Sec. 21510c.

A claim shall not be approved by the authority for any of the following:

(a) A release that was expected or intended by an owner or operator, or an employee of an owner or operator.

(b) Punitive, exemplary, or multiplied damages, fines, taxes, penalties, assessments, punitive or statutory assessments, or any civil, administrative, or criminal fines, sanctions, or penalties.

(c) A claim made by an owner or operator against any other person that is also an owner or operator of the refined petroleum underground storage tank system.

(d) A release caused by, based upon, resulting from, or attributable to the owner's or operator's intentional, knowing, willful, or deliberate noncompliance with any statute, regulation, ordinance, administrative complaint, notice of violation, notice letter, executive order, or instruction of any governmental agency or body.

(e) A release arising from the ownership, maintenance, use, or entrustment to others of any aircraft, auto, rolling stock, or watercraft, including loading and unloading.

(f) Costs, charges, or expenses incurred by the owner or operator for goods supplied by the owner or operator or services performed by the staff or employees of the owner or operator, or its parent, subsidiary, or affiliate, unless the costs, charges, or expenses are incurred with the prior written approval of the authority.

(g) A release arising from any consequence, whether direct or indirect, of war, invasion, act of a foreign enemy, act of terrorists, hostilities, whether war has been declared or not, civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection or military or usurped power, strike, riot, or civil commotion.

(h) Costs arising out of the reconstruction, repair, replacement, upgrading of a refined petroleum underground storage tank system, or any other improvements and any site enhancements or routine maintenance on, within, or under a location.

(i) Costs arising out of the removing, replacing, or recycling of a refined petroleum underground storage tank system or its contents.

(j) Costs, charges, or expenses incurred to investigate or verify that a confirmed release has taken place.

(k) Costs related to the injury of an employee of the owner or operator or its parent, subsidiary, or affiliate arising out of and in the course of employment by the owner or operator or its parent, subsidiary, or affiliate or performing duties related to the conduct of the business of the owner or operator or its parent, subsidiary, or affiliate by a spouse, child, parent, brother, or sister of that employee. This subdivision applies whether the owner or operator may be liable as an employer or in any other capacity and to any obligation to share damages with or repay someone else who must pay damages because of the injury.

(l) Any obligation of the owner or operator under worker's compensation, unemployment compensation, or disability benefits law or similar law.

(m) Any liability or claim for liability of others assumed by the owner or operator under any contract or agreement, unless the owner or operator would have been liable in the absence of the contract or agreement.

(n) A release on, within, under, or emanating from a location if the release commenced subsequent to the time the location was sold, given away, or abandoned.

(o) Costs that have been or will be submitted to or that have been paid pursuant to an insurance policy or policies.

(p) Costs arising from corrective actions performed in excess of the corrective actions required to obtain a restricted closure based on then current land use.

(q) Costs incurred after the closure date of the release or releases for which the claim was filed except for costs for monitoring well abandonment or remediation system decommissioning, or both, performed within 1 year of the closure date.

History: Add. 2014, Act 416, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 380, Eff. Mar. 22, 2017 Popular Name: Act 451Popular Name: NREPA