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<br />LEAGUE OF MN CITIES
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<br />P. 23/25
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<br />" See Minnesota !lepanment of Health, G..,etal Cleanup Guidelines fuz- CIJU1destine Dnli Lab. (May 2002)
<br />(Hmafttr MDH Cleanup Guidelinell).
<br />" MDH RC$po_ to Drull Labs, 3.
<br />II MDH Health &; Safety, I.
<br />30 Id. 6-7. See also Bay West Study, for a discussion of Which te$ling and cleanmg materials and procedures wori<
<br />0'" in redl,lcillg lllethomphetamhl. conoemations on dlffcrem building surfaces.
<br />31 MDH Clem,,!, Guidl!!u..., 1.2.
<br />" Id.at2.
<br />,. Id. a14.
<br />40 Id. all
<br />" Ie;!. at 4-5.
<br />., ld. at 5.
<br />" Id.
<br />.. MDH Health &; Safety, 6-7.
<br />... MDB. Cleanup Guidelines, ~.
<br />"MDH Health & Safety, 6-7. See also MDIJ; Cle= Guidelines, S oiting Milln. Stat. ~8S.171 (1996)
<br />C/ MDH Heolth &: Safety, 6-7.
<br /><& Id. For mOIl!: illfonnatiotlen identifying and dealing with soil and ground water oontamination, $Oe MiDnesota
<br />Pollution Control Agency publication: Envm;".,."llIltal Problems Assooiated wiill Clandestine Dl'Iig Operation.,
<br />S"!'t. 2000.
<br />... MIlH Cleanup Guidelines, 4 ("AbsCIbcnttnate.rials can aeeumulal.: vapor.! that are dispeIlled <Iurinj:: the oooking
<br />process, or can ooUe<:t dust and powder from chemieaIs l.i$ed ill drug mlltll,lfilcture, Non-lab ilmns can also be
<br />conlanlinaled by lab spills, supplies and equipment. PIofossioml judgment, and infurmatlOl1 from the prelimina:y
<br />_.ment must be applied ta deoisioDS regarding the disposition af thc.e goods .. they may be considered
<br />haza:rdo.... waste. ') See also MIlH Retommendations and DiSCllSSion of Bay West Methamphetallline
<br />Decontamination Study (Februmy 2002) 7-8 ~ven in areas of low eonlamination. "MDH ==cmls removing
<br />and replacina all oarpetins. . . .Other textUe prollucts, ineluding dry clean-only draperies, and uphol.tere<l ftttniture
<br />'bauJd be discarded. Washable textiles such as c10thini and bedding oan be washed and :insed twice but would
<br />mo,e prudently be disoarded. ")
<br />" MDH Health & Safety, 7.
<br />" These gnidofull'" are mOR: fully deseribod. in the MDH Cleanup Guide.l~.
<br />'2 Bay West StudY, 2 ("Currently, the eleanup pi<telinc value for methamphetamine is I microgIlll21 per .q........ foot
<br />of ,wfilce area. ") See also MDH Cleanup OuidelJn.. 7.
<br />s. M:DHHealthk S..ety, 7.
<br />.. MDH Response to Drug Labs, 5.
<br />'l Id-
<br />S! The Environmental PrQtection Agency has a LoeaI Govemments Reimbursement (LGR) program that may
<br />reimburse up to $25,000 per moth lab for cleanup ccsts inCllrred during temporary emergency response measw-es.
<br />For mcre information, oonta&t the EP A'i LOR helplino at (800) 4,1-9209, or submit llll e-mail requ.e$t to
<br />19r.epa@epa.gov, or access the LOR webslte at www.epl.goglOUpemmdlprogramsJerllgr. See also 63 FR 8284
<br />Web. 18, 1998)
<br />'21 USC 8S3(g) (200]).
<br />" See 21 use 853(,,) (200l),
<br />"Soe Millll. stat. 9:1463.15 tluwgh 463,261.
<br />lO lfthe city does not have its own city board of health, the county board of health ha:<Jurisdiction in lbe city (See
<br />Minn. Stat. ~145A.04, SuM. 1(1987). In sl,lch eases, it is arguable that the county bow of health has an obliption
<br />'" talre action to abate the nulsanee. See Milln. Stat. % 145A.04, Subd. 8(a)-(d) (1987) which provide., in part that:
<br />(e) If a threat to the public health sueh as a public health IU1isenoe .'. . is fonnd on any propeny,
<br />the board of health or its agent ,hlIll order the owner or occupant of the property to remove or
<br />abate the threat wilbin a time specifled in the nolice bnt not longer than ten days, . .
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<br />(d) If the owner, occtlPanl, or agent fu4 or ""gleets to comply. . . then the boan:l ofhealm or its
<br />agent sball remove or Abele tho nu;'lII1CO . . .
<br />(emph.,;, added).
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