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B.__The rules adopted by the Bureau of Labor Standards must
provide a procedure under which the operator of a facility
may obtain a waiver from application of this section.__The
Bureau of Labor Standards shall waive the application of
this section for any facility that provides an essential
public service, such as a hospital or public utility, when
the prevention of immediate initiation or resumption of
operation would clearly result in greater harm to the public
than would any hazardous substances or hazardous equipment
or machinery used in the facility.__Any such facility
remains subject to the inspection requirements of section
1696-L.

 
§1696-L.__Inspection requirements

 
An industrial or commercial facility subject to the
prohibition under section 1696-K may initiate or resume operation
only as provided in this section.

 
1.__Notice to Bureau of Labor Standards.__After receiving
notice from the Bureau of Labor Standards pursuant to rules
adopted under section 1696-K, subsection 2, paragraph A, the
operator of the facility shall notify the Bureau of Labor
Standards if the facility operator intends to initiate or resume
operation of the facility.__The Bureau of Labor Standards shall
determine the form and content of this notice.

 
2.__Inspection scheduled.__Immediately upon receiving notice
from the facility operator under subsection 1, the Bureau of
Labor Standards shall arrange a date and time for an inspection
of the facility.__This date may not be less than 20 days from
receipt of the notice.

 
3.__Notice of inspection.__Immediately upon establishing the
date and time for an inspection of a facility, the Bureau of
Labor Standards shall notify any appropriate local emergency
planning committee of the pending inspection and shall publish on
at least 2 separate days a notice in a newspaper of general
circulation in the locality in which the facility is located.__
The notice must state:

 
A.__That the Bureau of Labor Standards has received notice
of the facility operator's intent to initiate or resume
operation of the facility;

 
B.__The name, address and nature of the business of the
facility;

 
C.__The fact of the pending inspection and its purpose;


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