§ 5-22-17-7 — Contract for remediation of hazardous waste site

Indiana § 5-22-17-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 22: PUBLIC PURCHASING
• Ch. 17: Contracts

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(a) As used in this section, "release" means any
discharging, disposing, dumping, emitting, emptying, escaping,
injecting, leaching, leaking, pouring, pumping, or spilling into the
environment. The term includes the abandonment or discarding of
barrels, containers, or other closed receptacles containing any
petroleum or hazardous substance.
(b) As used in this section, "remediation" means any of the
following:
(1) Actions necessary to prevent, minimize, or mitigate damages
to the public health or welfare or to the environment that may
otherwise result from a release or threat of a release.
(2) Actions consistent with a permanent remedy taken instead of
or in addition to removal actions in the event of a release of
petroleum or a hazardous substance into the environment to
eliminate the release of petroleum or hazardous substances so that
the petroleum or hazardous substances do not migrate to cause
substantial danger to present or future public health or welfare or
the environment.
(3) The cleanup or removal of released petroleum or hazardous
substances from the environment.
(c) Notwithstanding section 3 of this chapter, a contract for
remediation of a hazardous waste site may be entered into for any
period not to exceed ten (10) years. The other provisions of section 3
of this chapter apply to a contract for remediation of hazardous waste.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.49-1997, SEC.1.