A. Immediate verbal notice required.
1. A person shall provide an immediate, verbal report of any release or threatened release of a hazardous material to the Department and the State Office of Emergency Services, as soon as:
a. He or she has knowledge of the release or threatened release;
b. Notification can be provided without impeding immediate control of the release or threatened release; and
c. Notification can be provided without impeding immediate emergency medical measures.
2. The immediate reporting required hereunder shall include all the information described in the Resolution adopted pursuant to this Subchapter. An immediate report shall not be required if there is a reasonable belief that the release or threatened release poses no significant present or potential hazard to human health and safety, property, or the environment. Each handler shall allow fire, public health and safety personnel to have access to the facility.
B. Written report required. In addition to the immediate verbal notification required in Subsection A., any business with ten (10) or more employees and which handles more than ten thousand (10,000) pounds of hazardous materials in a single calendar year shall submit a copy to the Department of any report on any release or threatened release of a hazardous material prepared in writing, pursuant to Title III, being 42 USC 11001 et seq., as submitted to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, within ten (10) days of the date of the release.
('65 Code, § 16-15) (Ord. No. 88-014 § 2)