Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to an occurrence involving the release or imminent release of less than twenty-five (25) pounds of active ingredient of a substance or a combination of substances that meets all of the following conditions: (1) Was commercially produced and sold as a fertilizer, fungicide, herbicide, or pesticide. (2) Is, […]
Sec. 2. The persons who are responsible parties in connection with a hazardous materials emergency shall reimburse: (1) an emergency response agency; or (2) the governmental entity served by an emergency response agency; for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the emergency response agency in taking emergency action at or near the scene of the […]
Sec. 3. (a) Reimbursement is available under this chapter for expenses, except for expenses of a type that the agency normally incurs in responding to emergencies that do not involve hazardous materials, that are incurred in taking emergency action by an emergency response agency other than a fire department that is described in subsection (b). […]
Sec. 4. Reimbursement for expenses is not available under this chapter if those expenses may be reimbursed by the federal government under Section 123 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 9623). [Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-6-2-10(a) part.] As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.15.
Sec. 5. An emergency response agency or a governmental entity may obtain reimbursement under this chapter by filing an action for reimbursement in a court of general jurisdiction of: (1) a county in which a hazardous materials emergency arose; or (2) the county in which the unit that established the fire department is located, if […]
