200.14 - RULES.

        200.14  RULES.
         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.
         a.  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.
         b.  Rules that are 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.
         2.  Anhydrous ammonia equipment shall be installed and maintained
      in a safe operating condition and in conformity with rules adopted by
      the secretary.
         3.  The secretary shall enforce this chapter and, after due
      publicity and due public hearing, may adopt such reasonable rules as
      may be necessary in order to carry into effect the purpose and intent
      and to secure the efficient administration of this chapter.
         4.  This chapter does not 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.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C46, 50, 54, § 200.13; C58, 62, § 200.15; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77,
      79, 81, § 200.14] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1004, § 1, 3; 98 Acts, ch 1223, § 22, 38; 99 Acts, ch
      12, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §76, 210
         Referred to in §200.21