Montana § 75-11-704 - Viability At A Petroleum Release Site

§ 75-11-704. Viability At A Petroleum Release Site

Viability at a petroleum release site. (1) For the purpose of determining the viability of a responsible party at a brownfield site where petroleum contamination is the predominant contaminant, the department shall presume that: (a) ongoing businesses or companies and government entities are viable unless there is information suggesting that the presumption is not appropriate, and the department determines the information is sufficient to rebut the presumption in a particular case; and (b) individuals and defunct or insolvent companies are not viable unless there is information suggesting that the presumption is not appropriate, and the department determines the information is sufficient to rebut the presumption in a particular case. (2) The department may not determine that a responsible party is viable based solely on the fact that the owner or operator of a petroleum tank release site is eligible to be reimbursed by the petroleum tank release compensation board established in 2-15-2108 from the petroleum tank release cleanup fund established in 75-11-313 . (3) It is an applicant's responsibility to provide the department with sufficient financial information about a responsible party identified in a petroleum brownfields site eligibility application to determine whether the responsible party is a viable responsible party.