Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-10-805
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Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special
Official statutory text
Account.
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated
the "Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account".
The fund account shall be a continuing fund account, not subject to
fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said
fund account are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
expended by the Department for the purpose specified by this
section.
B. The fund shall contain only monies appropriated by the
Legislature and specifically designated for deposit to the fund.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 260
C. Expenditures from the fund account shall be made upon
vouchers prescribed by the State Treasurer and issued by the
Department against the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund
Special Account.
D. No monies shall be expended by the Department from the Solid
Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account except for
closure and monitoring activities at landfill disposal sites where
the owner or operator has failed to adequately provide closure and
postclosure care and where the financial assurance, as specified in
Section 2-10-701 of this title, is insufficient to properly close or
monitor the site as required by the rules, and for any action
determined to be necessary by the Department for the pursuit of cost
recovery as required by this section.
E. The Department shall expeditiously pursue all remedies
available to compel the legally responsible parties to perform
closure and postclosure monitoring and care as required by the
rules, and to seek the recovery of any funds expended by the
Department under this section. The Department shall utilize staff
or outside counsel to assure such expeditious pursuit of remedies.
F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a state
mechanism for the financial assurance required of disposal site
owners and operators under Section 2-10-701 of this title.
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated
the "Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account".
The fund account shall be a continuing fund account, not subject to
fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said
fund account are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
expended by the Department for the purpose specified by this
section.
B. The fund shall contain only monies appropriated by the
Legislature and specifically designated for deposit to the fund.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 27A. Environment and Natural Resources Page 260
C. Expenditures from the fund account shall be made upon
vouchers prescribed by the State Treasurer and issued by the
Department against the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund
Special Account.
D. No monies shall be expended by the Department from the Solid
Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account except for
closure and monitoring activities at landfill disposal sites where
the owner or operator has failed to adequately provide closure and
postclosure care and where the financial assurance, as specified in
Section 2-10-701 of this title, is insufficient to properly close or
monitor the site as required by the rules, and for any action
determined to be necessary by the Department for the pursuit of cost
recovery as required by this section.
E. The Department shall expeditiously pursue all remedies
available to compel the legally responsible parties to perform
closure and postclosure monitoring and care as required by the
rules, and to seek the recovery of any funds expended by the
Department under this section. The Department shall utilize staff
or outside counsel to assure such expeditious pursuit of remedies.
F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a state
mechanism for the financial assurance required of disposal site
owners and operators under Section 2-10-701 of this title.
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