Section 35.18. Reimbursement conditions.

 

(1)   Workplan required.

(a) Except as provided in par. (b) or (c) , the department may not reimburse a responsible person for eligible corrective action costs exceeding $7,500 unless the department approves a written workplan for the corrective action before the responsible person takes the corrective action.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a reasonable and necessary corrective action taken on an emergency basis.

(c) A responsible person is not required to obtain department approval for a workplan under par. (a) if the responsible person submits the workplan to the department at least 30 days before taking the corrective action, and the department neither approves nor rejects the workplan within 30 days after the department receives the workplan.

(2)   Additional site investigation or corrective action. The department may require a responsible person to perform additional investigation, or take additional corrective action, as a precondition to the reimbursement of any corrective action cost under this chapter.

Cr. Register, August, 1994, No. 464 , eff. 9-1-94; r. and recr. (1), am. (2), Register, September, 1998, No. 513 , eff. 10-1-98; r. and recr. (1) (a), Register, October, 2000, No. 538 , eff. 11-1-00.