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Ark. Code Ann. § 8-7-514 (2026)

Recovery of expenditures generally

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. All moneys recovered from responsible parties pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the fund.

History. Acts 1985, No. 479, §§ 8, 9; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 82-4719, 82-4720; Acts 1991, No. 516, § 3; 1999, No. 1164, § 100; 2005, No. 1824, § 11; 2019, No. 910, § 2766.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “Division of Environmental Quality” for “Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality” in (a); and substituted “division” for “department” in (b).