Section 25189.1 Of Article 8. Enforcement From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 6.5. >> Article 8.
25189.1
. (a) In addition to liability under any other provision of
law, any person who is liable for a civil penalty pursuant to
subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 25189 or subdivision (c) of Section
25189.2, or is convicted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
25189.5, is also civilly liable for all the costs or expenses which
may be incurred by the state, or by a local agency, in doing any of
the following:
(1) Assess short-term or long-term injury to, degradation or
destruction of, or any loss of, any natural resource resulting from
the disposal of the hazardous waste which is the subject of the civil
penalty or conviction.
(2) Restore, rehabilitate, replace, or acquire the equivalent of,
any natural resource injured, degraded, destroyed, or lost as a
result of the disposal of the hazardous waste which is the subject of
the civil penalty or conviction.
(b) The liability imposed by subdivision (a) is separate and in
addition to any civil penalty imposed pursuant to subdivision (c) or
(d) of Section 25189 or subdivision (c) of Section 25189.2 or any
fine imposed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 25189.5.
(c) Any funds collected pursuant to this section are in addition
to any other funds which may be collected pursuant to this chapter.
(d) A state or local agency may collect funds pursuant to this
section prior to carrying out the actions specified in paragraph (1)
or (2) of subdivision (a).
(e) An action brought pursuant to this section may be brought by
the trustee of the natural resources specified in subdivision (c) of
Section 25352. The action may be prosecuted by the Attorney General
or the district attorney. The action may be prosecuted by the
district attorney only after the trustee, in consultation with the
Office of the Attorney General, approves that prosecution in writing.
The trustee shall have 30 days to consider any requested action and
approval shall be presumed to have been granted if a written denial
is not issued within 30 days. The trustee may not unreasonably
withhold approval.
(f) All funds collected pursuant to this section by the trustee of
the natural resources shall be deposited, at the discretion of the
trustee, in the Fish and Wildlife Pollution Cleanup and Abatement
Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund or in a special
deposit trust fund.