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MN Stat § 103F.441 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.441 — Erosion Control Plan For Development Activities.

103F.441 EROSION CONTROL PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. Subdivision 1. Sedimentation control plan. (a) A person engaged in a development activity that will disturb over one acre of land must submit a sedimentation control plan and time schedule that will prevent excessive soil loss to the local government having jurisdiction over the land before the development activity is to begin. (b) A sedimentation control plan and time schedule must specify how the movement of soil and damage to other property during the construction will be minimized, including the use of temporary seeding, fiber mats, plastic, straw, mulch, sediment control basins, and other measures to prevent erosion and sediment damage. The time schedule must establish deadlines for the implementation and completion of each phase or element of the sedimentation control plan. Subd. 2. Permit required. The local government may appoint the zoning and planning director, building inspector, county engineer, or the soil and water conservation district to review the plan and time schedule. If the sedimentation control plan and time schedule will prevent excessive soil loss to the most practicable extent, the local government must issue a permit that authorizes the development activity contingent upon the implementation and completion of the sedimentation control plan. Subd. 3. Penalty. A person engaged in a development activity who does not obtain a sedimentation control plan permit or does not commence or complete the plan or make satisfactory progress to complete the plan is subject to a civil penalty. Soil conservation practices made in good faith and substantial compliance are a defense. Subd. 4. Application. For counties, the provisions of this section apply only to county jurisdiction over unincorporated areas. History:   1990 c 391 art 6 s 65
MN Stat § 103F.445 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.445 — Cost-sharing Funds.

103F.445 COST-SHARING FUNDS. Subdivision 1. Cost share required. Except for a development activity, a land occupier may not be required to establish soil conservation practices unless state cost-sharing funds have been specifically approved for that land and have been made available to the land occupier under sections 103F.421 and 103F.425, equal to at least 75 percent of the cost of the permanent conservation practices on a voluntary basis, or a 50 percent cost share if an application for cost share is not made within 90 days after the board approves a mediated written agreement or within 90 days after the court orders implementation of a plan and time schedule prepared by the landowner or the court. For mediated settlements, a court order that implements the landowner's alternatives or the court's alternatives must state the time schedule for application for 50 percent cost share. If the court orders implementation of the district's plan and time schedule, a landowner is eligible only for 50 percent cost-share. Subd. 2. Reviewing requirements. The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall review these requirements at least once each year and may authorize a district to provide a higher percentage of cost sharing than is required by this section. To aid in this determination, the board may consider the location of the affected area in relation to the priority areas as established in the soil and water conservation district annual and long-range plans. Subd. 3. Recording. The permanent conservation practices must be recorded with the county recorder on the tracts where they occur if the cost-sharing funds are issued to the landowner. History:   1990 c 391 art 6 s 66
MN Stat § 103F.455 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.455 — Penalty.

103F.455 PENALTY. A person who violates section 103F.415, subdivision 1, is subject to a civil penalty up to $500. History:   1990 c 391 art 6 s 68
MN Stat § 103F.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.501 — Short Title.

103F.501 SHORT TITLE. Sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 may be cited as the "Reinvest in Minnesota Resources Law." History:   1990 c 391 art 6 s 70
MN Stat § 103F.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.505 — Purpose And Policy.

103F.505 PURPOSE AND POLICY. It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to restore certain marginal agricultural land and protect environmentally sensitive areas to enhance soil and water quality, minimize damage to flood-prone areas, sequester carbon, and support native plant, fish, and wildlife habitats. It is state policy to encourage the restoration of wetlands and riparian lands and promote the retirement of marginal, highly erodible land, particularly land adjacent to public waters, drainage systems, wetlands, and locally designated priority waters. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 71; 1992 c 415 s 1; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 12; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 31
MN Stat § 103F.511 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.511 — Definitions.

103F.511 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.505 to 103F.535. Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. Subd. 3. Conservation easement. "Conservation easement" means a conservation easement as defined in section 84C.01. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2009 c 172 art 2 s 32; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 52] Subd. 5. Drained wetland. "Drained wetland" means a former natural wetland that has been altered by draining, dredging, filling, leveling, or other manipulation sufficient to render the land suitable for agricultural crop production. Subd. 6. Landowner. "Landowner" means an individual or entity that is not prohibited from owning agricultural land under section 500.24 and either owns eligible land or is purchasing eligible land under a contract for deed. Subd. 7. Marginal agricultural land. "Marginal agricultural land" means land that is: (1) composed of class IIIe, IVe, V, VI, VII, or VIII land as identified in the land capability classification system of the United States Department of Agriculture; or (2) similar to land described under clause (1) and identified under a land classification system selected by the board. Subd. 8. Public waters. "Public waters" means waters and wetlands as defined in section 103G.005, and inventoried under section 103G.201. Subd. 8a.  MS 2008 [Renumbered subd 8c] Subd. 8b. Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program. "Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program" means the program established under section 103F.515. Subd. 8c. Riparian land. "Riparian land" means lands adjacent to public waters, drainage systems, wetlands, or locally designated priority waters. Subd. 9. Sensitive groundwater area. "Sensitive groundwater area" means a geographic area defined by natural features where there is a significant risk of groundwater degradation from activities conducted at or near the land surface. These areas may be identified by mapping or other appropriate methods determined by the commissioner of natural resources and the Board of Water and Soil Resources. Wellhead protection areas may be designated as a sensitive groundwater area. Subd. 10. Wetland. "Wetland" means land that has a predominance of hydric soils and that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, or that periodically does support, a predominance of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Subd. 11. Windbreak. "Windbreak" means a strip or belt of trees, shrubs, or grass barriers at least six rows deep and within 300 feet of the right-of-way of a highway. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 72; 1992 c 415 s 2; 2001 c 99 s 1; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 13-15; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 32-34
MN Stat § 103F.521 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.521 — Cooperation.

103F.521 COOPERATION. Subdivision 1. Cooperation. In implementing sections 103F.505 to 103F.531, the board must share information and cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Minnesota Extension Service, the University of Minnesota, county boards, soil and water conservation districts, watershed districts, and interested private organizations and individuals. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2009 c 172 art 2 s 32; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 52] History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 74; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 21; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 40
MN Stat § 103F.525 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.525 — Supplemental Payments On Federal And State Conservation Programs.

103F.525 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS ON FEDERAL AND STATE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. The board may supplement payments made under federal land retirement programs to the extent of available appropriations. The supplemental payments must be used to establish perennial cover on land enrolled or increase payments for land enrollment in programs approved by the board. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 75; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 22; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 41
MN Stat § 103F.526 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.526 — Food Plots.

103F.526 FOOD PLOTS. The board may authorize wildlife food plots on land enrolled in a conservation easement under section 103F.515. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 76; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 23; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 42
MN Stat § 103F.531 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.531 — Rulemaking.

103F.531 RULEMAKING. The board may adopt rules or policy to implement sections 103F.505 to 103F.531. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 77; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 24; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 43
MN Stat § 103F.613 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.613 — Duration Of Wetland Preservation Area.

103F.613 DURATION OF WETLAND PRESERVATION AREA. Subdivision 1. General. A wetland preservation area continues in existence until the owner initiates expiration as provided in this section. The date of expiration must be at least eight years from the date of notice under this section. Subd. 2. Termination by owner. The owner may initiate expiration of a wetland preservation area by notifying the county on a form prepared by the Board of Water and Soil Resources and made available in each county. The notice must describe the property involved and must state the date of expiration. The notice may be rescinded by the owner during the first two years following notice. Subd. 3. Notice and recording; termination. When the county receives notice under subdivision 2, the county shall forward the original notice to the county recorder for recording or to the registrar of titles for filing if the land is registered and shall notify the regional development commission, where applicable, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, and the county soil and water conservation district of the date of expiration. The benefits and limitations of the wetland preservation area and the restrictive covenant filed with the application cease on the date of expiration. If the land is registered, the registrar of titles shall cancel the memorial of the application containing the restrictive covenant upon the certificate of title on the effective date of the expiration. Subd. 4. Early expiration. A wetland preservation area may be terminated earlier than as provided in this section only in the event of a public emergency upon petition from the owner or county to the governor. The determination of a public emergency must be made by the governor through executive order under section 4.035 and chapter 12. The executive order must identify the wetland preservation area, the reasons requiring the action, and the date of expiration. History:  1991 c 354 art 4 s 2; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 103F.615 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.615 — Limitation On Certain Public Projects.

103F.615 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJECTS. Subdivision 1. Projects and assessments prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law, construction projects for public sanitary sewer systems, public water systems, and new public drainage systems are prohibited in wetland preservation areas. New connections between land or buildings in a wetland preservation area and public projects are prohibited. Land in a wetland preservation area may not be assessed for public projects built in the vicinity of the wetland preservation area. Subd. 2. Exception; owner option. Subdivision 1 does not apply to public projects if the owner of the wetland preservation area elects to use and benefit from a public project. History:   1991 c 354 art 4 s 4
MN Stat § 103F.616 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.616 — Soil Conservation Practices.

103F.616 SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. An owner of a wetland preservation area shall manage the area and surrounding upland areas with sound soil conservation practices that prevent excessive soil loss according to the model ordinance adopted by the Board of Water and Soil Resources. The model ordinance and soil loss provisions under sections 103F.401 to 103F.455 relating to soil loss apply to all upland areas within a wetland preservation area and to surrounding upland areas. A sound soil conservation practice prevents excessive soil loss or reduces soil loss to the most practicable extent. History:   1991 c 354 art 4 s 5
MN Stat § 103F.701 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.701 — Citation.

103F.701 CITATION. Sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 may be cited as the "Clean Water Partnership Law." History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 80; 2011 c 107 s 107
MN Stat § 103F.705 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.705 — Purpose.

103F.705 PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the legislature in enacting sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 to protect, enhance, and restore surface and ground water in the state, through financial and technical assistance to local units of government to prevent water pollution, including that associated with land use and land management activities, and to provide a legal basis for state implementation of federal laws controlling nonpoint source water pollution. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 81; 2011 c 107 s 53
MN Stat § 103F.711 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.711 — Definitions.

103F.711 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Best management practices. "Best management practices" means practices, techniques, and measures, that prevent or reduce water pollution from nonpoint sources by using the most effective and practicable means of achieving water quality goals. Best management practices include, but are not limited to, official controls, structural and nonstructural controls, and operation and maintenance procedures. Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 5. Local unit of government. "Local unit of government" means a statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, soil and water conservation district, watershed district, an organization formed for the joint exercise of powers under section 471.59, and any other special purpose district or authority exercising authority in water and related land resources management at the local level. Subd. 6. Nonpoint source. "Nonpoint source" is a land management activity or land use activity that contributes or may contribute to ground and surface water pollution as a result of runoff, seepage, or percolation and that is not defined as a point source in section 115.01, subdivision 11. Nonpoint sources include rural and urban land management activities and land use activities and specialty land use activities such as transportation. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 8. Project. "Project" means the identification of water pollution and its causes, a plan to prevent water pollution or protect and improve water quality, and the measures taken to prevent water pollution or protect and improve water quality. Subd. 9. Water pollution. "Water pollution" means water pollution as defined in section 115.01, subdivision 13. Subd. 10. Waters of the state. "Waters of the state" means waters as defined in section 115.01, subdivision 22. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 82; 2011 c 107 s 54,107
MN Stat § 103F.715 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.715 — Clean Water Partnership Program Established.

103F.715 CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. A clean water partnership program is established as provided in sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. The agency shall administer the program in accordance with these sections. The agency shall provide financial and technical assistance in accordance with section 103F.725 to local units of government for projects in geographical areas that contribute to surface or ground water flows. The projects shall provide for protection, enhancement, or restoration of surface and ground water. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 83; 2011 c 107 s 55
MN Stat § 103F.725 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.725 — Financial And Technical Assistance.

103F.725 FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. Grants. (a) The agency may award grants for up to 50 percent of the eligible cost for projects. (b) The agency shall determine which costs are eligible costs and grants shall be made and used only for eligible costs. Subd. 1a. Loans. (a) Up to $50,000,000 of the balance in the clean water revolving fund in section 446A.07, as determined by the Public Facilities Authority, may be provided to the commissioner for a clean water partnership loan program. (b) The agency may award loans for up to 100 percent of the costs associated with activities identified by the agency as best management practices pursuant to section 319 and section 320 of the federal Water Quality Act of 1987, as amended, including associated administrative costs. (c) Loans may be used to finance clean water partnership grant project eligible costs not funded by grant assistance. (d) The interest rate, at or below market rate, and the term, not to exceed 20 years, shall be determined by the agency in consultation with the Public Facilities Authority. (e) The repayment must be deposited in the clean water revolving fund under section 446A.07. (f) The local unit of government receiving the loan is responsible for repayment of the loan. (g) For the purpose of obtaining a loan from the agency, a local government unit may provide to the agency its general obligation note. All obligations incurred by a local government unit in obtaining a loan from the agency must be in accordance with chapter 475, except that so long as the obligations are issued to evidence a loan from the agency to the local government unit, an election is not required to authorize the obligations issued, and the amount of the obligations shall not be included in determining the net indebtedness of the local government unit under the provisions of any law or chapter limiting the indebtedness. Subd. 2. Technical assistance. The agency may provide technical assistance to local units of government to ensure efficient and effective development and implementation of projects and coordination of projects with other water management activities. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 85; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 27; 1995 c 220 s 93; 1996 c 407 s 44; 1998 c 404 s 36; 2008 c 277 art 3 s 2; 2011 c 107 s 56,57
MN Stat § 103F.731 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.731 — Eligibility For Assistance.

103F.731 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] Subd. 2. Eligibility; documents required. (a) Local units of government are eligible to apply for assistance. An applicant for assistance shall submit: (1) a project proposal form as prescribed by the agency; and (2) evidence that the applicant has consulted with the involved local soil and water conservation districts and watershed districts, where they exist, in preparing the application. (b) The proposed project must be identified in at least one of the following documents: (1) the comprehensive water plan authorized under sections 103B.301 to 103B.355; (2) a surface water management plan required under section 103B.231; (3) an overall plan required under chapter 103D; (4) any other local plan that provides an inventory of existing physical and hydrologic information on the area, a general identification of water quality problems and goals, and that demonstrates a local commitment to water quality protection, enhancement, or restoration; (5) an approved total maximum daily load (TMDL) or a TMDL implementation plan; or (6) a watershed protection and restoration strategy implementation plan. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 86; 2011 c 107 s 58
MN Stat § 103F.735 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 103A - 114B — Water|Chapter 103F — Protection Of Water Resources|Section 103F.735 — Agency Review Of Proposals.

103F.735 AGENCY REVIEW OF PROPOSALS. Subdivision 1. Ranking proposals. The agency shall rank proposals for technical and financial assistance in order of priority and shall, within the limits of available appropriations, grant those proposals having the highest priority. The agency shall by rule adopt appropriate criteria to determine the priority of projects. Subd. 2. Criteria. (a) The criteria shall give the highest priority to projects that best demonstrate compliance with the objectives in paragraphs (b) to (d). (b) The project demonstrates participation, coordination, and cooperation between local units of government, other public agencies, and local stakeholders. (c) The degree of water quality protection, enhancement, or restoration is maximized relative to the cost of implementing the best management practices. (d) Best management practices provide a feasible means to abate or prevent nonpoint source water pollution. History:  1990 c 391 art 6 s 87; 2011 c 107 s 59