(a) After an expenditure from the Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund for a removal action or remedial action, the Division of Environmental Quality shall institute action to recover the expenditure from the person or persons liable for causing the release of the hazardous substance, including taking any appropriate legal action.
(b) Making use of any and all appropriate existing state legal remedies, the division or the Attorney General shall act to recover the amount expended by the state for any and all remedial action or removal actions from any and all parties identified as responsible parties for each hazardous substance.
(c) All moneys recovered from responsible parties pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the fund.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 7 - Hazardous Substances
Subchapter 5 - Remedial Action Trust Fund Act
§ 8-7-502. Legislative intent — Purposes
§ 8-7-506. Rules — Administrative procedure
§ 8-7-507. Compliance of federal and state entities
§ 8-7-508. Remedial and removal authority of the division
§ 8-7-509. Hazardous Substance Remedial Action Trust Fund
§ 8-7-510. Federal actions or compensation not to be duplicated
§ 8-7-511. Furnishing of information
§ 8-7-512. Liability for costs — Immunity from liability
§ 8-7-513. Apportionment of costs
§ 8-7-514. Recovery of expenditures generally
§ 8-7-515. Recovery of expenditures — Limitations
§ 8-7-516. Liens for expenditures and value of improvements
§ 8-7-518. Fees on the generation of hazardous waste
§ 8-7-521. Site access for remedial or removal action
§ 8-7-522. Liability for actions relating to remedial actions