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MN Stat § 115E.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.05 — Orders And Injunctions; Enforcement.

115E.05 ORDERS AND INJUNCTIONS; ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Amendment to plan. If one or more of the commissioners finds the prevention and response plans or preparedness measures of a person do not meet the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner or commissioners making the finding may by order require that reasonable amendments to the plan or reasonable additional preventive or preparedness measures be implemented in a timely fashion. If more than one commissioner makes the finding, the order must be a joint order. Subd. 2. Compliance. If oil or a hazardous substance is discharged while it is under the control of a person not identified in section 115E.03, subdivision 2, any one of the commissioners may by order require the person to comply with the prevention and response plan requirements of sections 115E.03 and 115E.04 in a timely manner if: (1) land, water, or air of the state is polluted or threatened; or (2) human life, safety, health, natural resources, or property is damaged or threatened. Subd. 3. Financial assurance for response. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "ordering commissioner" means: (1) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; (2) the commissioner of natural resources; (3) the commissioner of agriculture; or (4) two or more of these commissioners acting jointly. (b) The ordering commissioner may issue an order under this subdivision if the ordering commissioner determines that adequate response is not being made or that other circumstances exist which indicate adequate response will not continue. When ordered by the ordering commissioner the owner or operator of a vessel or facility responsible for the discharge of a hazardous substance or oil shall provide financial assurance acceptable to the ordering commissioner. The financial assurance must be in the amount necessary to cover the reasonable response costs, as determined within one year after discharge by the ordering commissioner, of any additional response that is determined to be reasonable and necessary under applicable laws and regulations. (c) The ordering commissioner may issue only one financial assurance order under this subdivision for a single incident involving the discharge of hazardous substances or oil. (d) This subdivision may be enforced by the ordering commissioner under section 115.071. (e) An order issued under this subdivision shall cease to be effective upon completion of a response in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Subd. 4. Other enforcement powers. For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may exercise the regulatory and enforcement powers in chapters 115 and 116 and the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture may exercise the regulatory and enforcement powers in chapters 18B, 18C, and 18D. History:   1991 c 305 s 5
MN Stat § 115E.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.06 — Good Samaritan.

115E.06 GOOD SAMARITAN. (a) A person listed in this paragraph who is rendering assistance in response to a discharge of a hazardous substance is not liable for response costs that result from actions taken or failed to be taken in the course of the assistance unless the person is grossly negligent or engages in willful misconduct: (1) a member of a cooperative or community awareness and emergency response group in compliance with standards in rules adopted by the Pollution Control Agency; (2) an employee or official of the political subdivision where the response takes place, or a political subdivision that has a mutual aid agreement with that subdivision; (3) a member or political subdivision sponsor of a hazardous materials incident response team or special chemical assessment team designated by the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety; (4) a person carrying out the directions of: (i) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of natural resources, or the commissioner of public safety; or (ii) the United States Coast Guard or Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator consistent with a national contingency plan under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990; and (5) a for-hire response contractor. (b) This section does not exempt from liability responsible persons with respect to the discharge under chapter 115B or 115C or responsible parties with respect to the discharge under chapter 18B or 18D. History:  1991 c 305 s 6; 1995 c 240 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 115E.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.061 — Responder Immunity; Oil Discharges.

115E.061 RESPONDER IMMUNITY; OIL DISCHARGES. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is rendering care, assistance, or advice in response to a discharge or threat of discharge of oil is not liable for response costs or damages that result from actions taken or failed to be taken in the course of rendering the care, assistance, or advice consistent with the national contingency plan under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or as otherwise directed by the federal on-scene coordinator, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of natural resources, or the commissioner of public safety. (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply: (1) to a responsible party; (2) with respect to personal injury or wrongful death; (3) if the person rendering assistance is grossly negligent or engages in willful misconduct; or (4) to a discharge that occurs outside the response area or after the response. (c) Nothing in this section relieves a responsible party from liability the responsible party otherwise has for the initial discharge or threat of discharge that necessitated the response. (d) Nothing in this section relieves a responsible party from the following duties: (1) to take steps to prevent discharges under section 115E.02; (2) to be prepared for discharges under section 115E.03, subdivision 1; or (3) duties under section 115.061. (e) A responsible party is liable for any response costs and damages that another person is relieved of under paragraph (a). History:  1993 c 341 art 2 s 4; 1995 c 240 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 115E.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.07 — Cooperation Between Private And Public Responders.

115E.07 COOPERATION BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RESPONDERS. Political subdivisions and state agencies may arrange with persons to provide resources of state and local government so that the persons may comply with section 115E.03, subdivision 4. History:   1991 c 305 s 7
MN Stat § 115E.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.09 — Single Answering Point System.

115E.09 SINGLE ANSWERING POINT SYSTEM. The commissioner of public safety shall establish a single answering point system for use by persons responsible for reporting emergency incidents and conditions involving hazardous substances or oil to agencies of the state. The single answering point system must include personnel on duty 24 hours a day and equipment adequate to support communication to and from the parties responsible for an incident and all state agencies responsible for state response to the incident. The persons at the answering point must be trained in the jurisdictions, responsibilities, and capabilities of each state agency and basic hazardous substance hazard recognition and response procedures. All state agencies shall cooperate with the commissioner by including the single answering point system telephone number in files, permits, correspondence, and similar written material, and by appointing staff to coordinate the receipt of reports with the staff of the single answering point system. History:   1991 c 305 s 9
MN Stat § 115E.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115E — Oil And Hazardous Substance Discharge Preparedness|Section 115E.11 — Disposition Of Penalties.

115E.11 DISPOSITION OF PENALTIES. Penalties collected for violations of this chapter or section 115.061 that are related to discharges or threatened discharges of petroleum must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the petroleum tank release cleanup fund. History:  1993 c 341 art 2 s 5; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 96
MN Stat § 116.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.01 — Policy.

116.01 POLICY. To meet the variety and complexity of problems relating to water, air and land pollution in the areas of the state affected thereby, and to achieve a reasonable degree of purity of water, air and land resources of the state consistent with the maximum enjoyment and use thereof in furtherance of the welfare of the people of the state, it is in the public interest that there be established a Pollution Control Agency. History:  1967 c 882 s 1; 1969 c 1046 s 1
MN Stat § 116.011 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.011 — Pollution Report.

116.011 POLLUTION REPORT. A goal of the Pollution Control Agency is to reduce the amount of pollution that is emitted in the state. By April 1 of each even-numbered year, the Pollution Control Agency shall report the best estimate of the agency of the total volume of water and air pollution that was emitted in the state in the previous two calendar years for which data are available. The agency shall report its findings for both water and air pollution: (1) in gross amounts, including the percentage increase or decrease over the previously reported two calendar years; and (2) in a manner which will demonstrate the magnitude of the various sources of water and air pollution. History:  1995 c 247 art 1 s 36; 2001 c 187 s 3; 2012 c 272 s 72
MN Stat § 116.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.02 — Pollution Control Agency; Creation And Powers.

116.02 POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; CREATION AND POWERS. Subdivision 1. Creation. A pollution control agency, designated as the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, is hereby created. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 5. Agency successor to commission. The Pollution Control Agency is the successor of the Water Pollution Control Commission, and all powers and duties now vested in or imposed upon said commission by chapter 115, or any act amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, are hereby transferred to, imposed upon, and vested in the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] Subd. 10.  [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150] History:  1967 c 882 s 2; 1969 c 1038 s 1,2; 1973 c 35 s 27; 1976 c 134 s 25-27; 1980 c 509 s 26; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 73; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 168 s 7; 1996 c 348 s 1; 1996 c 405 s 1-5; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 114,115
MN Stat § 116.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.04 — Executive Secretary.

116.04 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency is the executive secretary and chief executive officer of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and is responsible for performing the executive duties of such agency prescribed by law. History:  1967 c 882 s 4; 1987 c 186 s 15
MN Stat § 116.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.061 — Air Pollution; Emissions And Abatement.

116.061 AIR POLLUTION; EMISSIONS AND ABATEMENT. Subdivision 1. Emission notification required. (a) A person who controls the source of an emission must notify the agency immediately of excessive or abnormal unpermitted emissions that: (1) may cause air pollution endangering human health; (2) may cause air pollution damaging property; or (3) cause obnoxious odors constituting a public nuisance. (b) If a person who controls the source of an emission has knowledge of an event that has occurred and that will subsequently cause an emission described in paragraph (a), the person must notify the agency when the event occurs. Subd. 2. Abatement required. A person who is required to notify the agency under subdivision 1 must take immediate and reasonable steps to minimize the emissions or abate the air pollution and obnoxious odors caused by the emissions. Subd. 3. Exemption. The following are exempt from the requirements of subdivisions 1 and 2: (1) emissions resulting from the activities of public fire services or law enforcement services; (2) emissions from motor vehicles, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 42; (3) emissions from an agricultural operation deemed not a nuisance under section 561.19, subdivision 2; or (4) emissions from agency regulated sources that are routine or authorized by the agency. Subd. 4. Penalty exception. A person who notifies the agency of emissions under subdivision 1 and who complies with subdivision 2 shall not be subject to criminal prosecution under section 115.071, subdivision 2. Subd. 5. Use of notification. Any notice submitted under subdivision 1 is not admissible in any proceeding as an admission of causation. History:   1988 c 600 s 1
MN Stat § 116.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.071 — Cause Of Action For Abandoning Hazardous Waste On Property Of Another.

116.071 CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ABANDONING HAZARDOUS WASTE ON PROPERTY OF ANOTHER. (a) If an owner of property on which containers of hazardous waste or material which is hazardous waste is abandoned by another disposes of the waste in compliance with all applicable laws and at the owner's expense, the property owner is entitled to recover from any person responsible for the waste that was abandoned damages of twice the costs incurred for removal, processing, and disposal of the waste, together with the costs and losses that result from the abandonment and court costs. If, before the waste is properly disposed of, the property owner knows the identity and location of a person responsible for the waste that was abandoned, the property owner is not entitled to recover against that person under this section unless: (1) the property owner requests in writing that the person responsible for the waste that was abandoned remove and properly dispose of the abandoned waste and allows the responsible person 30 days after the request is mailed to remove the waste; (2) the property owner allows the person responsible for the waste that was abandoned reasonable access to the owner's property to remove the waste within the 30-day period after giving the notice; and (3) the person responsible for the waste that was abandoned fails to remove all of the waste within the 30-day period. (b) A person who is purchasing property on a contract for deed is a property owner for the purposes of this section. History:   1995 c 119 s 1
MN Stat § 116.0712 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0712 — Modified Level One Feedlot Inventory.

116.0712 MODIFIED LEVEL ONE FEEDLOT INVENTORY. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a delegated county that has completed a modified level 1 inventory that includes facility location, approximate number of animal units, and whether the facility is an open lot or confinement operation, may report that information to the agency in aggregate. A feedlot that is included in an inventory meeting these criteria has satisfied registration requirements under agency rule. (b) A county must submit to the agency the complete registration information for a feedlot having 1,000 animal units or greater or a feedlot meeting the definition of a concentrated animal feeding operation as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 122.23. History:   2001 c 128 s 3
MN Stat § 116.0713 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0713 — Livestock Odor.

116.0713 LIVESTOCK ODOR. (a) The Pollution Control Agency must: (1) monitor and identify potential livestock facility violations of the state ambient air quality standards for hydrogen sulfide, using a protocol for responding to citizen complaints regarding feedlot odor and its hydrogen sulfide component, including the appropriate use of portable monitoring equipment that enables monitoring staff to follow plumes; (2) when livestock production facilities are found to be in violation of ambient hydrogen sulfide standards, take appropriate actions necessary to ensure compliance, utilizing appropriate technical assistance and enforcement and penalty authorities provided to the agency by statute and rule. (b) Livestock production facilities are exempt from state ambient air quality standards while manure is being removed and for seven days after manure is removed from barns or manure storage facilities. (c) For a livestock production facility having greater than 300 animal units, the maximum cumulative exemption in a calendar year under paragraph (b) is 21 days for the removal process. (d) The operator of a livestock production facility that claims exemption from state ambient air quality standards under paragraph (b) must provide notice of that claim to either the Pollution Control Agency or the county feedlot officer delegated under section 116.07. (e) State ambient air quality standards are applicable at the property boundary of a farm or a parcel of agricultural land on which a livestock production facility is located, except that if the owner or operator of the farm or parcel obtains an air quality easement from the owner of land adjoining the farm or parcel, the air quality standards must be applicable at the property boundary of the adjoining land to which the easement pertains. The air quality easement must be for no more than five years, must be in writing, and must be available upon request by the agency or the county feedlot officer. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, state ambient air quality standards are applicable at locations to which the general public has access. The "general public" does not include employees or other categories of people who have been directly authorized by the property owner to enter or remain on the property for a limited period of time and for a specific purpose, or trespassers. (f) The agency may not require air emission modeling for a type of livestock system that has not had a hydrogen sulfide emission violation. History:  1997 c 216 s 115; 2000 c 435 s 6
MN Stat § 116.0714 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0714 — New Open-air Swine Basins.

116.0714 NEW OPEN-AIR SWINE BASINS. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or a county board shall not approve any permits for the construction of new open-air swine basins, except that existing facilities may use one basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons as part of a permitted waste treatment program for resolving pollution problems or to allow conversion of an existing basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons to a different animal type, provided all standards are met. This section expires June 30, 2022. (b) This section does not apply to basins used solely for wastewater from truck-washing facilities. History:  2002 c 373 s 30; 2007 c 45 art 1 s 56; 2012 c 272 s 73; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 134; 2019 c 38 s 28
MN Stat § 116.0715 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0715 — Limit On Basis For Action.

116.0715 LIMIT ON BASIS FOR ACTION. The agency shall not issue or deny a permit or amendment or impose control requirements based solely on computer models projecting compliance or noncompliance with the secondary particulate matter standard. History:   1996 c 409 s 1
MN Stat § 116.0716 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0716 — Rule Variance.

116.0716 RULE VARIANCE. The Pollution Control Agency may issue a permit without regard to the maximum annual geometric mean standards for particulate matter or the primary maximum 24 hour concentrate standard for particulate matter. History:   1996 c 409 s 2
MN Stat § 116.0717 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.0717 — Minerals Deposition.

116.0717 MINERALS DEPOSITION. Notwithstanding rules prohibiting discharge of waste into saturated zones or rules governing variance procedures, the Pollution Control Agency may issue a permit for deposition of fine tailings from minerals processing facilities into mine pits provided the proposer demonstrates through an environmental impact statement and risk assessment that the deposition will not pose an unreasonable risk of pollution or degradation of groundwater. History:  1996 c 407 s 56; 2004 c 157 s 1
MN Stat § 116.074 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.074 — Notice Of Permit Conditions To Local Governments.

116.074 NOTICE OF PERMIT CONDITIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Before the agency grants a permit for a solid waste facility, allows a significant alteration of permit conditions or facility operation, or allows the change of a facility permittee, the commissioner must notify the county and town where the facility is located, contiguous counties and towns, and all home rule charter and statutory cities within the contiguous townships. If a local government unit requests a public meeting within 30 days after being notified, the agency must hold at least one public meeting in the area near the facility before granting the permit, allowing the alterations in the permit conditions or facility operation, or allowing the change of the facility permittee. History:   1988 c 685 s 24