(1) (a) The purposes of 75-10-730 through 75-10-738 are to provide for the protection of the public health, welfare, and safety and of the environment and to foster the cleanup, transfer, reuse, or redevelopment of facilities where releases or threatened releases of hazardous or deleterious substances exist.
(b) The legislature further declares that this program is intended to permit and encourage voluntary cleanup of facilities where releases or threatened releases of hazardous or deleterious substances exist by providing interested persons with a method of determining what the cleanup responsibilities will be for reuse or redevelopment of existing facilities.
(2) The legislature further intends that this voluntary program:
(a) encourage and facilitate prompt cleanup activities;
(b) eliminate impediments to the sale or redevelopment of facilities where releases or threatened releases of hazardous or deleterious substances exist; and
(c) minimize administrative processes and costs.