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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.151: RESPONSE TO RELEASE.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
- SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER For expiration of this chapter, see Section 374.253.
- CHAPTER 374. DRY CLEANER ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE
- SUBCHAPTER D. RESPONSE TO RELEASE; CORRECTIVE ACTION
(a) A person may not knowingly allow a release.
(b) A person who knows of a release of more than one quart of a chlorinated dry cleaning solvent or of more than one gallon of a non-chlorinated dry cleaning solvent shall:
(1) immediately contain and control the release; and
(2) notify the commission of the release before the expiration of 24 hours after the person learns of the release.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1110 (H.B. 2376), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2005.
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