In accordance with the above cited statutes, any person who owns or operates a facility

In accordance with the above cited statutes, any person who owns or operates a facility which, through misadventure, happenstance or otherwise, causes pollution necessitating immediate remedial or clean-up action shall be liable for the cost of such remedial or clean-up action and the commission may recover the cost of same by a civil action brought in the circuit court of the county in which venue may lie.