Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 65 - Uniform Environmental Covenants
Section 6511 - Enforcement of environmental covenant

§ 6511. Enforcement of environmental covenant.
(a) Parties.--A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:
(1) a party to the environmental covenant;
(2) the agency or, if it is not the agency, the department;
(3) any other person to whom the environmental covenant expressly grants power to enforce;
(4) a person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the environmental covenant; and
(5) a political subdivision in which the real property subject to the environmental covenant is located.
(b) Regulatory authority.--
(1) This chapter does not limit the regulatory authority of the agency or the department under law other than this chapter.
(2) In addition to bringing an action under subsection
(a), the department may issue any order necessary to enforce section 6517(b) (relating to relationship to other laws).
(c) Liability.--A person is not subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because the person has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.
Cross References. Section 6511 is referred to in section 6504 of this title.

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