17.74.501    PURPOSE

(1) This subchapter is adopted to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by providing specific cleanup standards for inhabitable properties contaminated by clandestine methamphetamine labs (CML) or the smoke from the use of methamphetamine. This subchapter establishes a voluntary program for property owners to obtain department confirmation that the decontamination standards established by the department have been met, for purposes of liability immunity pursuant to 75-10-1305(4), MCA, and for purposes of removing property from the list of contaminated property maintained by the department pursuant to 75-10-1306, MCA.

History: 75-10-1304, MCA; IMP, 75-10-1304, MCA; NEW, 2006 MAR p. 1042, Eff. 4/21/06; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 1812, Eff. 9/24/22.