A. The department may enter into an agreement with any person to perform work at a site on the site registry if the work will be conducted in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to Section 49-282.06. The terms and conditions of the agreement may include a suspension of any remedial action by the director at the site to the extent determined by the director to be appropriate. The suspension shall be specifically stated in the agreement or the approval of work under the agreement and shall continue as long as the person is in compliance with the agreement.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-282.05

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Department: means the department of environmental quality. See Arizona Laws 49-201
  • Director: means the director of environmental quality or the director's designee. See Arizona Laws 49-201
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: means an individual, employee, officer, managing body, trust, firm, joint stock company, consortium, public or private corporation, including a government corporation, partnership, association or state, a political subdivision of this state, a commission, the United States government or any federal facility, interstate body or other entity. See Arizona Laws 49-201
  • Site: means the geographical areal extent of contamination. See Arizona Laws 49-281

B. As a condition of an agreement under this section, the department may require the person conducting the work to reimburse the director for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred in reviewing and overseeing the work, including costs consisting of salaries and benefits paid to state employees and other direct and indirect costs. A person who reimburses the department for costs pursuant to this subsection may recover those costs in any action brought pursuant to section 49-285, subsection H.