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IN SB0311
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Enrolled Act No. 311 - Summary
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Amends Indiana environmental law definitions to include petroleum alongside hazardous substances in "remedial action," "removal," and "response" for contaminated site cleanup purposes, effective July 1, 2015.
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Allows the Department of Environmental Management commissioner to enter agreements with potentially responsible persons for removal and remedial action at contaminated sites in Indiana.
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Authorizes the commissioner to obtain reimbursement of department oversight costs from potentially responsible persons who conduct removal and remedial action under such agreements.
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Permits the commissioner to reimburse parties for certain response action costs from the remedial action fund and to pay interest on reimbursed amounts.
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Allows agreements to be established through administrative order or court consent decree, with restrictions on reimbursement agreements when recovery likelihood is uncertain unless deemed in the public interest.
Legislative Description
Recovery of remedial action oversight costs. Amends the definitions of the terms "remedial action", "removal", and "response" to provide that those definitions apply to the law concerning releases of petroleum. Provides that an agreement that the commissioner of the department of environmental management enters into with a potentially responsible person concerning removal and remedial action at a contaminated site may allow the commissioner to obtain reimbursement of oversight costs incurred by the department in reviewing the removal and remedial action undertaken by the potentially responsible person.
Last Action
Public Law 49
4/23/2015