(a) Any costs paid from the fund pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 25390.3 shall be recoverable by the Attorney General, at the request of the administrator of the fund, from any liable person or persons who have not entered into, or are not in compliance with, a written cleanup agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 25390.4 that provides for the completion of all response actions necessary at the site under the oversight and at the direction of the department or the regional board.
(b) Any potentially responsible party who withholds information required to be submitted under this section, or who submits false information, is subject to a civil penalty of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each piece of information withheld or for each piece of false information submitted.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 23, Sec. 2. Effective May 26, 1999. See operational conditions in Section 25390.9.)