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MN Stat § 115.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.61 — Authority Of District.

115.61 AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT. A sanitary sewer district, when created as contemplated by sections 115.61 to 115.67, shall be a municipal corporation and governmental subdivision of the state, responsible for acquiring, constructing, improving, extending, operating, and maintaining facilities for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial and other wastes received from the sewer systems of all municipalities within its corporate limits, for the purpose of preventing pollution of public waters in excess of such reasonable standards of purity and quality as may be established by state regulatory agencies pursuant to law. For this purpose it shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; may acquire real and personal property, including easements, within or outside its corporate limits, by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, lease, or otherwise, which property, while held, used, or occupied by it, shall be exempt from taxation; may manage, control, sell, convey, lease, and otherwise dispose of such property; may make contracts, borrow money, issue bonds, levy taxes and special assessments, and establish and collect charges for services furnished or made available; and may exercise all powers granted any municipality by chapters 117, 412, 429, and 475, sections 471.59, 444.075, and 115.46, and, without limitation by the foregoing, all municipal power necessary or expedient to accomplish said purpose, whether or not necessarily implied from any power herein expressly granted. History:   1965 c 895 s 1
MN Stat § 115.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.62 — Board; Membership; Term; Quorum; Officers; Compensation.

115.62 BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; TERM; QUORUM; OFFICERS; COMPENSATION. All powers of the district shall be exercised by or under authority of resolutions of its board of directors, consisting of one member appointed by the governing body of each municipality situated wholly or partly within its corporate limits, who may but need not be a member of that governing body. The term of each member shall extend to January 1 in the year following appointment, or until a successor is appointed and qualified, or until the member's earlier death, disability, or absence of more than 90 days from the member's municipality. Any resolution may be passed by a majority of the votes cast thereon at a meeting attended by a majority of the members of the board, unless a larger majority or further notice is required by its bylaws, which shall be adopted or amended only by the vote of a majority of all members of the board. The board shall elect a president and vice-president at its first meeting in each year, to serve until the following January 1 or until their respective successors are selected and qualify. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expense in the performance of the member's duty and may receive compensation in an amount determined by the board to be reasonable, not exceeding $25 per day or part thereof for each meeting and not exceeding $1,000 in any one year. History:  1965 c 895 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 115.63 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.63 — Manager Authority; Employees.

115.63 MANAGER AUTHORITY; EMPLOYEES. The chief executive officer of the district shall be a manager who shall be chosen by the board of directors and hold office on the same basis, possess the same qualifications, and have the same powers and duties with reference to the management of the affairs of the district, as the manager of a statutory city under sections 412.641 to 412.751, except that all appointments of subordinate officers and employees and all employment of professional consultants shall be subject to approval by the board. The district shall comply with the provisions of chapter 353 to permit membership of the manager and all employees in the Public Employees Retirement Association. History:  1965 c 895 s 3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 115.64 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.64 — Acquiring Property.

115.64 ACQUIRING PROPERTY. The acquisition and use of real and personal property by a district created as herein contemplated shall not be subject to restriction or control by any other local government or authority, except by the exercise of police powers under section 169.04. History:   1965 c 895 s 4
MN Stat § 115.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.65 — Purpose; Duties Of District; Annexing Territory.

115.65 PURPOSE; DUTIES OF DISTRICT; ANNEXING TERRITORY. Sanitary sewer districts may be created by or under authority of laws referring to sections 115.61 to 115.67 and enumerating the cities or towns, or portions thereof, which are or may be included therein. The purpose of sections 115.61 to 115.67 is to provide a method by which municipalities in a drainage area designated by law may join together to prevent water pollution in excess of reasonable standards in that area. Each district created as contemplated herein shall be responsible for planning collection, treatment, and disposal facilities for all municipalities in its drainage area, whether or not initially included within its boundaries. Any municipality, by resolution adopted by a majority of all members of its governing body, may request the annexation of all or part of its territory to the district, and the annexation shall become effective when approved by resolution adopted by a majority of all members of the board of directors of the district with the approval of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, or by order of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency made under authority of Laws 1963, chapter 874. Nothing in sections 115.61 to 115.67 shall be construed as abrogating any statutory authority or responsibility of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. All territory annexed shall be subject to taxation by the district like other property within its boundaries for the support of its facilities and for the payment of principal and interest thereafter becoming due on its indebtedness, whether authorized or incurred before or after the annexation. History:  1965 c 895 s 5; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 115.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.66 — Severability.

115.66 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of sections 115.61 to 115.67 or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of sections 115.61 to 115.67 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of sections 115.61 to 115.67 and the various applications thereof are declared to be severable. History:   1965 c 895 s 6
MN Stat § 115.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.67 — Citation.

115.67 CITATION. Sections 115.61 to 115.67 may be cited as the "Regional Sanitary Sewer District Law." History:   1965 c 895 s 7
MN Stat § 115.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.71 — Definitions.

115.71 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. As used in sections 115.71 to 115.77, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1995 c 180 s 16] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1995 c 180 s 16] Subd. 3a.  [Repealed, 1995 c 180 s 16] Subd. 4.  MS 2018 [Repealed, 2020 c 83 art 1 s 103] Subd. 4a. Population equivalent. "Population equivalent" means a number determined by dividing a daily pound load of five-day, 20-degree-centigrade carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand (CBOD) of raw sewage by 0.17. Subd. 5.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 9] Subd. 5. Wastewater certificate. "Wastewater certificate" means a certificate of competency issued by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency stating that the wastewater treatment facility operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program. Subd. 6.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 5] Subd. 6. Wastewater treatment facility. "Wastewater treatment facility" means any plant, disposal field, lagoon, or other works not specifically mentioned herein, installed for the purpose of collecting, pumping, treating, stabilizing or disposing of sewage, as defined in section 115.01, subdivision 17, which is actually used or intended for use by the public or by any considerable number of persons. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1991 c 202 s 42] Subd. 8.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 6] Subd. 8. Wastewater treatment facility operator. "Wastewater treatment facility operator" means a person who has direct responsibility for the operation of or operates a wastewater treatment facility. Subd. 9.  MS 1991 Supp [Renumbered subd 10] Subd. 9. Water certificate. "Water certificate" means a certificate of competency issued by the commissioner of health stating that the water supply system operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program. Subd. 9a. Water supply system. "Water supply system" means a community or nontransient noncommunity water system as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 141.2, as amended. Subd. 10.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 8] Subd. 10. Water supply system operator. "Water supply system operator" means a person who has direct responsibility for the operation of or operates a water supply system or such parts of the system as would affect the quality and safety of the water. History:  1971 c 828 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 4; 1976 c 149 s 21; 1977 c 66 s 9; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1991 c 202 s 2,3; 1995 c 180 s 1-6; 1999 c 66 s 1,2
MN Stat § 115.72 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.72 — Rules.

115.72 RULES. Subdivision 1. Classification. (a) The commissioner of health shall jointly with the agency adopt rules relating to the classification of all water supply systems actually used or intended for use by the public. (b) The Pollution Control Agency shall jointly with the commissioner of health adopt rules relating to the classification of all wastewater treatment facilities actually used or intended for use by the public or by any considerable number of persons. (c) The classes described in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be based on the degree of hazard to public health, the type of unit process, the loading of the plant, and the population served or the population equivalent of the sewage handled. Subd. 2. Certification qualifications. The commissioner of health and the agency shall jointly adopt rules relating to the certification qualifications for each classification of water supply system operators and wastewater facility operators, respectively. The rules must provide for at least one annual examination for each class of certificate and must include, but are not limited to: (1) education requirements; (2) education substitution provisions; (3) experience requirements; (4) experience substitution provisions; (5) examination content requirements, testing procedures, and criteria for passing; (6) certificate renewal requirements; (7) schedules for submitting applications and fees; and (8) reinstatement requirements for expired, suspended, or revoked certificates. History:  1971 c 828 s 2; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1995 c 180 s 7; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 18
MN Stat § 115.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.73 — Certification Required.

115.73 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. A person may not operate a water supply system or wastewater treatment facility unless the system or facility maintains at least one person that: (1) is certified in a class equal to or higher than the class of the system or facility; and (2) has full and active responsibility for the daily on-site operation of the system or facility, or of a portion of the system or facility if an additional operator or operators with appropriate certification are responsible for the remaining portions. History:  1971 c 828 s 3; 1976 c 149 s 62 subd 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1995 c 180 s 8
MN Stat § 115.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.75 — Operator Certificates.

115.75 OPERATOR CERTIFICATES. Subdivision 1. Issuance. The commissioners of health and the Pollution Control Agency shall issue certificates to water supply system operators and wastewater treatment facility operators, respectively, who meet the requirements of the rules adopted under section 115.72. Each certificate must indicate the classification of the system or facility which the operator is qualified to operate. Subd. 2. Display. Certificates must be prominently displayed in the office of the operator or other appropriate place on the premises of the plant or treatment facility. Subd. 3. Validity. Certificates are valid for a period of three years unless revoked or suspended by the commissioner of health or the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency prior to that time. Certificates may be renewed upon application to the appropriate commissioner. Subd. 4. Denial, refusal to renew, revocation, and suspension. The commissioner of health and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may deny, refuse to renew, revoke, or suspend the certification of a water supply system operator or a wastewater treatment facility operator, respectively, in accordance with section 144.99, subdivisions 8 to 10. Subd. 5. Expiration. The certificates of operators who terminate their employment at a water supply system or wastewater treatment facility will remain valid for the unexpired term of the certificate. Operators whose certificates expire under this section may be issued new certificates of a like classification provided appropriate proof of competency is submitted to the appropriate commissioner. Successful completion of an examination may be required. Subd. 6. Records. The commissioner of health shall maintain records relating to certification of water supply system operators, and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall maintain records relating to certification of wastewater treatment facility operators. History:  1971 c 828 s 5; 1976 c 149 s 62 subd 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1995 c 180 s 10
MN Stat § 115.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.76 — Reciprocity.

115.76 RECIPROCITY. The commissioner of health, in the case of water supply system operators, and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in the case of wastewater treatment facility operators, upon application, may issue certificates without examination, in a comparable classification to any person who holds a certificate in any state, territory, or possession of the United States or any country, providing the requirements for certification of operators under which the person's certificate was issued do not conflict with the provisions of sections 115.71 to 115.77 and are of a standard not lower than that specified by rules adopted under sections 115.71 to 115.77. History:  1971 c 828 s 6; 1976 c 149 s 62 subd 6; 1977 c 305 s 45; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1995 c 180 s 11
MN Stat § 115.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.77 — Fees.

115.77 FEES. Subdivision 1. Fees. The agency shall collect fees in amounts necessary, but no greater than the amounts necessary, to cover the reasonable costs of reviewing applications and issuing certifications. Subd. 2. Paying fees. All fees established in subdivision 1 must be paid to the commissioner of health, in the case of water supply system operators, and to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in the case of wastewater treatment facility operators. The fees received must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the special revenue fund. History:  1971 c 828 s 7; 1976 c 149 s 62 subd 6; 1995 c 180 s 12; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 40
MN Stat § 115.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.84 — Wastewater Laboratory Certification.

115.84 WASTEWATER LABORATORY CERTIFICATION. Subdivision 1. Wastewater laboratory; certification required. (a) Laboratories performing wastewater or water analytical laboratory work, the results of which are reported to the agency to determine compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) or state disposal system (SDS) permit condition or other regulatory document, must be certified according to this section. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) laboratories that are private and for-profit; (2) laboratories that perform drinking water analyses; or (3) laboratories that perform remediation program analyses, such as Superfund or petroleum analytical work. (c) Until adoption of rules under subdivision 2, laboratories required to be certified under this section that submit data to the agency must: (1) register with the agency by submitting registration information required by the agency; or (2) be certified or accredited by a recognized authority, such as the commissioner of health under sections 144.97 to 144.99, for the analytical methods required by the agency. Subd. 2. Rules. The agency may adopt rules to govern certification of laboratories according to this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the agency may adopt rules establishing fees. Subd. 3. Fees. (a) Until the agency adopts a rule establishing fees for certification, the agency shall collect fees from laboratories registering with the agency, but not accredited by the commissioner of health under sections 144.97 to 144.99, in amounts necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the certification program, including reviewing applications, issuing certifications, and conducting audits and compliance assistance. (b) Fees under this section must be based on the number, type, and complexity of analytical methods that laboratories are certified to perform. (c) Revenue from fees charged by the agency for certification shall be credited to the environmental fund. Subd. 4. Enforcement. (a) The commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke wastewater laboratory certification for, but is not limited to, any of the following reasons: fraud, failure to follow applicable requirements, failure to respond to documented deficiencies or complete corrective actions necessary to address deficiencies, failure to pay certification fees, or other violations of federal or state law. (b) This section and the rules adopted under it may be enforced by any means provided in section 115.071. History:   2013 c 114 art 4 s 76
MN Stat § 115A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.01 — Citation.

115A.01 CITATION. Chapter 115A shall be known as the "Waste Management Act." History:  1980 c 564 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 325 s 1
MN Stat § 115A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.02 — Legislative Declaration Of Policy; Purposes.

115A.02 LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION OF POLICY; PURPOSES. (a) It is the goal of this chapter to protect the state's land, air, water, and other natural resources and the public health by improving waste management in the state to serve the following purposes: (1) reduction in the amount and toxicity of waste generated; (2) separation and recovery of materials and energy from waste; (3) reduction in indiscriminate dependence on disposal of waste; (4) coordination of solid waste management among political subdivisions; and (5) orderly and deliberate development and financial security of waste facilities including disposal facilities. (b) The waste management goal of the state is to foster an integrated waste management system in a manner appropriate to the characteristics of the waste stream and thereby protect the state's land, air, water, and other natural resources and the public health. The following waste management practices are in order of preference: (1) waste reduction and reuse; (2) waste recycling; (3) composting of source-separated compostable materials, including but not limited to, yard waste and food waste; (4) resource recovery through mixed municipal solid waste composting or incineration; (5) land disposal which produces no measurable methane gas or which involves the retrieval of methane gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used on site or for sale; and (6) land disposal which produces measurable methane and which does not involve the retrieval of methane gas as a fuel for the production of energy to be used on site or for sale. History:  1980 c 564 art 1 s 2; 1989 c 325 s 2; 1991 c 337 s 5; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 4; 1994 c 585 s 2; 1999 c 231 s 131; 2010 c 272 s 1
MN Stat § 115A.034 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.034 — Enforcement.

115A.034 ENFORCEMENT. This chapter may be enforced under sections 115.071 and 116.072. History:  1992 c 593 art 1 s 8; 1993 c 249 s 9
MN Stat § 115A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115A — Waste Management|Section 115A.07 — Duties; General.

115A.07 DUTIES; GENERAL. Subdivision 1. Interagency coordination. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall inform the commissioner of employment and economic development of the agency's activities. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98] Subd. 3. Uniform waste statistics; rules. The commissioner, after consulting with local government units and other interested persons, may adopt rules to establish uniform methods for collecting and reporting waste reduction, generation, collection, transportation, storage, recycling, processing, and disposal statistics necessary for proper waste management and for reporting required by law. Prior to publishing proposed rules, the commissioner shall submit draft rules to the senate and house committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources and environment and natural resources finance for review and comment. Rules adopted under this subdivision apply to all persons and units of government in the state for the purpose of collecting and reporting waste-related statistics requested under or required by law. History:  1980 c 564 art 2 s 4; 1981 c 356 s 119,248; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 18; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1992 c 593 art 1 s 9; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 2; 1996 c 470 s 27; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161