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(B) Law enforcement authorities who identify conditions associated with a clandestine drug lab site or chemical dumpsite which may place neighbors, the visiting public or present and future occupants of the site at risk for exposure to harmful contaminants and other associated conditions are authorized to take the following action: (1) Promptly notify the State Duty Officer, Chemical Assessment Team (CAT), crime lab, City Building Official or designee, child protection, public health authorities and the appropriate enforcement division of the drug enforcement administration of the U.S. Justice Department of the location of the site, local law enforcement officials, and the owner if known, of the conditions found; (2) Treat, store, transport or dispose of all wastes/substances generated from a clandestine drug lab operation found at the site in a manner consistent with Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control and Anoka County Health Department rules and regulations; (3) Public Health Officials may issue a temporary declaration of public health nuisance for the affected site and post a copy of the declaration on all doorway entrances to the site or, in the case of bare land, post the declaration in several conspicuous places on the property. This temporary declaration of public health nuisance shall expire subsequent to the same authority and the City Building Official or designee inspecting the site and determining the appropriateness of issuing a permanent declaration of public health nuisance; (4) The Chemical Assessment Team (CAT) and crime lab will notify all persons occupying the site that a temporary declaration of public health nuisance has been issued; (5) Require all persons occupying the site to immediately vacate the site, remove all pets from the site, and not return without written authorization from the City Building Official or designee; (6) Notify all occupants vacating the site that all personal property at the site may be contaminated with dangerous chemical residue; and (7) Public Health Official or City Building Official or designee may put locks on each doorway entrance to the site to prohibit people from entering the site without authorization after all occupants of the site have vacated. (C) The obligation to promptly notify the persons and organizations mentioned above may be delayed to accomplish appropriate law enforcement objectives, but only to the extent that public health and child protection responsibilities are not unnecessarily compromised. Ord. #77, adopted 1211012003 § 91.49 SEIZURE OF PROPERTY. When the clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site is inside a vehicle, boat, trailer or other form of moveable personal property, law enforcement authorities, upon the direction of the Duty Officer, Chemical 103 1 Page