SECTION 3. Responsibility for environmental cleanup actions; failure or delay of reimbursement

No owner or operator who has a responsibility pursuant to any law with respect to environmental cleanup actions, awarding third party damages or preventing the need for environmental cleanup actions shall avoid or delay such responsibility, or be excused from such responsibility, because of reliance on funds provided in this chapter or because of any failure or delay of reimbursement provided in this chapter. No failure or delay of reimbursement provided for in this chapter shall give any person any cause of action or any defense to any cause of action, except as provided in section eleven.