If the drilling of a new groundwater well causes any existing UIC that has been registered with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to be subject to this title or requires the registered UIC to become subject to additional State permitting or mitigation requirements, the owner of the well shall be responsible for all permitting, compliance and mitigation costs incurred by the UIC owner or operator above that amount that the UIC owner would otherwise be required to address if not in a wellhead protection area. If the well owner does not pay the permitting, compliance and mitigation costs, the UIC owner or operator who has incurred costs may bring an action in Circuit Court and recover reasonable attorney fees in addition to damages. [Ord. NS-2176, 2012]