38 M.R.S. § 1366 Abatement, Clean Up and Mitigation Costs

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 38 M.R.S. § 1366

Whenever possible and practical, the commissioner shall make use of resources available under the Superfund program or other federal programs to evaluate and investigate uncontrolled sites and to abate, clean up or mitigate threats or hazards posed or potentially posed by uncontrolled sites. [ 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF) ; 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §269 (AMD) .]

In the case of a site at which federal resources may be or are being used, proceeds from the sale of bonds for the evaluation and investigation of sites and for implementation of plans to abate, clean up or mitigate hazards or threats posed or potentially posed by an uncontrolled site may be used: [ 1983, c. 569, § 1 (NEW) .]

1.Privately owned sites. In the case of a site that was privately owned at the time of disposal of any hazardous substances, for the state's share of remedial action costs; and