[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Altoona 11-24-1987 by Ord. No. 5003. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The owner of petroleum and/or chemicals or other forms of hazardous materials or substances and/or the common carrier of any type whatsoever, including pipelines, carrying said materials shall be liable to the City of Altoona to control, extinguish, and/or contain spills, leaks, or accidents involving said materials. The cost of the cleanup of the affected area is also the responsibility of the owner and/or common carrier.
The said special equipment and/or materials include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. 
Special chemical protective clothing (i.e., disposable fully encapsulating chem suits, reusable butyl rubber splash-and-flash suits, breathing apparatus, etc.).
B. 
Foam, dry chemical extinguishing agent, and/or any material used to control and/or extinguish a fire in said material and/or incidents.
C. 
Absorbent material, (i.e., sand, sawdust, clay, pigs,[1] earth, etc.).
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Editor's Note: Absorbent booms.
D. 
Any other equipment and/or material deemed necessary by the Fire Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Altoona or his designated representative.
The cost of labor shall be the actual wage rates, including fringe benefits, paid by the City of Altoona to all personnel involved in the extinguishing of any fire and/or control of the incident.
The owner of any petroleum or chemical and/or other hazardous material or substance and/or the common carrier of said material, including any pipeline as aforesaid, shall also be liable for the cost of any temporary storage of chemicals, petroleum materials, or other hazardous material or substances and/or the cost of disposing of same.
Bills for the amount of the above-described costs shall be forwarded by the Fire Department to the City Clerk, who shall bill the above-described liable party. If payment is not made in full within 30 days from the date of the mailing of said bill, the aforementioned City officer shall turn the matter over to the City Solicitor for collection litigation as is necessary.
Any person failing to pay the said bill submitted to him or her by the City of Altoona within 30 days shall, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 together with the costs of prosecution or undergo imprisonment in the Blair County Prison for not more than 90 days, or both.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
Imposition of the aforesaid fine and/or imprisonment shall not relieve any responsible person or corporation hereunder from civil liability to the City as provided herein.