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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT » Chapter 30 - CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES

Section 30.1 – Definitions.

30.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Committee” means a local emergency planning committee appointed by the department. 2. “Department” means the department of homeland security and emergency management. 3. “Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act” means Pub. L. No. 99-499, Tit. III, 42 U.S.C. §11001 et seq., […]

Section 30.2 – Department powers and duties.

30.2 Department powers and duties. 1. The department has the powers necessary to carry out the functions and duties specified in state law and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act, including the powers to solicit and accept gifts and grants, and to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A. All federal funds, grants, and gifts […]

Section 30.4 – Duties to be allocated to department of natural resources.

30.4 Duties to be allocated to department of natural resources. Agreements negotiated by the department and the department of natural resources shall provide for the allocation of duties to the department of natural resources as follows: 1. Emergency notifications of releases required to be submitted to the department under section 304 of the Emergency Planning […]

Section 30.5 – Powers of local emergency planning committees.

30.5 Powers of local emergency planning committees. The local emergency planning committee appointed by the department for each local emergency planning district has the powers necessary to carry out the functions and duties specified in state law and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act. 89 Acts, ch 204, §11 CS89, §30.10 2017 Acts, ch […]

Section 30.6 – Liability of committee members.

30.6 Liability of committee members. A person appointed as a member of a local emergency planning committee is not personally liable for a claim based upon an act or omission of the person performed in the discharge of the functions and duties specified in the state law and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act, […]

Section 30.7 – Civil action.

30.7 Civil action. 1. The department may commence a civil action against an owner or operator of a facility who has violated federal requirements to do any of the following: a. Provide notification under section 302(c) of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act, 42 U.S.C. §11002(c). b. Submit a material safety data sheet or […]