Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and Decontamination Act
The following sections are excerpted from Utah Code, Title 19, Chapter 06 "Hazardous Substances." For additional information please visit the State of Utah website at http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE19/19_06.htm

19-6-901.   Title.
     This part is known as the"Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and Decontamination Act."

19-6-902.   Definitions.
     As used in thispart:
     (1) "Board" means the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board, asdefined in Section 19-1-106, within the Department of EnvironmentalQuality.
     (2) "Certified decontamination specialist" means an individualwho has met the standards for certification as a decontamination specialist andhas been certified by the board under Subsection 19-6-906(2).
     (3)"Contaminated" or "contamination" means polluted by hazardous materials thatcause property to be unfit for human habitation or use due to immediate orlong-term health hazards.
     (4) "Contamination list" means a listmaintained by the local health department of properties:
     (a) reported tothe local health department under Section 19-6-903; and
     (b)determined by the local health department to be contaminated.
     (5)"Decontaminated" means property that at one time was contaminated, but thecontaminants have been removed.
     (6) "Hazardous materials":
     (a)has the same meaning as "hazardous or dangerous materials" as defined in Section 58-37d-3; and
     (b) includes any illegally manufactured controlledsubstances.
     (7) "Health department" means a local health departmentunder Title 26A, Local Health Authorities.
     (8) "Owner ofrecord":
     (a) means the owner of real property as shown on the records ofthe county recorder in the county where the property is located; and
     (b)may include an individual, financial institution, company, corporation, or otherentity.
     (9) "Property":
     (a) means any real property, site,structure, part of a structure, or the grounds surrounding a structure;and
     (b) includes single-family residences, outbuildings, garages, unitsof multiplexes, condominiums, apartment buildings, warehouses, hotels, motels,boats, motor vehicles, trailers, manufactured housing, shops, or booths.
    (10) "Reported property" means property that is the subject of a law enforcementreport under Section 19-6-903.

19-6-903.   Law enforcement reporting and records --Removal from list.
     (1) (a) When any state or local lawenforcement agency in the course of its official duties observes anyparaphernalia of a clandestine drug laboratory operation, including chemicals orequipment used in the manufacture of unlawful drugs, the agency shall report thelocation where the items were observed to the local health department.
    (b) (i) The law enforcement officer shall make the report under Subsection(1)(a) at the location where the observation occurred, if making the report atthat time will not compromise an ongoing investigation.
     (ii) If thereport cannot be made at the location, the report shall be made as soonafterward as is practical.
     (c) The report under Subsection (1)(a) shallinclude:
     (i) the date of the observation;
     (ii) the name of thereporting agency and the case number of the case that involves the location ofthe observation;
     (iii) the contact information of the officer involved,including name and telephone number;
     (iv) the address of the locationand descriptions of the property that may be contaminated; and
     (v) abrief description of the evidence at the location that led to the belief theproperty at the location may be contaminated.
     (2) The law enforcementagency shall forward to the local health department copies of the reports madeunder Subsection (1).
     (3) (a) Upon receipt of a complaint or a reportfrom law enforcement regarding possibly contaminated property, the local healthofficer or his designee shall determine if reasonable evidence exists that theproperty is contaminated.
     (b) The local health department shall placeproperty considered to be contaminated on a contamination list.
     (4) Thelocal health departments shall maintain searchable records of the properties ontheir contamination lists and shall:
     (a) make the records reasonablyavailable to the public;
     (b) provide written notification to personsrequesting access to the records that the records are only advisory indetermining if specific property has been contaminated by clandestine drug labactivity; and
     (c) remove the contaminated property from the list whenthe following conditions have been met:
     (i) the local health departmenthas monitored the decontamination process and, after documenting that the testresults meet decontamination standards, has authorized the removal of or purgingof the contamination information from the department's records; or
     (ii)a certified decontamination specialist submits a report to the local healthdepartment stating that the property is decontaminated.

19-6-904.   Decontamination specialist reporting to localhealth departments.
     (1) A certified decontamination specialistis required to report to the local health department the location of anyproperty that is the subject of decontamination work by that decontaminationspecialist. The report shall be submitted prior to commencement of thedecontamination work.
     (2) The report under Subsection (1) shallinclude:
     (a) sufficient information to allow the local health departmentto investigate and verify the location of the property, including the addressand description of the property; and
     (b) a proposed work plan fordecontaminating the property.
     (3) Upon completion of the decontaminationprocess, a report certifying that the property is decontaminated shall besubmitted to the local health department within 30 days.

19-6-905.   Notification of property owner -- Notificationof municipality or county.
     (1) (a) If the local healthdepartment determines a property is contaminated, it shall notify the owner ofrecord that the property has been placed on the contamination list and shallprovide to the owner information regarding remediation options and therequirements necessary to clean up the property, obtain certification that theproperty is decontaminated, and remove the property from the contaminationlist.
     (b) The notification shall include a deadline for the owner toprovide to the local health department information on how the owner plans toaddress the contamination.
     (c) This part does not require thatdecontamination be conducted by a certified decontamination specialist. However,upon completion of the decontamination, the property must be determined to bedecontaminated in accordance with Subsection 19-6-903(4)(c) in order tobe removed from the contamination list.
     (2) If the local healthdepartment does not receive a response from the owner of record within the timeperiod specified in the notice, or the owner of record advises the local healthdepartment that the owner does not intend to take action or that the reportedproperty will be abandoned, the local health department shall notify themunicipality in which the reported property is located, or the county, if thelocation is in an unincorporated area, of the owner of record's response or lackof response.

19-6-906.   Decontamination standards -- Specialistcertification standards -- Rulemaking.
     (1) The Department ofHealth shall make rules under Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah AdministrativeRulemaking Act, in consultation with the local health departments and theDepartment of Environmental Quality, to establish:
     (a) decontaminationand sampling standards and best management practices for the inspection anddecontamination of property and the disposal of contaminated debris under thispart;
     (b) appropriate methods for the testing of buildings and interiorsurfaces, and furnishings, soil, and septic tanks for contamination; and
    (c) when testing for contamination may be required.
     (2) The Departmentof Environmental Quality Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board shall makerules under Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, inconsultation with the Department of Health and local health departments, toestablish within the Department of Environmental Quality Division ofEnvironmental Response and Remediation:
     (a) certification standards forany private person, firm, or entity involved in the decontamination ofcontaminated property; and
     (b) a process for revoking the certificationof a decontamination specialist who fails to maintain the certificationstandards.
     (3) All rules made under this part shall be consistent withother state and federal requirements.
     (4) The board has authority toenforce the provisions under Subsection (2).