Arizona Revised Statutes Title 49. The Environment § 49-282. Water quality assurance revolving fund

1. Monies appropriated by the legislature.

2. Fertilizer license fees allocated under § 3-272, subsection B, paragraph 2.

3. Pesticide registration fees allocated under § 3-351, subsection D, paragraph 2.

4. The tax on water use pursuant to § 42-5302.

5. Water quality assurance fees collected under § 45-616.

6. Industrial discharge registration fees collected under § 49-209.

7. Hazardous waste facility registration fees collected under § 49-929.

8. Hazardous waste resource recovery facility registration fees collected under § 49-930.

9. Monies recovered from responsible parties as remedial action costs.

10. Monies received as costs for a review of remedial actions at the request of a person other than this state.

11. Monies received from the collection of corporate income taxes under title 43, chapter 11,  1 article 2 as prescribed by subsection B of this section.

12. Prospective purchaser agreement fees collected under § 49-285.01.

1. To provide state matching monies or to meet such other obligations as are prescribed by section 104 of CERCLA.

2. For all reasonable and necessary costs to implement this article, including:

3. For the reasonable and necessary costs of monitoring, assessing, identifying, locating and evaluating the degradation, destruction, loss of or threat to the waters of the state resulting from a release of a hazardous substance to the environment.

4. For the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the fund.

5. For the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the industrial discharge registration program under § 49-209.

6. For the costs of the water quality monitoring program described in § 49-225.

7. For compliance monitoring, investigation and enforcement activities pertaining to generating, transporting, treating, storing and disposing of hazardous waste. The amount to be used pursuant to chapter 5 of this title  2 is limited to the amount received in the prior fiscal year from the hazardous waste facility registration fee.

8. For emergency response use as prescribed in § 49-282.02.

9. For all reasonable and necessary costs of the preparation and execution of prospective purchaser agreements.

10. For all reasonable and necessary costs of the voluntary remediation program.

11. To reimburse a political subdivision of this state for its reasonable, necessary and cost-effective remedial action costs incurred in response to a release or threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pollutants that presents an immediate and substantial endangerment to the public health or the environment. The political subdivision is not eligible for reimbursement until it has taken all reasonable efforts to obtain reimbursement from the responsible party and the federal government. Not more than $250,000 may be spent from the fund for this purpose in any fiscal year.

12. For all reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department pursuant to § 49-282.04 and the department of water resources pursuant to § 45-605 for well inspections, remedial actions and review and approval of well construction necessary to prevent vertical cross-contamination. The director of environmental quality and the director of water resources shall enter into an agreement for the transfer of these costs.

13. For actions that are taken pursuant to § 49-282.03 before the selection of a remedy.

14. For the reasonable and necessary costs of the conveyance, use or discharge of water remediated as part of a remedy under this article.

15. For the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department of health services at the request of the director of environmental quality to assess and evaluate the effect of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances to the public health or welfare and the environment. The director of environmental quality and the director of the department of health services shall enter into an agreement for the transfer of these costs. The assessment and evaluation by the department of health services may include:

16. For the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department of law to provide legal services at the request of the director of environmental quality.

17. For the reasonable and necessary costs of contracting for the goods and services to enable the director to implement this article.

18. For remediation demonstration projects that use bioremediation or other alternative technologies. The department may not use more than $500,000 in a fiscal year pursuant to this paragraph.