65-7011. Liability; cleanup.
65-7011
65-7011. Liability; cleanup.(a) A person who violates any provisions of this act, shall,inaddition to anyother penalty provided by law, be liable for detection and investigationcosts, the costs of theactual cleanup or attempted cleanup and for damages for injury to, orboth, ordestruction of anynatural resources caused by chemicals at the site.
(b) A civil action under this section may be commenced in the name of thestate by theattorney general in the county in which the violation is alleged to haveoccurred.
(c) Any sum assessed under this section shall be deposited in the chemicalcontrol fund.
History: L. 1999, ch. 170, § 17; July 1.