19-6-115 - Imminent danger to health or environment -- Authority of executive director to initiate action to restrain.
19-6-115. Imminent danger to health or environment -- Authority of executivedirector to initiate action to restrain.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, upon receipt of evidence that thehandling, transportation, treatment, storage, or disposal of any solid or hazardous waste, or arelease from an underground storage tank, is presenting an imminent and substantial danger tohealth or the environment, the executive director may bring suit on behalf of this state in thedistrict court to immediately restrain any person contributing, or who has contributed, to thataction to stop the handling, storage, treatment, transportation, or disposal or to take other action asappropriate.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 112, 1991 General Session