Title | Focus on: State Costs for Spills |
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Focus on: State Costs for Spills (Number of pages: 2) (Publication Size: 496KB)
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Author(s) | Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Program | ||||||
Description | If you are responsible for a spill of oil or hazardous substances to state waters, in addition to paying for cleanup costs and claims from third parties, Washington State may require you or your company to pay 1) a resource damage assessment, 2) reimbursement of the state’s expenses to respond, assess, and investigate the incident, and 3) a penalty for violation of the state’s law or rule. | ||||||
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Contact | Tami Neilson at 360-701-4379 or Tami.Neilson@ecy.wa.gov | ||||||
Keywords | cost reimbursement, penalty, NRDA, investigation, enforcement, resource, order, assessment, damage | ||||||
WEB PAGE | Spill enforcement at Ecology | ||||||
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