{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-455b.386","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 455B.386","heading":"Notification of spills — penalty.","body":"A person manufacturing, storing, handling, transporting, or disposing of a hazardous substance shall notify the department and the local police department or the office of the sheriff of the affected county of the occurrence of a hazardous condition as soon as possible but not later than six hours after the onset of the hazardous condition or discovery of the hazardous condition. A sheriff or police chief who has been notified of a hazardous condition shall immediately notify the department. The department, upon receiving notice of a hazardous condition, shall immediately notify the operator of any public water supply system or private water supply system which may be affected by the hazardous condition. If requested, a person shall submit within thirty days of the department’s request a written report of particulars of the incident. A person violating this section is subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars.","path":["Title XI - NATURAL RESOURCES (Ch. 455 - 485)","Chapter 455B - JURISDICTION OF DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES","Subchapter IV - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL","Part 4 - HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/455B.386.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:11Z","sha256":"51647234db03278c10f12165223a0c708377a02020154fb6cf6067415d83f335","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-455b.385","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-455b.387"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}