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MN Stat § 115.1705 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.1705 — Ballast Water Record Book.

115.1705 BALLAST WATER RECORD BOOK. Subdivision 1. Record book required. The owner or operator of a vessel required to have a ballast water management plan under section 115.1703 shall maintain, in English, on board the vessel, a ballast water record book in which each operation of the vessel involving ballast water or sediment discharge is recorded as required by the commissioner. The ballast water record book shall be kept readily available for examination by the commissioner. In cases where a vessel is without a crew and being towed, the ballast water record book may be kept on the towing vessel. Subd. 2. Retention period. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a ballast water record book required in subdivision 1 shall be retained on board the vessel for three years after the date on which the last entry in the book is made and shall be retained under the control of the vessel's owner for an additional three years. (b) The commissioner may prescribe alternative time periods for record retention by foreign vessels that are consistent with international practices. Subd. 3. Regulations. (a) The commissioner shall require, at a minimum, that: (1) each entry in the ballast water record book be signed and dated by the officer in charge of the ballast water operation recorded; (2) each completed page in the ballast water record book be signed and dated by the owner or operator of the vessel; and (3) the owner or operator of the vessel transmit any information to the commissioner regarding the ballast operations of the vessel as the commissioner may require. (b) The commissioner may provide for alternative methods of record keeping, including electronic record keeping, to comply with the requirements of this section. Any electronic record keeping method authorized by the commissioner shall comply with applicable standards of the state and the National Institute of Standards and Technology governing reliability, integrity, identity authentication, and nonrepudiation of stored electronic data. History:   2008 c 357 s 29
MN Stat § 115.1707 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.1707 — Consultation And Cooperation.

115.1707 CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION. Subdivision 1. Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The commissioner of natural resources shall cooperate to the fullest extent practicable with the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species to ensure development of standards for the control of invasive species that are broadly protective of the state waters of Lake Superior and other natural resources. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall serve as the alternate to the commissioner of natural resources if necessary. Subd. 2. Cooperation with other state agencies. In developing the permit process and any standards established under sections 115.1701 to 115.1707, the commissioner is encouraged to consult with the commissioners of commerce, agriculture, natural resources, and any other agency that the commissioner determines to be necessary to develop and implement an effective program for preventing the introduction and spread of invasive species through ballast water. Subd. 3. Canada and other foreign governments. In developing the permit process and any standards established under sections 115.1701 to 115.1707, the commissioner is encouraged to consult with the government of Canada and any other government of a foreign country that the commissioner determines to be necessary to develop and implement an effective program for preventing the introduction and spread of invasive species through ballast water. History:   2008 c 357 s 30
MN Stat § 115.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.41 — Definitions.

115.41 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions given in this section shall obtain for the purposes of sections 115.41 to 115.53, except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by the context. Subd. 2. Additional terms. The definitions given in section 115.01 shall govern for the purposes of sections 115.41 to 115.53, except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by the context. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1969 c 9 s 20] Subd. 4.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 6] Subd. 4. Agency. "Agency" means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 5.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 2] Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of administration. Subd. 6.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 4] Subd. 6. Municipality. "Municipality" means a city, sanitary district, or other governmental subdivision or public corporation. History:  1963 c 874 s 1; 1969 c 9 s 19; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 5,6; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.42 — Policy; Long-range Plan; Purpose.

115.42 POLICY; LONG-RANGE PLAN; PURPOSE. It is the policy of the state to provide for the prevention, control, and abatement of pollution of all waters of the state, so far as feasible and practical, in furtherance of conservation of such waters and protection of the public health and in furtherance of the development of the economic welfare of the state. The agency shall prepare a long-range plan and program for the effectuation of said policy. It is the purpose of sections 115.41 to 115.53 to safeguard the waters of the state from pollution by: (a) preventing any new pollution; and (b) abating pollution existing when sections 115.41 to 115.53 become effective, under a program consistent with the declaration of policy above stated. History:  1963 c 874 s 4; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1974 c 406 s 63; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 7; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97; 2012 c 272 s 61
MN Stat § 115.425 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.425 — Noningested Sources; Phosphorus Reduction Goal.

115.425 NONINGESTED SOURCES; PHOSPHORUS REDUCTION GOAL. The state goal for reducing phosphorus from noningested sources entering municipal wastewater treatment systems is at least a 50 percent reduction based on the timeline for reduction developed by the commissioner under Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section 166, and a reasonable estimate of the amount of phosphorus from noningested sources entering municipal wastewater treatment systems in calendar year 2003. History:   2003 c 128 art 1 s 122
MN Stat § 115.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.43 — Powers.

115.43 POWERS. Subdivision 1. Scope. In addition to the other powers prescribed by law, the agency shall have the powers and duties prescribed in this section. In exercising all such powers the agency shall give due consideration to the establishment, maintenance, operation and expansion of business, commerce, trade, industry, traffic and other economic factors and other material matters affecting the feasibility and practicability of any proposed action, including, but not limited to, the burden on a municipality of any tax which may result therefrom and shall take or provide for such action as may be reasonable, feasible and practical under the circumstances. Subd. 2. Rules. Acting within the scope of the policy and purposes of sections 115.41 to 115.53, the agency may adopt, promulgate, amend, or rescind rules in the manner provided by law, as may be necessary or proper to carry into effect the provisions of sections 115.41 to 115.53. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1973 c 374 s 22] History:  1963 c 874 s 5; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1969 c 931 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 8; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.449 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.449 — Public Wastewater Treatment Facilities; Proposal Requirements.

115.449 PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES; PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS. A proposal for design services for a public wastewater treatment facility requiring a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state disposal system permit shall include a description of the treatment alternatives the engineer will evaluate and provide a range of all annual operation and maintenance costs of operating the facility for the first five years of operation. History:   2006 c 244 s 2
MN Stat § 115.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.45 — Compliance.

115.45 COMPLIANCE. Subdivision 1. Compliance. It is the duty of every person affected to comply with the provisions of sections 115.01 to 115.09 and 115.41 to 115.53, comprising the State Water Pollution Control Act, as now in force or hereafter amended, and all rules, orders, and permits adopted or issued by the agency thereunder, and to do and perform all acts and things within that person's power required to effectuate, carry out, and accomplish the purposes of such provisions, rules, orders, and permits. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1973 c 374 s 22] History:  1963 c 874 s 7; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1969 c 931 s 10; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 10; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.455 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.455 — Effluent Limitations; Compliance.

115.455 EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS; COMPLIANCE. To the extent allowable under federal law, for a municipality that constructs a publicly owned treatment works to comply with a new or modified effluent limitation, compliance with any new or modified effluent limitation adopted after construction begins that would require additional capital investment is required no sooner than 16 years after the date the facility begins operating. History:   2018 c 148 s 1
MN Stat § 115.456 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.456 — Compliance Schedules.

115.456 COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must consider current debt service on existing municipal wastewater treatment infrastructure when developing compliance schedules for new effluent limits in municipal national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permits. Any compliance schedule for new effluent limits in municipal NPDES permits must be developed in a manner consistent with state and federal law to maximize the repayment of existing debt on wastewater infrastructure before requiring additional capital infrastructure upgrades. To the extent allowable under federal law, the commissioner may issue compliance schedules in municipal NPDES permits for new effluent limit requirements in excess of 20 years. History:   2018 c 214 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 115.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.46 — Taxation By Municipality.

115.46 TAXATION BY MUNICIPALITY. Subdivision 1. Limitation does not apply. Any taxes, special assessments, levied or to be levied, and any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or to be issued for the construction, installation, maintenance, or operation by a municipality of any disposal system or part thereof, shall not be subject to any limitation and shall be excluded in computing amounts subject to any limitation on tax levies, special assessments, bonded indebtedness or other indebtedness and the governing or managing body and the proper officers of the municipality concerned shall have the power and, to comply with any order of the agency, it shall be their duty to levy such taxes and special assessments and issue such bonds and take such other lawful actions as may be appropriate and necessary to provide funds to meet the cost of such construction or work, notwithstanding any such limit and without any election or referendum therefor. A recital in any bond, tax levy, or assessment that the same is issued or made for the purposes of a disposal system or any part thereof ordered by the agency and is not subject to any provisions of law prescribing limits or requiring an election or referendum therefor shall be prima facie evidence thereof and that all requirements of law relating thereto have been complied with. In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bonds of a municipality or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the municipality to aid in financing a sewage disposal system or part thereof, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose, and in compliance with all requirements of the law relating thereto. Subd. 2. Tax in anticipation of need. For the same purposes as the purposes for which a tax may be levied under subdivision 1, a municipality may levy taxes in anticipation of need and the provision of subdivision 1 shall be applicable so far as appropriate to any such anticipatory levy. If such a tax is levied in anticipation of need, the purpose must be specified in the resolution of the governing body directing the levy, and proceeds of the tax must be used only for that purpose, and until used the proceeds shall be retained in a separate fund or invested as surplus in a sinking fund may be invested under section 118A.04. History:  1963 c 874 s 8; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 115.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.50 — Towns; Powers To Act.

115.50 TOWNS; POWERS TO ACT. For the purposes of carrying out the policy and purposes of sections 115.01 to 115.09 and 115.41 to 115.53, there is hereby conferred upon all towns of this state the power and authority to construct, install, acquire, maintain and operate disposal systems and parts thereof, and to levy taxes, and special assessments, to issue bonds and to do all other things necessary or convenient for such construction, installation, acquisition, maintenance and operation in the same manner and extent and subject to the same limitations as statutory cities. History:  1963 c 874 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 11; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.51 — Enforcing Contracts Between Municipalities.

115.51 ENFORCING CONTRACTS BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES. The provisions of any contract between two or more municipalities for any purpose relating to the prevention, control, or abatement of pollution, whether now in force or hereafter consummated as provided in section 115.49 or otherwise, may be enforced by action to compel performance brought by any municipality which is a party to the contract or by the attorney general in the name of the state at the request of the agency. In any such action the court shall have like powers as provided in section 115.071, subdivision 5, for enforcement of an order of the agency. History:  1963 c 874 s 13; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1976 c 2 s 52
MN Stat § 115.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.52 — Severability.

115.52 SEVERABILITY. The provisions of sections 115.41 to 115.53 shall be severable and the invalidity of any section or subdivision or part thereof shall not make void any other section or subdivision or part thereof. History:  1963 c 874 s 14; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 12; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.53 — Modifying Classification Or Standards.

115.53 MODIFYING CLASSIFICATION OR STANDARDS. In any case where the agency has heretofore adopted and established a classification or standards for any waters as then provided by law, the agency, at any hearing held pursuant to the provisions of this section for the purpose of modification, alteration, or amendment of such classification or standards or the adoption and establishment of any classification or standards for the same waters or any part thereof as required by sections 115.41 to 115.53, may receive and consider for any such purpose any testimony received at such previous hearing, as reported in the stenographic transcript thereof, and any exhibits received at such previous hearing, which are relevant, with like force and effect and subject to like objections, if any, as if such testimony or exhibits had been produced at the hearing hereunder, together with any further testimony or exhibits which may be submitted and received at the hearing hereunder. History:  1963 c 874 s 15; 1969 c 9 s 21; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 13; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 97
MN Stat § 115.542 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.542 — Notice Requirements For Publicly Owned Wastewater Treatment Facilities.

115.542 NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICLY OWNED WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "permit" means a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit or state disposal system (SDS) permit; and (2) "permit applicant" means a person or entity submitting an application for a new permit or renewal, modification, or revocation of an existing permit for a publicly owned wastewater treatment facility. Subd. 2. Applicability. This section applies to all draft permits and permits for publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities for which the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency makes a preliminary determination whether to issue or deny. Subd. 3. Notice requirements. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must provide a permit applicant with a copy of the draft permit and any fact sheets required by agency rules at least 30 days before the distribution and public notice of the permit application and preliminary determination. Subd. 4. Permitting efficiency. The commissioner must prepare and issue a public notice of a completed application and the commissioner's preliminary determination as to whether the permit should be issued or denied. The public comment period must be at least 60 days for permit applications under this section. Notwithstanding section 116.03, it is the goal of the state that tier 2 permits for publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities be issued or denied within 210 days following submission of a permit application. History:   2017 c 93 art 2 s 123
MN Stat § 115.551 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.551 — Tank Fee.

115.551 TANK FEE. (a) An installer shall pay a fee of $25 for each septic system tank installed in the previous calendar year. By January 30 each year, the installer shall submit to the commissioner a form showing the number of tanks installed in each jurisdiction in the previous calendar year. The commissioner shall invoice the installers with the final fee due. Tank fee payment is due within 30 days of receiving the invoice. The revenue derived from the fee imposed under this section shall be deposited in the environmental fund and is exempt from section 16A.1285. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the purposes of performance-based subsurface sewage treatment systems, the tank fee is limited to $25 per household system installation. History:  2003 c 128 art 1 s 124; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 127; 2009 c 109 s 14; 2014 c 237 s 6
MN Stat § 115.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 115 — Water Pollution Control; Sanitary Districts|Section 115.58 — Alternative Discharging Sewage Systems; General Permits.

115.58 ALTERNATIVE DISCHARGING SEWAGE SYSTEMS; GENERAL PERMITS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Alternative discharging sewage system" means a sewage treatment system serving one or more dwellings and other establishments that discharges less than 10,000 gallons of water per day and uses any treatment and disposal methods other than subsurface soil treatment and disposal. (c) "Permit" means a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal system permit granted to any person for the installation, ownership, management, or control of alternative discharging sewage systems whose operations, emissions, activities, discharges, or facilities are the same or substantially similar. (d) "Water quality cooperative" means an association of persons organized under chapter 308A to install, own, manage, and control subsurface sewage treatment systems or alternative discharging sewage systems and provide water quality treatment and management services for its members within a defined geographical area. (e) "Water quality treatment and management services" means the monitoring and control of alternative discharging sewage systems to eliminate or reduce water pollution from point and nonpoint sources; the management, use, reuse, recycling, or reclamation of land, water, or wastewater for water supply; geothermal heating and cooling; fire protection; irrigation; drainage; open space or green belt preservation; storm water management and control; flood management and control or other purposes that are part of a comprehensive plan to reduce, prevent, or eliminate water pollution. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2014 c 258 s 4] Subd. 3. Local ordinance exemption. Any system which is permitted under subdivision 2 is exempt from the requirements of any local ordinance adopted to conform with section 115.55 if the system complies with the applicable standards for discharges and treatment of sewage effluents. History:  1997 c 216 s 94; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 23; 2009 c 109 s 14