(1) Upon completion of any aspect of an approved corrective action plan, the owner or operator, or a remediation contractor acting on behalf of an owner or operator, may submit the claim to the board on a form provided by the board.

(2) If the claim is submitted by a person other than the owner or operator, the claim form must include a certification, verified by a notary public, that the individual signing the claim form is authorized to represent the owner or operator and that the statements in the claim form are true to the best of the signer's knowledge.

(3) Applications may be submitted in a piecemeal manner on the cleanup of a single release in situations where the cleanup would require a considerable period of time.