Nothing contained in the Mississippi Underground Storage Tanks Act of 1988 (Sections 49-17-401 through 49-17-433) shall prevent the commission from requiring any owner of an underground storage tank from taking timely and effective corrective action.
The commission may use the Pollution Emergency Fund for emergency or remedial cleanup of underground storage tank leaks when the tank owner will not take timely and effective action. In the event of the necessity for such immediate remedial or cleanup action, the commission may contract for same and advance funds from the Pollution Emergency Fund to pay the costs thereof, such advancements to be repaid to the Pollution Emergency Fund upon recovery by the commission from the tank owner.