10-3-1202. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to:

(1) provide that adequate hazardous material emergency response capability exists in the state in order to protect the health and safety of Montana citizens and the environment;

(2) delineate those state agencies responsible for responding to a hazardous material incident;

(3) provide for the control and management of hazardous material incidents;

(4) provide for the cooperation of other state agencies and local governments in hazardous material incident management; and

(5) provide for the formulation of a comprehensive hazardous material response support plan.