2-1212. Anhydrous ammonia; regulations. The board is authorized and directed to make and promulgate regulations (a) for the safe handling, storage and transportation of anhydrous ammonia;
(b) for establishment of minimum general safety standards covering the design, construction, location, installation and operation of equipment for the storage, handling and transportation of such product by tank truck, tank trailer, or otherwise, and for the utilization of anhydrous ammonia; and
(c) to modify and amend such regulations to the end that said anhydrous ammonia shall be handled, stored and transported with safety.
Said regulations shall be such as are reasonably necessary for the safety of the public and persons using such material.
History: L. 1953, ch. 9, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 6, § 2; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Cited in action involving negligence in use and handling of anhydrous ammonia. Guerra v. Jaeger, 204 Kan. 309, 315, 461 P.2d 737.
2. Applied; ordinance prohibiting storage of anhydrous ammonia not arbitrary or unreasonable. City of Douglass v. Tri-Co. Fertilizer, Inc., 214 Kan. 154, 159, 519 P.2d 724.
3. Cited in holding K.S.A. 2-2457 requiring notice to county attorney before suing for pesticide application damages unconstitutional. Ernest v. Faler, 237 Kan. 125, 138, 697 P.2d 870 (1985).
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