455B.386 - NOTIFICATION OF SPILLS -- PENALTY.
455B.386 NOTIFICATION OF SPILLS -- PENALTY. A person manufacturing, storing, handling, transporting, or disposing of a hazardous substance shall notify the department and the local police department or the office of the sheriff of the affected county of the occurrence of a hazardous condition as soon as possible but not later than six hours after the onset of the hazardous condition or discovery of the hazardous condition. A sheriff or police chief who has been notified of a hazardous condition shall immediately notify the department. The department, upon receiving notice of a hazardous condition, shall immediately notify the operator of any public water supply system or private water supply system which may be affected by the hazardous condition. If requested, a person shall submit within thirty days of the department's request a written report of particulars of the incident. A person violating this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars.
Section History: Early Form [C79, 81, § 455B.115]
Section History: Recent Form C83, § 455B.386 84 Acts, ch 1108, § 2; 90 Acts, ch 1032, § 1 Referred to in § 29C.8A, 321.266, 331.653, 455G.31, 459.506 See also § 321.266