<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-320. - Liability.</div>
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               By authority vested in the G.S. 153A-121, 153A-136, and 143B-216.10, the hazardous
               waste and/or low-level radioactive waste management board does hereby ordain that
               all persons storing, treating, or disposing of hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive
               waste in the county shall be held to a standard of strict liability for spills, accidents,
               contamination or other discharges and hazards arising from this facility.
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Definition of "strict liability."</span> As used in this article, the term "strict liability" shall mean that persons storing,
                  transferring, treating or disposing of hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive
                  waste shall be liable for all emergency clean-up costs, clean-up costs in general,
                  damages to persons and property, and other costs resulting from discharges or contamination,
                  regardless of fault, or regardless of whether the discharge or contamination was the
                  result of intentional or negligent conduct, accident or other causes.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Transportation.</span> It is further ordained that persons transporting hazardous waste and/or low-level
                  radioactive waste to destinations in the county shall be held to the same standard
                  of strict liability for all emergency clean-up costs, clean-up in general, damages
                  and other costs resulting from discharges or contamination caused by spills or accidents
                  or intentional releases during transportation within the county, or such discharges
                  or contamination occurring while the transportation vehicle is anywhere within the
                  county.
                  
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 26-115; Ord. of 7-11-1989(2), Â§ 15)
               
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