Section 74-6B-6 - Civil liability for damage to property from leaking storage tank.

NM Stat § 74-6B-6 (2019) (N/A)
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Nothing in the Ground Water Protection Act prohibits any existing or future claim for relief a person may have as a result of damages sustained because of a release from a storage tank.

History: Laws 1990, ch. 124, § 6; 2001, ch. 325, § 15.

The 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, deleted "underground" preceding "storage tank".

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Tort liability for pollution from underground storage tank, 5 A.L.R.5th 1.

Application of statute of limitations in private tort actions based on injury to persons or property caused by undergound flow of contaminants, 11 A.L.R.5th 438.