being funded by the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Remediation, Upgrade & Closure Fund, must be certified in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:14B- 13.

Respectfully,

Frank Pinto, Chief
Bureau of Contract & Fund Management
NJDEP
P.O. Box 413
401 East State Street
Trenton, NJ 0/8625

Alternate Format: Adobe Acrobat [pdf 170 Kb]

Sections

• Cover Letter
• Cost Guide Introduction
• UST Removal/Closure
  (Unregulated & Regulated)
• AST Installation
  (Unregulated , includes tank & labor)
• Municipal Services
• Heavy Equipment
• Labor/Personnel
• Material Disposal
• Backfill
• Reports
• Equipment/Instrumentation
• Well Survey
• Well Installation
• Well Abandonment/Sealing
• Laboratory Analytical Fee Schedule
• Waste Classification
• Site Restoration Costs
• Ineligible UST Fund Costs
• Notes

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* Total project management labor will be capped at the following percentages based on the total project cost:
20% allowable for jobs up to $10,000.
15% allowable for jobs between $10,001 - $25,000
10% allowable for jobs $25,001 and higher.

Note: Report costs include all work associated with report, including, but not limited to, the preparation of all maps, tables, drawings, photocopies, postage, and all clerical and administrative support.

Site Restoration costs are limited to damage caused by the remediation of leaking USTs. No restoration costs due to contractor negligence will be considered. Eligible costs for certain site restoration categories are capped at $5,000 each. These categories include landscaping, hardscaping, costs associated with deck removal and or replacement, and costs associated with swimming pool removal or replacement. These categories are described further as follows:

• Landscaping - Includes lawn restoration, bushes, shrubs, trees, flower beds, edging, mulch, etc. Note that replacement of plantings will not necessarily be with mature plants.
• Hardscaping - Includes paver, brick or cement walkways, patios, and decorative walls of any construction, and loose stone used for decorative purposes.
• Decking costs - Includes the need to dismantle, remove, and replace a portion or the entirety of a wooden or composite deck in order to effectuate a remediation.
• Pool costs - This category includes the need to dismantle, remove and replace a portion or the entirety of a swimming pool in order to effectuate remediation.

The UST Fund also has the right to cap other categories of restoration costs that are not directly related to the structural integrity of the home in question. In addition, for restoration costs that are eligible, the UST Fund will only reimburse for replacement of what existed prior to the remediation. Applicant is responsible for obtaining a minimum of three (3) price quotes for any restoration work.

1. Prices include excavation, cutting, cleaning, removal, & disposal.
2. Mobilization/Demobilization may only be charged to specified machines.
3. All purchase items and subcontracted items must be substantiated (quantity and cost documentation) with receipts and direct subcontractor invoices. Submission of quantity documentation without cost documentation will result in these items being considered only at a maximum of 75% of the applicable cost guide rates. Costs that are not in the Cost Guide will be evaluated on a case by case basis