Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-230.12
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Immunity from civil liability
Official statutory text
A. No person who provides assistance or advice in mitigating or
attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened
discharge of hazardous material, or in preventing, cleaning up, or
disposing or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of any
such discharge, shall be subject to any civil liability or
administrative penalties as a result of such assistance or advice.
B. The immunities provided in subsection A of this section
shall not apply:
1. To any person whose act or omission caused in whole or in
part such actual or threatened discharge and who would otherwise be
liable therefor;
2. To any person who receives compensation, other than
reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses, for services in rendering
such assistance or advice; or
3. To a common carrier relative to its handling or transporting
of hazardous materials.
C. Nothing contained in subsection A of this section shall be
construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person
for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence, or from
such person's reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.
attempting to mitigate the effects of an actual or threatened
discharge of hazardous material, or in preventing, cleaning up, or
disposing or in attempting to prevent, clean up or dispose of any
such discharge, shall be subject to any civil liability or
administrative penalties as a result of such assistance or advice.
B. The immunities provided in subsection A of this section
shall not apply:
1. To any person whose act or omission caused in whole or in
part such actual or threatened discharge and who would otherwise be
liable therefor;
2. To any person who receives compensation, other than
reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses, for services in rendering
such assistance or advice; or
3. To a common carrier relative to its handling or transporting
of hazardous materials.
C. Nothing contained in subsection A of this section shall be
construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person
for damages resulting from such person's gross negligence, or from
such person's reckless, wanton or intentional misconduct.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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