1. The secretary is authorized, after public hearing, following due notice, to adopt rules setting forth minimum general safety standards for the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for storage, handling, transportation by tank truck or tank trailer, and utilization of anhydrous ammonia. The rules shall be such as are reasonably necessary for the protection and safety of the public and persons using anhydrous ammonia, and shall be in substantial conformity with the generally accepted standards of safety.
It is hereby declared that rules in substantial conformity with the published standards of the agricultural ammonia institute for the design, installation and construction of containers and pertinent equipment for the storage and handling of anhydrous ammonia, shall be deemed to be in substantial conformity with the generally accepted standards of safety.
All anhydrous ammonia equipment shall be installed and maintained in a safe operating condition and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the secretary of agriculture. No person, firm or corporation, other than the owner and those authorized by the owner to do so, shall sell, fill, refill, deliver or permit to be delivered, or use in any manner any anhydrous ammonia container or receptacle for any gas, compound for any other purpose whatsoever.
2. The secretary is hereby charged with the enforcement of this chapter, and after due publicity and due public hearing, is empowered to promulgate and adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary in order to carry into effect the purpose and intent of this chapter or to secure the efficient administration thereof.
3. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the use of storage tanks smaller than transporting tanks nor the transfer of all kinds of fertilizer including anhydrous ammonia directly from transporting tanks to implements of husbandry, if proper safety precautions are observed.
[C46, 50, 54, § 200.13; C58, 62, § 200.15; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 200.14]
Referred to in § 200.21
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