Sec. 5-72. - Requirement for certification of closure of hazardous material activities.

(a)

Both the owner and operator of a hazardous materials establishment and a chemist with an appropriate degree in chemistry shall submit to the local agency a certification that the establishment has complied with removal. The certificate shall detail the method of sampling or testing, as well as clean-up procedures followed. The disposition of hazardous materials formerly stored at the establishment shall be stated in the report.

(b)

The premises shall not be reoccupied until the certificate of closure is approved by the local agency.

(Ch. 394, § I, 7-11-06)