Section 299A.48 — Citation.

299A.48 CITATION. Sections 299A.48 to 299A.52 and 299K.095 may be cited as the “Minnesota Hazardous Materials Incident Response Act.” History: 1992 c 593 art 2 s 3

Section 299A.49 — Definitions.

299A.49 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 299A.48 to 299A.52 and 299K.095, the following terms have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Chemical assessment team. “Chemical assessment team” means a team (1) trained, equipped, and authorized to evaluate and, when possible, provide simple mitigation to a hazardous materials incident and (2) required […]

Section 299A.50 — Response Plan.

299A.50 RESPONSE PLAN. Subdivision 1. Elements of plan; rules. After consultation with the commissioners of natural resources, agriculture, transportation, and the Pollution Control Agency, the state fire marshal, the Emergency Response Commission, appropriate technical emergency response representatives, and representatives of affected parties, the commissioner shall adopt rules to implement a statewide hazardous materials incident response […]

Section 299A.51 — Liability And Workers’ Compensation.

299A.51 LIABILITY AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. Subdivision 1. Liability. During operations authorized under section 299A.50, members of a regional hazardous materials team operating outside their geographic jurisdiction are “employees of the state” as defined in section 3.736. Subd. 2. Workers’ compensation. During operations authorized under section 299A.50, members of a regional hazardous materials team operating outside […]

Section 299A.52 — Responsible Person.

299A.52 RESPONSIBLE PERSON. Subdivision 1. Response liability. A responsible person, as described in section 115B.03, is liable for the reasonable and necessary costs, including legal and administrative costs, of response to a hazardous materials incident incurred by a regional hazardous materials response team or local unit of government. For the purposes of this section, “hazardous […]

Section 299A.55 — Railroad And Pipeline Safety; Oil And Other Hazardous Materials.

299A.55 RAILROAD AND PIPELINE SAFETY; OIL AND OTHER HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) “Applicable rail carrier” means a railroad company that is subject to an assessment under section 219.015, subdivision 2. (c) “Hazardous substance” has the meaning given in section […]