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MN Stat § 116.87 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.87 — Definitions.

116.87 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Residential lead paint waste. "Residential lead paint waste" means waste produced by removing lead paint from the interior or exterior structure or the ground surface of a residence. Residential lead paint waste does not include: (1) lead paint waste removed with the aid of any chemical paint stripper; or (2) lead paint waste that is mixed with water and that contains any free liquid. Subd. 2. Residence. The term "residence" has the meaning given in rules adopted under sections 144.9501 to 144.9512. History:  1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 13; 1995 c 213 art 1 s 2; 2007 c 147 art 16 s 20
MN Stat § 116.875 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.875 — Authorized Management Methods.

116.875 AUTHORIZED MANAGEMENT METHODS. Subdivision 1. Disposal. Notwithstanding any other law, a person who disposes of residential lead paint waste in the state may dispose of the waste at: (1) a land disposal facility that meets the requirements of Minnesota Rules, chapter 7045; (2) a facility that meets the requirements for a new mixed municipal solid waste land disposal facility under Minnesota Rules, chapter 7035, that began operation after January 1, 1989; (3) a demolition debris land disposal facility equipped with a clay or artificial liner and leachate collection system; or (4) a solid waste incinerator ash landfill if disposal is approved by the commissioner in accordance with agency rules. Subd. 2. Management responsibility; not transferable to occupant. (a) A person whose activities produce residential lead paint waste is responsible for the management and proper disposal of the waste. (b) When residential lead paint waste is produced by activities of a person other than the occupant of the residence from which the waste is removed, the person shall not leave the residential lead paint waste at that residence and shall not transfer responsibility for managing or disposing of the waste to the occupant. Subd. 3. Waste produced by occupant. Residential lead paint waste produced by activities of the occupant of the residence from which the waste is removed must be managed as provided by law for household hazardous waste. Subd. 4. Demolition debris. Residential lead paint waste attached to woodwork, walls, or other elements removed from the structure of a residence that constitute demolition debris may be disposed of at any permitted demolition debris land disposal facility. History:   1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 14
MN Stat § 116.88 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.88 — Prohibited Methods Of Management.

116.88 PROHIBITED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT. Subdivision 1. Unlined landfills. Except as provided in section 116.875, subdivision 4, no person shall dispose of residential lead paint waste at an unlined land disposal facility. Subd. 2. Incineration. No person shall send or accept residential lead paint waste for incineration by a mixed municipal solid waste incinerator. History:   1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 15
MN Stat § 116.885 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.885 — Recycling And Treatment.

116.885 RECYCLING AND TREATMENT. Nothing in sections 116.87 to 116.89 is intended to prevent or discourage treatment or recycling of residential lead paint waste. The commissioner shall encourage treatment and recycling of residential lead paint waste. History:   1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 16
MN Stat § 116.89 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.89 — Enforcement.

116.89 ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Rules. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of sections 116.87 to 116.885, including rules to regulate the transportation, storage, disposal, and other management of residential lead paint waste after the waste leaves the site where it was produced. Subd. 2. License revocation. In addition to enforcement by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of health may revoke the license of an abatement contractor that violates any provision of sections 116.87 to 116.885 or the rules adopted under subdivision 1. History:   1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 17
MN Stat § 116.91 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.91 — Citizen Reports Of Environmental Violations.

116.91 CITIZEN REPORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS. The agency shall maintain and publicize a toll-free number to enable citizens to report information about potential environmental violations. The agency may establish a program to pay awards from funds raised from private sources to persons who provide information that leads to the conviction for an environmental crime. History:   1991 c 347 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 116.915 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.915 — Mercury Reduction.

116.915 MERCURY REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Goal. It is the goal of the state to reduce mercury contamination by reducing the release of mercury into the air and water of the state by 60 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2000, and by 70 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2005. The goal applies to the statewide total of releases from existing and new sources of mercury. The commissioner shall publish updated estimates of 1990 releases in the State Register. Subd. 2. Reduction strategies. The commissioner shall implement the strategies recommended by the Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative Advisory Council and identified on pages 31 to 42 of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's report entitled "Report on the Mercury Contamination Reduction Initiative Advisory Council's Results and Recommendations" as transmitted to the legislature by the commissioner's letter dated March 15, 1999. The commissioner shall solicit, by July 1, 1999, voluntary reduction agreements from sources that emit more than 50 pounds of mercury per year. Subd. 3.  [Obsolete, 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161] History:   1999 c 231 s 150
MN Stat § 116.921 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.921 — Multistate Clearinghouse.

116.921 MULTISTATE CLEARINGHOUSE. The agency is authorized to participate in the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC) to assist in carrying out the requirements and coordinating any other activities related to the administration of statutes governing the purchase, sale, use, labeling, disposal, and management of mercury and mercury-containing products. History:   2007 c 109 s 14
MN Stat § 116.925 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.925 — Electric Energy; Mercury Emissions Report.

116.925 ELECTRIC ENERGY; MERCURY EMISSIONS REPORT. Subdivision 1. Report. To address the shared responsibility between the providers and consumers of electricity for the protection of Minnesota's lakes, each electric utility, as defined in section 216B.38, subdivision 5, and each person that generates electricity in this state for that person's own use or for sale at retail or wholesale shall provide to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency by April 1 an annual report of the amount of mercury emitted in generating that electricity at that person's facilities for the previous calendar year. Subd. 2. Contents of report. (a) A report must include: (1) a list of all generation facilities owned or operated by the utility or person subject to subdivision 1; (2) all readily available information regarding the amount of electricity purchased by the utility or person subject to subdivision 1, for use in the state; and (3) information for each facility owned or operated by the utility or person subject to subdivision 1, stating: (i) the amount of electricity generated at the facility for use or for sale in this state at retail or wholesale; (ii) the amount of fuel used to generate that electricity at the facility; and (iii) the amount of mercury emitted in generating that electricity in the previous calendar year, based on emission factors, stack tests, fuel analysis, or other methods approved by the commissioner. The report must include the mercury content of the fuel if it is determined in conjunction with a stack test. (b) The following are de minimis standards for small and little-used generation facilities: (1) less than 240 hours of operation by the combustion unit per year; (2) a fuel capacity input at the combustion unit of less than 150,000,000 British thermal units per hour; or (3) an electrical generation unit with maximum output of less than or equal to 15 megawatts. A utility or person subject to this section who owns or operates a combustion unit that qualifies under one of these de minimis standards is not required to provide the information described in paragraph (a) for that combustion unit. (c) A report need not be filed for a combustion device for a year in which the device has documented mercury emissions of three pounds or less. Subd. 3. Report to consumers. By January 1, 1999, and biennially thereafter in the report on air toxics required under section 115D.15, the commissioner shall report the amount of mercury emitted in the generation of electricity. History:   1997 c 191 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 116.93 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.93 — Lamp Recycling Facilities.

116.93 LAMP RECYCLING FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "lamp recycling facility" means a facility operated to remove, recover, and recycle for reuse mercury or other hazardous materials from fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps. Subd. 2. Lamp recycling facility; permits or licenses; reporting. (a) A person may not operate a lamp recycling facility without obtaining a permit or license for the facility from the agency. The permit or license must require: (1) a plan for response to releases, including emergency response; (2) proof of financial responsibility for closure and any necessary postclosure care at the facility which may include a performance bond or other insurance; (3) liability insurance or another financial mechanism that provides proof of financial responsibility for response actions required under chapter 115B; and (4) by March 1 each year, beginning in 2008, an annual report to the agency on the number and type of lamps received from businesses and households in the state and total number of lamps received from all generators outside of the state. The agency shall specify the format for the report under this clause and make the reported information available on the agency's website. (b) A lamp recycling facility that is licensed or permitted by a county under section 473.811, subdivision 5b, complies with this subdivision if the license or permit held by the facility contains at least all the terms and conditions required by the agency for a license or permit issued under this subdivision. (c) A lamp recycling facility with a demonstrated capability for recycling that is in operation prior to adoption of rules for a licensing or permitting process for the facility by the agency may continue to operate in accordance with a compliance agreement or other approval by the commissioner until a license or permit is issued by the agency under this subdivision. History:  1993 c 249 s 29; 2007 c 109 s 15
MN Stat § 116.931 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.931 — Wheel Weights And Balancing Products; Lead And Mercury Prohibition.

116.931 WHEEL WEIGHTS AND BALANCING PRODUCTS; LEAD AND MERCURY PROHIBITION. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle that is operated on a highway, on a railroad track, on the ground, in the water, or in the air. (c) "New motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that has not been previously sold to a person except a distributor, wholesaler, or motor vehicle dealer for resale. Subd. 2. Tire service. When replacing or balancing a tire on a motor vehicle or aircraft, a person may not use a wheel weight or other product for balancing motor vehicle or aircraft wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product. Subd. 3. Sales ban. A person may not sell or offer to sell or distribute weights or other products for balancing motor vehicle or aircraft wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product. Subd. 4. New motor vehicles. A person may not sell a new motor vehicle or aircraft that is equipped with a weight or other product for balancing wheels if the weight or other balancing product contains lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the product. Subd. 5. Salvage. A person may not shred or crush, or market for shredding or crushing, any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or railroad or industrial equipment, or any portion thereof, without: (1) inspecting the vehicle or equipment; and (2) removing all weights or other products for balancing wheels or other equipment if the weights or balancing products contain lead or mercury that was intentionally added during the manufacture of the weights or balancing products. Subd. 6. Managing wheel weights and balancing products. Mercury in wheel weights and other balancing products for motor vehicle and aircraft wheels must be recycled or otherwise managed to comply with sections 115A.932 and 116.92 and to ensure that it does not become part of the solid waste stream and is not released to the environment. Lead in wheel weights and other balancing products for motor vehicle and aircraft wheels must be recycled to ensure that it does not become part of the solid waste stream and is not released to the environment. Subd. 7. Educational materials; outreach. Prior to January 1, 2016, the agency shall produce and distribute educational materials on the prohibitions required under this section to businesses subject to the prohibitions and shall conduct additional outreach and education activities to those businesses. History:   2014 c 277 s 7
MN Stat § 116.9401 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9401 — Definitions.

116.9401 DEFINITIONS. (a) For the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. (c) "Alternative" means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy, or combination of these that is technically feasible and serves a functionally equivalent purpose to a chemical in a children's product. (d) "Chemical" means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or substances that form through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism. (e) "Chemical of high concern" means a chemical identified on the basis of credible scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected with a high degree of probability to: (1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental toxicity; (2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm; (3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system; (4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic toxicity; (5) be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; or (6) be very persistent and very bioaccumulative. (f) "Child" means a person under 12 years of age. (g) "Children's product" means a consumer product intended for use by children, such as baby products, toys, car seats, personal care products, and clothing. (h) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. (i) "Department" means the Department of Health. (j) "Distributor" means a person who sells consumer products to retail establishments on a wholesale basis. (k) "Green chemistry" means an approach to designing and manufacturing products that minimizes the use and generation of toxic substances. (l) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures a final consumer product sold at retail or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case of a consumer product imported into the United States, manufacturer includes the importer or domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product does not have a presence in the United States. (m) "Priority chemical" means a chemical identified by the Department of Health as a chemical of high concern that meets the criteria in section 116.9403. (n) "Safer alternative" means an alternative whose potential to harm human health is less than that of the use of a priority chemical that it could replace. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 47
MN Stat § 116.9402 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9402 — Identifying Chemicals Of High Concern.

116.9402 IDENTIFYING CHEMICALS OF HIGH CONCERN. (a) By July 1, 2010, the department shall, after consultation with the agency, generate a list of chemicals of high concern. (b) The department must periodically review and revise the list of chemicals of high concern at least every three years. The department may add chemicals to the list if the chemical meets one or more of the criteria in section 116.9401, paragraph (e). (c) The department shall consider chemicals listed as a suspected carcinogen, reproductive or developmental toxicant, or as being persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative by a state, federal, or international agency. These agencies may include, but are not limited to, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Washington Department of Ecology, the United States Department of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United Nation's World Health Organization, and European Parliament Annex XIV concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals. (d) The department may consider chemicals listed by another state as harmful to human health or the environment for possible inclusion in the list of chemicals of high concern. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 48
MN Stat § 116.9403 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9403 — Identifying Priority Chemicals.

116.9403 IDENTIFYING PRIORITY CHEMICALS. (a) The department, after consultation with the agency, may designate a chemical of high concern as a priority chemical if the department finds that the chemical: (1) has been identified as a high-production volume chemical by the United States Environmental Protection Agency; and (2) meets any of the following criteria: (i) the chemical has been found through biomonitoring to be present in human blood, including umbilical cord blood, breast milk, urine, or other bodily tissues or fluids; (ii) the chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in household dust, indoor air, drinking water, or elsewhere in the home environment; or (iii) the chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife, or the natural environment. (b) By February 1, 2011, the department shall publish a list of priority chemicals in the State Register and on the department's Internet website and shall update the published list whenever a new priority chemical is designated. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 49
MN Stat § 116.9405 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9405 — Applicability.

116.9405 APPLICABILITY. The requirements of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 do not apply to: (1) chemicals in used children's products; (2) priority chemicals used in the manufacturing process, but that are not present in the final product; (3) priority chemicals used in agricultural production; (4) motor vehicles as defined in chapter 168 or watercraft as defined in chapter 86B or their component parts, except that the use of priority chemicals in detachable car seats is not exempt; (5) priority chemicals generated solely as combustion by-products or that are present in combustible fuels; (6) retailers; (7) pharmaceutical products or biologics; (8) a medical device as defined in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, United States Code, title 21, section 321(h); (9) food and food or beverage packaging, except a container containing baby food or infant formula; (10) consumer electronics products and electronic components, including but not limited to personal computers; audio and video equipment; calculators; digital displays; wireless phones; cameras; game consoles; printers; and handheld electronic and electrical devices used to access interactive software or their associated peripherals; or products that comply with the provisions of directive 2002/95/EC of the European Union, adopted by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union now or hereafter in effect; or (11) outdoor sport equipment, including snowmobiles as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicles as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; personal watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 14a; watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 18; and off-highway motorcycles, as defined in section 84.787, subdivision 7, and all attachments and repair parts for all of this equipment. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 50
MN Stat § 116.9406 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9406 — Donations To The State.

116.9406 DONATIONS TO THE STATE. The commissioner may accept donations, grants, and other funds to carry out the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. All donations, grants, and other funds must be accepted without preconditions regarding the outcomes of the regulatory oversight processes set forth in sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 51
MN Stat § 116.9407 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.9407 — Participating In Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse.

116.9407 PARTICIPATING IN INTERSTATE CHEMICALS CLEARINGHOUSE. The state may cooperate with other states in an interstate chemicals clearinghouse regarding chemicals in consumer products, including the classification of priority chemicals in commerce; organizing and managing available data on chemicals, including information on uses, hazards, risks, and environmental and health concerns; and producing and evaluating information on safer alternatives to specific uses of priority chemicals. History:   2009 c 37 art 1 s 52
MN Stat § 116.95 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.95 — Citation.

116.95 CITATION. Sections 116.96 to 116.99 may be cited as the "Small Business Air-Quality Compliance Assistance Act." History:   1992 c 546 s 5