Notwithstanding this part, a response action contractor who is found liable for any costs recoverable under this part and who establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that only a portion of those costs are attributable to the response action contractor’s actions shall be required to pay only that portion of the costs attributable to the response action contractor’s actions.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 79765
Scope of Liability
Known as the Carpenter-Presley-Tanner Hazardous Substance Account Act
The act spans §§ 78000–81050 (357 sections).
Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.