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299J.07
Statute ID:
246
Pipeline safety-penalties for failing to report emergency release
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Statute Number:
299J.07
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Pipeline safety-penalties for failing to report emergency release
Statute ID:
246
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
May 26, 2010 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
Pipeline safety-penalties for failing to report emergency release
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/299J/07.html
Legislative Session:
2005 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
May 26, 2010
Subdivision 1. A pipeline operator shall immediately report by telephone to the emergency response center established by the commissioner of public safety an emergency release from the operator's pipeline or LNG facility. Subd. 2. (a) An employee of a pipeline operator who has responsibility to make the report under subdivision 1 is guilty of a felony if: (1) the employee knows or has reason to know that an emergency release exists; (2) the employee does not immediately report the release to the commissioner of public safety; and (3) the emergency release causes the death of an individual or great bodily harm as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 8. (b) A person convicted under this subdivision may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years or payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, or both.
