590.900 - Liability for costs to clean up discharge caused by willful or wanton misconduct, gross negligence or violation of statute or regulation.
590.900 Liability for costs to clean up discharge caused by willful or wanton misconduct, gross negligence or violation of statute or regulation.
1. Any person who, through willful or wanton misconduct, through gross negligence or through violation of any applicable statute or regulation, including specifically any state or federal standard pertaining to the preparation or maintenance of sites for storage tanks, proximately causes a discharge is liable to the Division for any cost in cleaning up the discharge or paying for it to be cleaned up.
2. If a discharge occurs, the site of the tank and any other premises affected by the discharge must be brought into compliance with any applicable standard as described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 1690)