75-2-519. Cleanup orders. The department may issue a cleanup order to any person that has deposited asbestos-containing material or that has disturbed asbestos-containing material or that owns any property where the asbestos-containing material is located when the material poses an immediate threat to public health or the environment or is likely to pose a threat to public health or the environment in the immediate future. The order may direct the person to clean up and transport the asbestos-containing material to an authorized disposal facility, to treat the material so as to render it nonhazardous, or to take other necessary actions.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 293, L. 1999.