Section 2-10-805 - Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special AccountA. 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.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.Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 2-10-805
Added by Laws 1997, HB 1713, c. 371, § 7, emerg. eff. 7/1/1997; Amended by Laws 2010, HB 2395, c. 413, §9, emerg. eff. 7/1/2010.