Section 361.603 - Eligibility for Voluntary Cleanup Program(a) Any site is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program except the portion of a site that is subject to a commission permit or order.(b) A person electing to participate in the voluntary cleanup program must:(1) enter into a voluntary cleanup agreement as provided by Section 361.606; and(2) pay all costs of commission oversight of the voluntary cleanup. Text of subsec. (c) effective upon agreement with United States Environmental Protection Agency
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a site or portion of a site that is subject to a commission permit or order is eligible for participation in the voluntary cleanup program on dismissal of the permit or order. An administrative penalty paid to the general revenue fund under the permit or order is nonrefundable.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.603
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 986, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 855, Sec. 2, eff. the later of; 9/1/1997, or the date the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission enters into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, authorizing the inclusion of certain potentially responsible parties to the group of persons eligible to participate in the voluntary cleanup program established by Subchapter S, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 986, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995.Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. the later of; 9/1/1997, or the date the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission enters into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, authorizing the inclusion of certain potentially responsible parties to the group of persons eligible to participate in the voluntary cleanup program established by Subchapter S, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 986, Acts of the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995..