Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-2-10-805: Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special

Account.

A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving

fund for the Department of Environmental Quality to be designated

the "Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account".

The fund account shall be a continuing fund account, not subject to

fiscal year limitations. All monies accruing to the credit of said

fund account are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and

expended by the Department for the purpose specified by this

section.

B. The fund shall contain only monies appropriated by the

Legislature and specifically designated for deposit to the fund.

C. Expenditures from the fund account shall be made upon

vouchers prescribed by the State Treasurer and issued by the

Department against the Solid Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund

Special Account.

D. No monies shall be expended by the Department from the Solid

Waste Facility Emergency Closure Fund Special Account except for

closure and monitoring activities at landfill disposal sites where

the owner or operator has failed to adequately provide closure and

postclosure care and where the financial assurance, as specified in

Section 2-10-701 of this title, is insufficient to properly close or

monitor the site as required by the rules, and for any action

determined to be necessary by the Department for the pursuit of cost

recovery as required by this section.

E. The Department shall expeditiously pursue all remedies

available to compel the legally responsible parties to perform

closure and postclosure monitoring and care as required by the

rules, and to seek the recovery of any funds expended by the

Department under this section. The Department shall utilize staff

or outside counsel to assure such expeditious pursuit of remedies.

F. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a state

mechanism for the financial assurance required of disposal site

owners and operators under Section 2-10-701 of this title.