California · Water Code
WAT §13398.9: (a) This chapter has no effect on the tort liability of a remediating agency for personal injury or wrongful death.
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(a) This chapter has no effect on the tort liability of a remediating agency for personal injury or wrongful death. (b) This chapter has no effect on the liability of a remediating agency based upon activities other than those undertaken in connection with the implementation of an approved remediation plan. (c) This chapter has no effect on the liability of a remediating agency if that agency, following implementation of an approved remediation plan, benefits from, or participates in, any mining operation, including exploration, associated with the abandoned mined lands subject to the approved remediation plan. (d) For the purposes of this chapter, the remediation plan for the Penn Mine property located in Calaveras County shall, if a memorandum of understanding is entered into by the state and other appropriate parties, include the terms and conditions set forth in that memorandum of understanding.
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