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MN Stat § 116.075 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.075 — Hearings And Records Public.

116.075 HEARINGS AND RECORDS PUBLIC. Subdivision 1. Public records. All hearings conducted by the Pollution Control Agency pursuant to sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 and chapters 115 and 116 shall be open to the public, and the transcripts thereof are public records. All final records, studies, reports, orders, and other documents prepared in final form by order of, or for the consideration of, the agency, are public records. Any documents designated as public records by this section may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours and places under such rules as the agency shall promulgate. Subd. 2. Confidential records; conditions; exceptions. Any records or other information obtained by the Pollution Control Agency or furnished to the agency by the owner or operator of one or more air contaminant or water or land pollution sources which are certified by said owner or operator, and said certification, as it applies to water pollution sources, is approved in writing by the commissioner, to relate to (a) sales figures, (b) processes or methods of production unique to the owner or operator, or (c) information which would tend to affect adversely the competitive position of said owner or operator, shall be only for the confidential use of the agency in discharging its statutory obligations, unless otherwise specifically authorized by said owner or operator. Provided, however that all such information may be used by the agency in compiling or publishing analyses or summaries relating to the general condition of the state's water, air and land resources so long as such analyses or summaries do not identify any owner or operator who has so certified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the agency may disclose any information, whether or not otherwise considered confidential which it is obligated to disclose in order to comply with federal law and regulations, to the extent and for the purpose of such federally required disclosure. History:  1971 c 887 s 1; 1973 c 374 s 20; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 2011 c 107 s 107
MN Stat § 116.081 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.081 — Prohibitions; Air Contaminant And Waste Facilities And Systems.

116.081 PROHIBITIONS; AIR CONTAMINANT AND WASTE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS. Subdivision 1. Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to construct, install or operate an emission facility, air contaminant treatment facility, treatment facility, potential air contaminant storage facility, storage facility, or system or facility related to the collection, transportation, storage, processing, or disposal of waste, or any part thereof unless otherwise exempted by any agency rule now in force or hereinafter adopted, until plans therefor shall have been submitted to the agency, and a written permit therefor shall have been granted by the agency. The requirements of this section shall not be applied to motor vehicles. Subd. 2. Permits previously issued. Any permit authorized by section 116.07, subdivision 4a issued prior to June 8, 1971, and any rule which required said prior permit, shall be valid and remain enforceable subject, however, to the right of the agency to modify or revoke said permit or amend said rule in the same manner as other permits and rules. Subd. 3. Permission for alteration. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any change in, addition to or extension of any existing system or facility specified in subdivision 1, or part thereof, that would materially alter the method or the effect of treating or disposing of any air contaminant or solid waste, or to operate said system or facility, or part thereof, so changed, added to, or extended until plans therefor shall have been submitted to the agency, and a written permit therefor shall have been granted by the agency. History:  1971 c 904 s 2; 1974 c 483 s 8; 1980 c 564 art 11 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 116.082 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.082 — Burning Leaves; Local Ordinances.

116.082 BURNING LEAVES; LOCAL ORDINANCES. Subject to sections 88.16, 88.17 and 88.22, but notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a town or home rule charter or statutory city located outside the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, by adoption of an ordinance, may permit the open burning of dried leaves within the boundaries of the town or city. The ordinance shall limit leaf burning to the period between September 15 and December 1 and shall set forth limits and conditions on leaf burning to minimize air pollution and fire danger and any other hazards or nuisance conditions. No open burning of leaves shall take place during an air pollution alert, warning or emergency declared by the agency. Any town or city adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section shall submit a copy of the ordinance to the agency and the Department of Natural Resources. History:   1982 c 569 s 37
MN Stat § 116.091 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.091 — Systems And Facilities.

116.091 SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Information. Any person operating any emission system or facility specified in chapter 114C or section 116.081, subdivision 1, when requested by the Pollution Control Agency, shall furnish to it any information which that person may have which is relevant to pollution or the rules or provisions of this chapter. Subd. 2. Examining records. The agency or any employee or agent thereof, when authorized by it, may examine any books, papers, records or memoranda pertaining to the operation of any system or facility specified in subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Access to premises. Whenever the agency deems it necessary for the purposes of this chapter or chapter 114C, the agency or any member, employee, or agent thereof, when authorized by it, may enter upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or conducting surveys or investigations. History:  1971 c 904 s 3; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 437 s 22,23
MN Stat § 116.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.10 — Policy; Long-range Plan; Purpose.

116.10 POLICY; LONG-RANGE PLAN; PURPOSE. Consistent with the policy announced herein and the purposes of Laws 1963, chapter 874, the Pollution Control Agency shall prepare a long-range plan and program for the effectuation of said policy. History:  1969 c 1046 s 10; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 12; 2012 c 272 s 74
MN Stat § 116.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.101 — Hazardous Waste; Control And Spill Contingency Plan.

116.101 HAZARDOUS WASTE; CONTROL AND SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN. (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall study and investigate the problems of hazardous waste control and shall develop a statewide hazardous waste spill contingency plan detailing the location of hazardous waste facilities and storage sites throughout the state and the needs relative to the interstate transportation of hazardous waste. (b) The statewide hazardous waste spill contingency plan shall be incorporated into the statewide hazardous waste management plans of the Pollution Control Agency. The Pollution Control Agency shall develop an informational reporting system of hazardous waste quantities generated, processed, and disposed of in the state. History:  1974 c 346 s 5; 1980 c 564 art 11 s 12; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1991 c 199 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 247 art 2 s 54; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 116.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.11 — Emergency Powers.

116.11 EMERGENCY POWERS. If there is imminent and substantial danger to the health and welfare of the people of the state, or of any of them, as a result of the pollution of air, land, or water, the agency may by emergency order direct the immediate discontinuance or abatement of the pollution without notice and without a hearing or at the request of the agency, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in the appropriate district court for a temporary restraining order to immediately abate or prevent the pollution. The agency order or temporary restraining order shall remain effective until notice, hearing, and determination pursuant to other provisions of law, or, in the interim, as otherwise ordered. A final order of the agency in these cases shall be appealable in accordance with chapter 14. History:  1969 c 1046 s 11; 1973 c 374 s 21; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 247 s 52
MN Stat § 116.125 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.125 — Notification Of Fee Increases.

116.125 NOTIFICATION OF FEE INCREASES. Before the Pollution Control Agency adopts a fee increase to cover an unanticipated shortfall in revenues, the commissioner shall give written notice of the proposed increase to the chairs of the senate Committee on Finance, the house of representatives Committee on Ways and Means, the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources, and the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance. History:  1995 c 220 s 106; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161
MN Stat § 116.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.14 — Hazardous Waste Facilities; Liability Of Guarantor.

116.14 HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES; LIABILITY OF GUARANTOR. If the owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility is in bankruptcy, reorganization, or arrangement under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or if jurisdiction in any state or federal court cannot with reasonable diligence be obtained over an owner or operator likely to be solvent at the time of judgment, a person having a claim arising from conduct for which evidence of financial responsibility must be provided under the rules adopted under section 116.07, subdivision 4b, may bring the claim directly against the guarantor providing the evidence of financial responsibility. For the purposes of this section, "guarantor" means any person other than the owner or operator who provides evidence of financial responsibility for that owner or operator. In an action against a guarantor under this section, the guarantor is entitled to invoke the rights and defenses that would have been available to the owner or operator if the action had been brought against the owner or operator and that would have been available to the guarantor if an action had been brought against the guarantor by the owner or operator. In an action under this section, the total liability of a guarantor is limited to the aggregate amount that the guarantor has provided as evidence of financial responsibility to the owner or operator under the rules. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any other state or federal statutory, contractual, or common law liability of a guarantor to its owner or operator including the liability of the guarantor for bad faith either in negotiating or in failing to negotiate the settlement of any claim. Nothing in this section shall be construed to diminish the liability of any person under chapter 115B or the federal Superfund Act, United States Code, title 42, section 9601 et seq., or other applicable law. History:   1987 c 391 s 1
MN Stat § 116.163 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.163 — Agency Review; Financial Assistance And Bids.

116.163 AGENCY REVIEW; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND BIDS. Subdivision 1. Construction grants and loans; applications. The agency shall, pursuant to agency rules and within 90 days of receipt of a completed application for a wastewater treatment facility construction grant or loan, grant or deny the application and notify the municipality of the agency's decision. The time for consideration of the application by the agency may be extended up to 180 days if the municipality and the agency agree it is necessary. Subd. 2. Planning time limited. A municipality shall complete all planning work required by the agency for award of a grant or loan, and be ready to advertise for bids for construction, within two years of receipt of grant or loan funds under subdivision 1. The planning time may be extended automatically by the amount of time the agency exceeds its 90-day review under subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Bid review. After a municipality has accepted bids for construction of a wastewater treatment project, the agency must review the bids within 30 days of receipt. History:   1986 c 465 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 116.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.165 — Inspection Responsibility.

116.165 INSPECTION RESPONSIBILITY. When a wastewater treatment plant is constructed with federal funds and a federal agency conducts inspections of the plant, the owner of the plant or the owner's designee must conduct inspections and forward all inspection documents required by the agency to the agency for its review. History:   1986 c 465 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 116.195 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.195 — Beneficial Use Of Wastewater And Storm Water; Capital Grants For Demonstration Projects.

116.195 BENEFICIAL USE OF WASTEWATER AND STORM WATER; CAPITAL GRANTS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. (c) "Beneficial use of wastewater or storm water" means: (1) use of the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant that replaces use of groundwater; or (2) use of storm water that replaces the use of groundwater. (d) "Capital project" means the acquisition or betterment of public land, buildings, and other public improvements of a capital nature for the treatment of wastewater intended for beneficial use or for the use of storm water to replace groundwater use. Capital project includes projects to retrofit, expand, or construct new treatment facilities. Subd. 2. Grants for capital project design. The agency shall make grant awards to political subdivisions for up to 50 percent of the costs to predesign and design capital projects that demonstrate the beneficial use of wastewater or storm water. The grant agreement must provide that the predesign and design work being funded is public information and available to anyone without charge. The agency must make the predesign and design work available on its website. Subd. 3. Grants for capital project implementation. (a) The agency shall make grant awards to political subdivisions for up to 50 percent of the costs to acquire, construct, install, furnish, and equip capital projects that demonstrate the beneficial use of wastewater or storm water. The political subdivision must submit design plans and specifications to the agency as part of the application. (b) The agency must consult with the Public Facilities Authority and the commissioner of natural resources in reviewing and ranking applications for grants under this section. (c) The application must identify the uses of the treated wastewater or storm water and greater weight will be given to applications that include a binding commitment to participate by the user or users. (d) The agency must give preference to projects that will reduce use of the greatest volume of groundwater from aquifers with the slowest rate of recharge. Subd. 4. Application form; procedures. The agency shall develop an application form and procedures. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2014 c 248 s 19] History:  2008 c 179 s 37; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 2 s 22
MN Stat § 116.202 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.202 — Coal Tar Sealant; Use And Sale Prohibited.

116.202 COAL TAR SEALANT; USE AND SALE PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings given. (a) "Coal tar sealant product" means a surface applied sealing product containing coal tar, coal tar pitch, coal tar pitch volatiles, or any variation assigned the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number 65996-93-2, 65996-89-6, or 8007-45-2. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 2. Use prohibited. Except as provided in subdivision 4, a person shall not apply coal tar sealant products on asphalt-paved surfaces. Subd. 3. Sale prohibited. Except as provided in subdivision 4, a person shall not sell a coal tar sealant product that is formulated or marketed for application on asphalt-paved surfaces. Subd. 4. Exemptions. (a) The commissioner may exempt a person from this section if the commissioner determines that one or both of the following apply: (1) the person is researching the effects of a coal tar sealant product on the environment; or (2) the person is developing an alternative technology and the use of a coal tar sealant product is required for research or development. (b) A request for exemption must be made to the commissioner in writing, including an explanation of why the exemption is needed for research or the development of an alternative technology. Subd. 5. Compliance and enforcement. Local units of government may adopt by reference and enforce the provisions of this section. The commissioner may provide technical support to local units of government for compliance and enforcement of this section. The commissioner may respond to compliance and enforcement cases transcending jurisdictional boundaries, cases requiring statewide corrective actions, or requests for assistance or referral from local units of government. History:   2013 c 137 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 116.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.21 — Nutrients In Cleaning Agents And Water Conditioners; Control; Statement Of Policy.

116.21 NUTRIENTS IN CLEANING AGENTS AND WATER CONDITIONERS; CONTROL; STATEMENT OF POLICY. The legislature seeks to encourage the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency through the passage of sections 116.21 to 116.35, to set standards limiting the amount of nutrients in various cleaning agents and water conditioning agents. The legislature realizes that the nutrients contained in many of these products serve a valuable purpose in increasing their overall effectiveness, but we are also aware that they overstimulate the growth of aquatic life and eventually lead to an acceleration of the natural eutrophication process of our state's waters. Limitations imposed under sections 116.21 to 116.35 should, however, be made taking the following factors into consideration: (1) the availability of safe, nonpolluting, and effective substitutes; (2) the difference in the mineral content of water in various parts of the state; and (3) the differing needs of industrial, commercial and household users of cleaning agents and chemical water conditioners. History:   1971 c 896 s 1
MN Stat § 116.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.22 — Definitions.

116.22 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of sections 116.21 to 116.35, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 3] Subd. 2. Chemical water conditioner. "Chemical water conditioner" means a water softening chemical, antiscale chemical, corrosion inhibitor or other substance intended to be used to treat water. Subd. 3.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 4] Subd. 3. Cleaning agent. "Cleaning agent" means a laundry detergent, dishwashing compound, household cleaner, metal cleaner, degreasing compound, commercial cleaner, industrial cleaner, phosphate compound or other substance intended to be used for cleaning purposes. Subd. 4.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 2] Subd. 4. Nutrient. "Nutrient" means a substance or combination of substances which, if added to waters in sufficient quantities, provides nourishment that promotes growth of aquatic vegetation in densities which: (1) interfere with use of the waters by humans or by any animal, fish or plant useful to humans; or (2) contribute to degradation or alteration of the quality of the waters to an extent detrimental to their use by humans or by any animal, fish or plant that is useful to humans. History:  1971 c 896 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 116.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.23 — Prohibition And Restrictions.

116.23 PROHIBITION AND RESTRICTIONS. Subdivision 1. Nutrient concentrations. No person shall manufacture for use or sale in Minnesota or import into Minnesota for resale any cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner which contains a prescribed nutrient in a concentration that is greater than the prescribed maximum permissible concentration of that nutrient in that cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner. Subd. 2. Residential dishwasher detergent. No person shall sell, distribute, offer, or expose for sale at retail any household dishwasher detergent that contains more than 0.5 percent phosphorus by weight. This subdivision does not apply to the sale or distribution of detergents for commercial or institutional dishwashing purposes. History:  1971 c 896 s 3; 2007 c 131 art 1 s 76
MN Stat § 116.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.24 — Rules.

116.24 RULES. The Pollution Control Agency may make rules: (1) prescribing for the purpose of section 116.23 nutrients and the maximum permissible concentration if any, of a prescribed nutrient in any cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner; (2) respecting the manner in which the concentration of any prescribed nutrient in a cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner shall be determined; and (3) requiring persons who manufacture in Minnesota any cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner to maintain books and records necessary for the proper enforcement of sections 116.21 to 116.35 and rules thereunder, and to submit samples of cleaning agents or water conditioners to the Pollution Control Agency. History:  1971 c 896 s 4; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 116.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116 — Pollution Control Agency|Section 116.25 — Seizure.

116.25 SEIZURE. Subdivision 1. Seizure. The Pollution Control Agency may seize a cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner which it reasonably believes was manufactured or imported in violation of section 116.23. Subd. 2. Storage. A cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner seized under sections 116.21 to 116.35, may be kept or stored in the building or place where it was seized or may be removed to any other proper place by or at the direction of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Removal; sample. Except with the authority of the Pollution Control Agency, no person shall remove, alter or interfere with a cleaning agent or chemical water conditioner seized under sections 116.21 to 116.35, but the Pollution Control Agency shall, at the request of a person from whom it was seized, furnish a sample thereof to the person for analysis. History:   1971 c 896 s 5