West Virginia Code 22-22-21 – Savings clause

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Nothing in this article shall affect the rights, duties, defenses, immunities or causes of action under other statutes or the common law of this state which may be applicable to persons conducting remediation of a site.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 22-22-21

Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Remediation: means to cleanup, mitigate, correct, abate, minimize, eliminate, control and contain or prevent a release of a contaminant into the environment in order to protect the present or future public health, safety, welfare, or the environment, including preliminary actions to study or assess the release. See West Virginia Code 22-22-2
Site: means any property or portion thereof which contains or may contain contaminants and is eligible for remediation as provided under this article. See West Virginia Code 22-22-2
State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10

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