(A) After the Public Health Authority receives notice from a law enforcement agency that they have identified a clandestine drug lab site, and posted the appropriate chemical investigation site public health nuisance warning sign, the Public Health Authority shall serve the known lawful occupants, and owners, of the site pursuant to M.S. § 145A.04, subd. 8(b), as it may be amended from time to time, with notice of their responsibilities relative to the chemical investigation site public health nuisance.
(B) The Public Health Authority shall notify, and order, the property owner of record, and known occupant, or agent, to have the public health nuisance removed, or abated, within ten days, as provided in M.S. § 145A.04, as it may be amended from time to time, and this chapter. The Public Health Authority notice, and order, shall include the following:
(1) A replica of the chemical investigation site public health nuisance declaration that is posted at the site’s entrance(s);
(2) Information about the potentially hazardous condition of the chemical investigation site;
(3) A summary of the property owner’s, and occupant’s, responsibilities under this chapter; and
(4) Information on locating professional services necessary to remove, and abate, the chemical investigation site public health nuisance status, as provided in this chapter and in M.S. § 145A.04, as it may be amended from time to time.
(C) The Public Health Authority shall endeavor to provide information, in writing, about the chemical investigation site public health nuisance declaration, and potential hazard(s), to the following additional concerned parties:
(1) Neighbors within close proximity that can be reasonably affected by the conditions found;
(2) The local municipal clerk;
(3) Local law enforcement;
(4) Other state and local authorities, such as the State Pollution Control Agency, and the State Department of Health, that may have public, and environmental, protection responsibilities at the site; and
(5) The County Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 10.62)