Any governing body of a municipality, which, after receiving approval from the department, removes and cleans up, or causes to be removed and cleaned up, a hazardous discharge site included on the master list prepared and adopted by the department pursuant to this act, shall be reimbursed from appropriate funding sources for the costs of that cleanup and removal, as established pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of this act. The reimbursement shall be made when funds are made available and, pursuant to the ranking of the hazardous discharge sites on the master list, the department would have acted to clean up and remove the hazardous discharge.

L.1982, c. 202, s. 4, eff. Dec. 16, 1982.