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<br />Clandestine drug lab operation shall mean the unlawful manufacture or attempt to
<br />manufacture a controlled substance.
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<br />Clandestine drug lab site shall mean any place or area where law enforcement has
<br />determined that conditions associated with an unlawful clandestine drug lab operation
<br />exist. A clandestine drug lab site may include dwellings, accessory buildings, structures
<br />or units, a chemical dump site, a vehicle, boat, trailer or other appliance or any other area
<br />or location.
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<br />Controlled substance shall mean any drug, substance or immediate precursor in Minn.
<br />Stat. ~ 152.02 Schedules I through V together with any amendments or modifications
<br />thereto. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, intoxicating
<br />liquors or tobacco.
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<br />Household hazardous waste shall mean waste generated from a clandestine drug lab
<br />operation.
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<br />Manufacture in places other than a pharmacy, shall mean and include the production,
<br />cultivation, quality control, and standardization, by mechanical, physical, chemical or
<br />pharmaceutical means, and the packing, repacking, tableting, encapsulating, labeling, re-
<br />labeling, or filling of drugs.
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<br />Owner shall mean any person(s), firm(s), corporation(s) or other entity who or which
<br />owns, in whole or in part, the land, building, structure, vehicle, boat, trailer or other
<br />location associated with a clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site.
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<br />Public Health Nuisance shall have the meaning attributed to it in Minnesota Statutes
<br />~ 145A.02, Subd. 17.
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<br />Sec. 26-93. Declaration of site and contents as a public health nuisance.
<br />All dwellings, accessory structures, buildings, vehicles, boats, trailers, personal property,
<br />adjacent property or other locations, associated with a clandestine drug lab site or
<br />chemical dump site are potentially unsafe due to health hazards and are hereby declared
<br />to be a public health nuisance.
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<br />Sec. 26-94. Law enforcement action.
<br />If law enforcement authorities determine the existence of a clandestine drug lab site or
<br />chemical dump site, the site, and all personal property therein, shall be declared a public
<br />health nuisance. Law enforcement authorities who identify conditions associated with a
<br />clandestine drug lab site or chemical dump site which may place neighbors, the visiting
<br />public, or present and future occupants of the site at risk for exposure to harmful
<br />contaminants and other associated conditions must comply with all notice requirements
<br />contained in Minn. Stat. ~ 152.0275, subd. 2 together with any amendments or
<br />modifications, and are authorized to take the following action:
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