(a) Any owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of any property who is responsible for, or contributes to an emergency response shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(b) Any registered owner, lessor, lessee, or operator of any motor vehicle, the operation of which results in an emergency response, shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(c) Any public or private utility whose activities or facilities necessitated an emergency response shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(d) Any person owning, maintaining or operating a railroad shall be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(e) When an emergency response directly benefits more than one person or property, each person and/or property benefitted shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of the expense of the emergency response. For purposes of an emergency response involving a motor vehicle, occupants other than the operator and the registered owner shall not be liable for the expense of the emergency response.
(f) Cost recovery for any hazardous materials response may also be pursued in a civil action, pursuant to the Natural Resource Environmental Protection Act (MCL 324.20135), in addition the liability created in Section 211.04.
(Ord. 2017-08. Passed 1-3-18.)