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Timestamp: 2019-07-21 19:25:11
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 324', '§ 324', '§ 324', '§ 324', '§ 5', '§ 61']

Village of Winneconne, WI Hazardous Materials and Pollution
Ch 324 Art I Hazardous Materials and Cleanup
§ 324-1 Disclosure of hazardous materials and infectious agents; reimbursement for cleanup of spills.
§ 324-2 Fees for extraordinary services; hazardous material incident response reimbursement.
Ch 324 Art II Pollution Abatement
§ 324-3 Cleanup of spilled or accidentally discharged wastes.
§ 324-4 Storage of polluting substances.
Chapter 324 Hazardous Materials and Pollution
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Winneconne as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Article I Hazardous Materials and Cleanup
[Adopted as §§ 5-3-2 and 5-3-3 of the 2012 compilation of ordinances, as amended through 5-22-2013]
All persons, firms or organizations using, researching, producing or storing hazardous materials and/or infectious agents shall notify the Winneconne Poygan Fire District as prescribed by this section.
Those materials that can cause death or disabling injury from brief exposure; those materials that could cause a lost-time injury from exposure; and those materials that could cause temporary disability or injury without permanent effects which are used, researched, produced or stored within or on premises except those household consumer products used at the point of consumption and not used for commercial or experimental purposes. This definition of "hazardous materials" shall include radioactive materials.
A bacterial, mycoplasma, fungal, parasitic or viral agent known to cause illness in humans which is used, researched, produced or stored within or on premises.
Any person, firm or organization using, researching, producing and/or storing any hazardous materials shall provide, in writing, to the Fire District the following information:
Any person, firm or organization using, researching, producing and/or storing an infectious agent and/or a carrier of an infectious agent shall provide, in writing, to the Winneconne Poygan Fire District the following:
Any symptoms of effect or infection, emergency and first aid procedure and a telephone number to be called in an emergency;
The Village provides fire, police and other response services for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, the costs of which are funded from the general tax revenue of the Village. Such services may involve property which is not owned by a property taxpayer of the Village such as utility transmission and telephone lines, gas lines, cable television equipment, or hazardous materials, or may involve property owned by a taxpayer of the Village, but which requires extraordinary response services, such as an open burning site or a hazardous substances or hazardous waste handling or storage site. Such response services benefit the owner or person in charge of such property and the public health, safety and welfare; and
The Village, pursuant to § 61.34, Wis. Stats., and its police powers may collect the costs of such response services from the owner or person in charge of the property if it is deemed proper and in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare.
Prohibited discharges. No person, firm or corporation shall discharge or cause to be discharged, leaked, leached or spilled upon any public or private street, alley, public or private property, or unto the groundwater, surface waters, subsurface waters, or aquifers, or within the Village of Winneconne, except those areas specifically licensed for waste disposal or landfill activities and to receive such materials, any explosive, flammable or combustible solid liquid or gas, any radioactive material at or above nuclear regulatory restriction levels, etiologic agents, or any solid, liquid or gas creating a hazard, potential hazard, or public nuisance or any solid, liquid or gas having a negative effect on the environment.
Includes, but is not limited to: fire service, emergency medical service and law enforcement. A person, firm, or corporation who possesses or controls a hazardous substance which is discharged or who causes the discharge of a hazardous substance shall be responsible for reimbursement to the responding agencies for actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties under this chapter. Actual and necessary expenses may include, but not be limited to: replacement of equipment damaged by the hazardous material, cleaning, decontamination and maintenance of the equipment specific to the incident, specific laboratory expenses incurred in the recognition and identification of hazardous substances in the evaluation of response, decontamination, costs incurred in the procurement and use of specialized equipment specific to the incident, cleanup and medical surveillance, and incurred costs in future medical surveillance of response personnel as required by the responding agency's medical advisor.
The personal property or real estate directly involved in the response services, including, but, not limited to, utility transmission or telephone line, gas line, cable television equipment, open burning site or hazardous substance or hazardous waste handling or storage site.
Village of Winneconne police, fire, utilities, public works, or other similar response services.
Site access. Access to any site, public or private, where a prohibited discharge is indicated or suspected will be provided to emergency government officers and staff and to Village Police Department and Winneconne Poygan Fire District personnel for the purpose of evaluating the threat to the public and monitoring containment, cleanup and restoration activities.
Public protection. Should any prohibited discharge occur that threatens the life, safety or health of the public at, near, or around the site of a prohibited discharge, and that the situation is so critical that immediate steps must be taken to protect life and limb, the Village President his/her assistant, or the senior Village police or fire official on the scene of the emergency may order an evacuation of the area or take other appropriate steps for a period of time until the Village Board can take appropriate action.
Enforcement. The Fire Chief and his/her deputies, as well as the Village law enforcement officers, shall have authority to issue citations or complaints under this section.
Civil liability. Any person, firm or corporation in violation of this section shall be liable to the Village for any expenses incurred by the Village or loss or damage sustained by the Village of Winneconne by reason of such violation.
[Adopted as Title 8, Ch. 2, of the 2012 compilation of ordinances, as amended through 5-22-2013; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Cleanup required. All persons, firms, or corporations delivering, hauling, disposing, storing, discharging or otherwise handling potentially polluting substances, solid or liquid, such as, but not limited to, the following: fuel oil, gasoline, solvents, industrial liquids or fluids, milk, grease trap and septic tank wastes, sewage sludge, sanitary sewer wastes, storm sewer catch-basin wastes, oil or petroleum wastes shall immediately clean up any such spilled material to prevent its becoming a hazard to health or safety or directly or indirectly causing pollution to the lakes and streams under the jurisdiction of the Village.
Notification. Spills or accidental release of hazardous materials or potentially polluting substances at a site or of a quantity or nature that cannot adequately be cleaned up by the responsible party or parties shall be immediately reported to the Police Department so that assistance can be given by the proper agency.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store any hazardous materials or potentially polluting substances unless such substances are stored in such manner as to securely prevent them from escaping onto the ground surface and/or into any street, sewer, ditch or drainage way, lake or stream within the jurisdiction of the Village of Winneconne.