| (a) An owner or operator or other person may undertake such
corrective action as may be necessary to abate any immediate threat to human
health and safety or the environment caused by a release or threatened release
without a registered corrective action specialist or a licensed corrective
action project manager; and a person who is not registered under §30.190
of this title (relating to Qualifications for Initial Registration), or §30.180
of this title (relating to Qualifications for Initial License) may provide
or perform such services provided that the action is in compliance with this
section.
(b) For this section to apply, the owner or operator or other
person must:
(1) demonstrate that the actions taken were necessary to protect
against imminent danger to human health and safety by mitigating fire, explosion,
and vapor hazards, by removing free product from structures, basements, sumps,
etc., or performing other actions as deemed necessary by the executive director;
(2) notify the executive director of the emergency occurrence
within 24 hours of commencing emergency abatement action;
(3) notify the local fire marshal (or state fire marshal if
no local authority is available) within 24 hours of commencing emergency abatement
action; and
(4) obtain the services of a registered corrective action specialist
within ten days of commencing emergency action.
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