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MN Stat § 116B.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116B — Environmental Rights|Section 116B.09 — Intervention; Judicial Review.

116B.09 INTERVENTION; JUDICIAL REVIEW. Subdivision 1. Intervention. Except as otherwise provided in section 116B.10, in any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceeding, and in any action for judicial review thereof which is made available by law, any natural person residing within the state, the attorney general, any political subdivision of the state, any instrumentality or agency of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, or any partnership, corporation, association, organization or other legal entity having shareholders, members, partners, or employees residing within the state shall be permitted to intervene as a party upon the filing of a verified pleading asserting that the proceeding or action for judicial review involves conduct that has caused or is likely to cause pollution, impairment, or destruction of the air, water, land or other natural resources located within the state. Subd. 2. Grounds. In any such administrative, licensing, or other similar proceedings, the agency shall consider the alleged impairment, pollution, or destruction of the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state and no conduct shall be authorized or approved which does, or is likely to have such effect so long as there is a feasible and prudent alternative consistent with the reasonable requirements of the public health, safety, and welfare and the state's paramount concern for the protection of its air, water, land, and other natural resources from pollution, impairment, or destruction. Economic considerations alone shall not justify such conduct. Subd. 3. Judicial review. In any action for judicial review of any administrative, licensing, or other similar proceeding as described in subdivision 1, the court shall, in addition to any other duties imposed upon it by law, grant review of claims that the conduct caused, or is likely to cause pollution, impairment, or destruction of the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state, and in granting such review it shall act in accordance with the provisions of sections 116B.01 to 116B.13 and the Administrative Procedure Act. History:   1971 c 952 s 9
MN Stat § 116B.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116B — Environmental Rights|Section 116B.11 — Long-arm Statute; Actions Under This Chapter.

116B.11 LONG-ARM STATUTE; ACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER. Subdivision 1. Personal jurisdiction. As to any cause of action arising under sections 116B.01 to 116B.13, the district court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any foreign corporation or any nonresident individual in the same manner as if it were a domestic corporation or the individual were a resident of this state. This section applies if, in person or through an agent, the foreign corporation or nonresident individual: (a) Commits or threatens to commit any act in the state which would impair, pollute or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state, or (b) Commits or threatens to commit any act outside the state which would impair, pollute or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state, or (c) Engages in any other of the activities specified in section 543.19. Subd. 2. Service of process. The service of process on any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, as provided in this section, may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant outside this state with the same effect as though the summons had been personally served within this state. Subd. 3. Allowable causes of action. Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated or referenced in subdivision 1 may be asserted against a defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon this section. Subd. 4. Other law. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law or the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. History:  1971 c 952 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 116B.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116B — Environmental Rights|Section 116B.12 — Rights And Remedies Nonexclusive.

116B.12 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES NONEXCLUSIVE. No existing civil or criminal remedy for any wrongful action shall be excluded or impaired by sections 116B.01 to 116B.13. The rights and remedies provided herein shall be in addition to any administrative, regulatory, statutory, or common law rights and remedies now or hereafter available. History:   1971 c 952 s 12
MN Stat § 116B.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116B — Environmental Rights|Section 116B.13 — Citation.

116B.13 CITATION. Sections 116B.01 to 116B.13 may be cited as the "Minnesota Environmental Rights Act." History:   1971 c 952 s 14
MN Stat § 116C.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.01 — Findings.

116C.01 FINDINGS. The legislature of the state of Minnesota finds that problems related to the environment often encompass the responsibilities of several state agencies and that solutions to these environmental problems require the interaction of these agencies. The legislature also finds that further debate concerning population, economic and technological growth should be encouraged so that the consequences and causes of alternative decisions can be better known and understood by the public and its government. History:   1973 c 342 s 1
MN Stat § 116C.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.02 — Definitions.

116C.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116C.01 to 116C.08, the following terms have the meaning given them. Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. History:  1973 c 342 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6
MN Stat § 116C.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.03 — Environmental Quality Board; Membership; Chair; Staff.

116C.03 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; CHAIR; STAFF. Subdivision 1. Creation. An environmental quality board, designated as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, is hereby created. Subd. 2. Membership. The members of the board are the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of health, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the commissioner of transportation, and the chair of the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The governor shall appoint members from the general public to the board, one from each congressional district, subject to the advice and consent of the senate. At least four public members must have knowledge of and be conversant in environmental review or permitting. The governor must appoint the chair of the board. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 15.06, subdivision 6, members of the board may not delegate their powers and responsibilities as board members to any other person. Members appointed under this subdivision must not be registered lobbyists or legislators. Subd. 2a. Public members. The membership terms, compensation, removal, and filling of vacancies of public members of the board shall be as provided in section 15.0575. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1982 c 524 s 9] Subd. 3a.  [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 4. Support. Staff and consultant support for board activities shall be provided by the Pollution Control Agency. This support shall be provided based upon an annual budget and work program developed by the board and certified to the commissioner by the chair of the board. The board shall have the authority to request and require staff support from all other agencies of state government as needed for the execution of the responsibilities of the board. Subd. 5. Administration. The board shall contract with the Pollution Control Agency for administrative services necessary to the board's activities. The services shall include personnel, budget, payroll and contract administration. Subd. 6. Annual budget and work program. The board shall adopt an annual budget and work program. History:  1973 c 342 s 3; 1974 c 307 s 16; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 134 s 28,29; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1981 c 356 s 122-124; 1982 c 524 s 1-6; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1983 c 301 s 119; 1984 c 558 art 2 s 2,3; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 6; 1987 c 358 s 105; 1988 c 501 s 1; 1988 c 685 s 25; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 134; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 20-22; 1994 c 639 art 5 s 3; 1997 c 53 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 77; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 88-90; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 135
MN Stat § 116C.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.04 — Powers And Duties.

116C.04 POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Scope; votes. The powers and duties of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board shall be as provided in this section and as otherwise provided by law or executive order. Actions of the board shall be taken only at an open meeting upon a majority vote of all the permanent members of the board. Subd. 2. Jurisdiction. (a) The board shall determine which environmental problems of interdepartmental concern to state government shall be considered by the board. The board shall initiate interdepartmental investigations into those matters that it determines are in need of study. Topics for investigation may include but need not be limited to air and water resources and quality, solid waste management, transportation and utility corridors, energy policy and need, and planning. (b) The board shall review programs of state agencies that significantly affect the environment and coordinate those it determines are interdepartmental in nature, and ensure agency compliance with state environmental policy. (c) The board may review environmental rules and criteria for granting and denying permits by state agencies and may resolve conflicts involving state agencies with regard to programs, rules, permits and procedures significantly affecting the environment, provided that such resolution of conflicts is consistent with state environmental policy. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2017 c 93 art 2 s 166] Subd. 4. Task forces. The board may establish interdepartmental or citizen task forces or subcommittees to study particular problems. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1984 c 558 art 2 s 4] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1984 c 558 art 2 s 4] Subd. 7. Annual congress. At its discretion, the board shall convene an annual Environmental Quality Board congress including, but not limited to, representatives of state, federal and regional agencies, citizen organizations, associations, industries, colleges and universities, and private enterprises who are active in or have a major impact on environmental quality. The purpose of the congress shall be to receive reports and exchange information on progress and activities related to environmental improvement. Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 1982 c 524 s 9] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 1982 c 524 s 9] Subd. 10. Stipulation agreements. The board may enter into and enforce stipulation agreements made to enforce statutes and rules administered by the board. Subd. 11. Coordination. The Environmental Quality Board shall coordinate the implementation of an interagency compliance with existing state and federal lead regulations and report to the legislature by January 31, 1992, on the changes in programs needed to comply. History:  1973 c 342 s 4; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1988 c 501 s 2; 1991 c 292 art 9 s 1; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 136
MN Stat § 116C.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.06 — Hearings.

116C.06 HEARINGS. Subdivision 1. Process. The board shall hold public hearings on matters that it determines to be of major environmental impact. The board shall prescribe by rule in conformity to the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for the conduct of all hearings and review procedures. Subd. 2. Delegating hearings officer. (a) The board may delegate its authority to conduct a hearing to a hearings officer. The hearings officer shall have the same power as the board to compel the attendance of witnesses to examine them under oath, to require the production of books, papers, and other evidence, and to issue subpoenas and cause the same to be served and executed in any part of the state. The hearings officer shall be knowledgeable in matters of law and the environment. (b) If a hearings officer conducts a hearing, the officer shall make findings of fact and submit them to the board. The transcript of testimony and exhibits shall constitute the exclusive record upon which such findings are made. The findings shall be available for public inspection. Subd. 3. Recommendations. After receipt of the findings of fact of the hearings officer, the board shall make recommendations to the governor and legislature as to administrative and legislative actions to be considered in regard to the matter. History:  1973 c 342 s 6; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 1997 c 187 art 5 s 15
MN Stat § 116C.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.08 — Federal Funds; Donations.

116C.08 FEDERAL FUNDS; DONATIONS. The board may apply for, receive, and disburse federal funds made available to the state by federal law or rules promulgated thereunder for any purpose related to the powers and duties of the board. The board shall comply with any and all requirements of such federal law or such rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in order to apply for, receive, and disburse such funds. The board is authorized to accept any donations or grants from any public or private concern. All such moneys received by the board shall be deposited in the state treasury and are hereby appropriated to it for the purpose for which they are received. None of such moneys in the state treasury shall cancel. History:  1973 c 342 s 8; 1975 c 271 s 6
MN Stat § 116C.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.34 — Bureau Of Business Licenses.

116C.34 BUREAU OF BUSINESS LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Bureau of Business Licenses shall establish and maintain an information and referral system to assist the public in the understanding and compliance with the requirements of state and local governmental rules concerning the use of natural resources and protection of the environment. The system shall provide a telephone information service and disseminate printed materials. The bureau shall provide assistance to regional development commissions desiring to create a permit information center. Subd. 2. Duties. The bureau shall: (1) identify all existing state licenses, permit certifications, approvals, compliance schedules, or other programs which pertain to the use of natural resources and to protection of the environment; (2) standardize permit titles and assign designation codes to all such permits which would thereafter be imprinted on all permit forms; (3) develop permit profiles including applicable rules copies of all appropriate permit forms, statutory mandate and legislative history, names of individuals administering the program, permit processing procedures, documentation of the magnitude of the program and of geographic and seasonal distribution of the workload, and estimated application processing time; (4) identify the public information procedures currently associated with each permit program; (5) identify the data monitored or acquired through each permit and ascertain current users of that data; (6) recommend revisions to the list of natural resource management and development permits contained in Minnesota Statutes 1974, section 116D.04, subdivision 5; and (7) recommend legislative or administrative modifications of existing permit programs to increase their efficiency and utility. Subd. 3. County responsibility. The auditor of each county shall post in a conspicuous place in the auditor's office the telephone numbers of the Bureau of Business Licenses and the permit information center in the office of the applicable regional development commission and copies of any information published by the bureau or an information center pursuant to subdivision 1. History:  1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 303 s 13; 1983 c 289 s 39; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 271 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 116C.705 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.705 — Findings.

116C.705 FINDINGS. The legislature finds that the disposal and transportation of high-level radioactive waste is of vital concern to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Minnesota, and to the economic and environmental resources of Minnesota. To ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the people, and to protect the air, land, water, and other natural resources in the state from pollution, impairment, or destruction, it is necessary for the state to regulate and control, under the laws of the United States, the exploration for high-level radioactive waste disposal within the state of Minnesota. It is the intent of the legislature to exercise all legal authority for the purpose of regulating the disposal and transportation of high-level radioactive waste. History:   1984 c 453 s 1
MN Stat § 116C.711 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.711 — Nuclear Waste Council.

116C.711 NUCLEAR WASTE COUNCIL. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The governor's Nuclear Waste Council is established. Subd. 2. Membership. (a) The council shall have at least nine members, consisting of: (1) the commissioners of health, transportation, and natural resources, and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; (2) four citizen members appointed by the governor; (3) the director of the Minnesota Geological Survey; (4) one additional citizen from each potentially impacted area may be appointed by the governor if potentially impacted areas are designated in Minnesota; and (5) one Indian who is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Minnesota Indian tribe or band may be appointed by the governor if potentially impacted areas are designated in Minnesota and if those areas include Indian country as defined in United States Code, title 18, section 11.54. (b) At least two members of the council must have expertise in the earth sciences. Subd. 3. Chair. A chair shall be appointed by the governor from the members of the council. Subd. 4. Advisory task force. The council may create advisory task forces under section 15.014, as are necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter. Subd. 5. Membership regulation. Section 15.059 governs terms, compensation, removal, and filling of vacancies of members appointed by the governor. History:  1Sp1985 c 13 s 242; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 2014 c 286 art 8 s 39
MN Stat § 116C.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.72 — Radioactive Waste Management Facility.

116C.72 RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 216C.05 to 216C.381 to the contrary, no person shall construct or operate a radioactive waste management facility within Minnesota unless expressly authorized by the Minnesota legislature. History:  1977 c 416 s 2; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 19; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 116C.721 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.721 — Public Participation.

116C.721 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. Subdivision 1. Information meetings. The board shall conduct public information meetings within an area designated in a draft area recommendation report, final area recommendation report, draft area characterization plan, or final area characterization plan. Information meetings shall be held within 30 days after the board receives each of the reports. Subd. 2. Notice. The board shall notify the public of information meetings and the availability of the area recommendation reports and the area characterization plans. Copies of the reports shall be made available for public review and distribution at the board office, the Minnesota Geological Survey office, regional development commission offices in regions that include a part of the potentially impacted areas, county courthouses in counties that include a part of a potentially impacted area, and other appropriate places determined by the board to provide public accessibility. Subd. 3. Transmitting public concerns. The board shall transmit public concerns expressed at public information meetings to the department of energy. History:   1984 c 453 s 11
MN Stat § 116C.722 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.722 — Legal And Technical Assistance To Indian Tribes.

116C.722 LEGAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIAN TRIBES. If an Indian tribal council that has jurisdiction over part of a potentially impacted area within the state requests legal or technical assistance, the board shall provide assistance. History:   1984 c 453 s 12
MN Stat § 116C.723 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.723 — Consultation And Cooperation Agreement.

116C.723 CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT. Subdivision 1. Requirement. Upon notice from the Department of Energy that Minnesota contains a potentially impacted area, the chair of the council shall negotiate a consultation and cooperation agreement with the federal government. Subd. 2. Disposal studies. Unless the state has executed a consultation and cooperation agreement, a person may not make a study or test of a specific area or site related to disposal including an exploratory drilling, a land survey, an aerial mapping, a field mapping, a waste suitability study, or other surface or subsurface geologic, hydrologic, or environmental testing or mapping. History:  1984 c 453 s 13; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 244; 1986 c 444