Minnesota Administrative Rules

7045.0275 MANAGEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE SPILLS.

Subpart 1.

[Repealed, 16 SR 2102]

Subp. 2.

Spills; duty to report.

Any person in control of a hazardous waste that spills, leaks, or otherwise escapes from a container, tank, or other containment system, including its associated piping, shall immediately notify the agency if the hazardous waste may cause pollution of the air, land resources, or waters of the state. The person shall use the appropriate Minnesota duty officer's 24-hour telephone number:

A.

[phone] for Twin Cities' local calling area and outside Minnesota;

B.

[phone] for greater Minnesota;

C.

[phone] for TDD for Twin Cities' local calling area and outside Minnesota; or

D.

[phone] for TDD for greater Minnesota.

Subp. 3.

Spills; duty to recover.

Any person who generates a hazardous waste that spills, leaks, or otherwise escapes from a container, tank, or other containment system, including its associated piping, shall recover the hazardous waste as rapidly and as thoroughly as possible and shall immediately take other action as may be reasonably possible to protect human life and health and minimize or abate pollution of the water, air, or land resources of the state.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116.07

History:

9 SR 115; 11 SR 1832; 16 SR 2102; 18 SR 1565

Published Electronically:

October 10, 2013