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MN Stat § 216G.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.01 — Definitions.

216G.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context. Subd. 2. Construction. "Construction" means any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of a pipeline route but does not include changes needed for temporary use of a route for purposes other than installation of a pipeline, for securing survey or geological data, for the repair or replacement of an existing pipeline within the existing right-of-way, or for the minor relocation of less than three-quarters of a mile of an existing pipeline. Subd. 3. Pipeline. "Pipeline" means a pipeline located in this state which is used to transport natural or synthetic gas at a pressure of more than 90 pounds per square inch, or to transport crude petroleum or petroleum fuels or oil or their derivatives, coal, anhydrous ammonia or any mineral slurry to a distribution center or storage facility which is located within or outside of this state. "Pipeline" does not include a pipeline owned or operated by a natural gas public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4. Subd. 4. Cultivated agricultural land. "Cultivated agricultural land" means land which is used to raise agricultural crops, is capable of use for that purpose or is plowed, fallow or contains harvested crop residue or is pasture land. History:  1979 c 194 s 1; 1980 c 440 s 1; 1980 c 533 s 1; 1989 c 244 s 1
MN Stat § 216G.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.04 — Information Book.

216G.04 INFORMATION BOOK. (a) Within 45 days after receiving the notification and fee required by section 216G.03, the Public Utilities Commission shall prepare and make available to the person proposing to construct the pipeline sufficient copies of an information book for owners and lessees of property along the pipeline route. The commission may allow the person proposing the pipeline to prepare the book at that person's own expense subject to approval of the book by the commission. (b) The information book shall contain at least the following information: (1) a description of the pipeline proposed for construction, including the proposed route, types of commodities to be carried, size of the line and construction and operational characteristics; (2) explanation of the steps which must be taken to acquire right-of-way for the pipeline and of the rights and alternatives of the owner; (3) explanation of the legal requirements that must be met in constructing the pipeline; and (4) explanation of the county inspection procedure and instructions for contacting the inspector in the event of noncompliance with legal requirements. (c) Within 45 days after receiving notification of a change in a proposed route, the commission shall prepare and make available or shall approve a revision of the original information book so that a description of the new route and any other required information relevant to the new route is incorporated in the book. History:  1979 c 194 s 3; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 97 art 3 s 19
MN Stat § 216G.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.05 — Public Meetings Required.

216G.05 PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED. (a) Within 60 days of receiving notification as provided in section 216G.03, the county board of each county in which the pipeline route is proposed to be located shall hold a public meeting as provided in this section. If a county board receives a required notification of a change in the proposed pipeline route in that county, the board shall hold an additional public meeting as provided in this section within 30 days after receiving that notification. The purpose of a public meeting held pursuant to this section shall be to provide information to the public concerning: (1) the pipeline proposed for construction, including the proposed route, the size of the pipeline, types of commodities to be carried and construction and operating characteristics; and (2) the legal requirements which must be met in acquiring easements and in constructing and operating the pipeline. (b) Notice and agenda of the public meeting shall be given by the county board at least ten days but no earlier than 45 days before the meetings. Notice shall be by publication in a legal newspaper of the county and a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the public meeting is to be held and written notice to the clerk of each town and incorporated municipality in the county. (c) State agencies authorized to issue permits required for construction or operation of the pipeline shall participate in the public meetings in each county. The agencies shall explain the procedures for issuing the permits and the manner in which the public may participate in those procedures. History:   1979 c 194 s 4
MN Stat § 216G.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.06 — Interstate Gas Pipelines Exempt Under Federal Law.

216G.06 INTERSTATE GAS PIPELINES EXEMPT UNDER FEDERAL LAW. Any person that proposes to construct or operate an interstate natural gas pipeline and that has power to acquire an easement or right-of-way agreement for that pipeline by an action in eminent domain under the authority of the federal Natural Gas Act, United States Code, title 15, chapter 15B, shall not be required to comply with the provisions of sections 216G.02 to 216G.05 as a condition of acquiring the easement, right-of-way, or route. History:  1979 c 194 s 5; 1989 c 244 s 2
MN Stat § 216G.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.08 — Limitation Of Liability.

216G.08 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Subdivision 1. General rule. Any owner or lessee of any real property or any person acting with the authority of that owner or lessee who, in the ordinary conduct of agricultural operations upon that property, causes any injury to any underground pipeline, shall not be liable for any of the direct or incidental costs of repairing, restoring or replacing the pipeline in the absence of a showing of gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct. "Ordinary conduct of agricultural operations," as that term is used in this subdivision, does not include well drilling or other excavation but includes the installation or repair of agricultural drainage tile subject to the provisions of subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Notice requirement. A person who installs or repairs agricultural drainage tile shall be relieved of liability as provided in subdivision 1 only if that person gives oral or written notice to the one call excavation notice system in compliance with section 216D.04. History:  1979 c 194 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 341 art 1 s 19
MN Stat § 216G.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.09 — Reversion Of Easements.

216G.09 REVERSION OF EASEMENTS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all easement interests acquired after May 26, 1979 for the purpose of constructing and operating a pipeline shall revert to the then fee owner if the pipeline ceases operation for a period of five years. History:   1979 c 194 s 8
MN Stat § 216G.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.10 — Recording Of Survey Points.

216G.10 RECORDING OF SURVEY POINTS. The permanent location of monuments or markers found or placed in a survey of right-of-way for a pipeline route shall be placed on record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles by the owner of the pipeline. No fee shall be charged for recording this information. History:   1979 c 194 s 9
MN Stat § 216G.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.11 — Severability.

216G.11 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this chapter is found to be unconstitutional and void with respect to pipelines transporting one or more of the substances enumerated in section 216G.01, subdivision 3, the provision shall remain effective with respect to pipelines transporting any of the other enumerated substances. This provision shall supplement any general law on the subject of severability. History:   1979 c 194 s 10
MN Stat § 216G.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216G — Pipelines|Section 216G.12 — Savings Provision.

216G.12 SAVINGS PROVISION. Sections 216G.03 to 216G.05 shall not apply to a pipeline if, on or before May 26, 1979: (1) an application for a certificate of need has been filed for the pipeline pursuant to section 216B.243 and easements have been acquired for at least 85 percent of the length of the proposed pipeline right-of-way; or (2) an environmental impact statement has been prepared, pursuant to chapter 116D concerning the construction of the pipeline and the Public Utilities Commission has determined that the statement is adequate under that chapter. History:  1979 c 194 s 11; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 2; 1984 c 558 art 4 s 10; 2005 c 97 art 3 s 19
MN Stat § 216H.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.01 — Definitions.

216H.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 1a. Cogeneration facility or combined heat and power facility. "Cogeneration facility" or "combined heat and power facility" means a facility that: (1) has the meaning given in United States Code, title 16, section 796, clause (18), paragraph (A); and (2) meets the applicable operating and efficiency standards contained in Code of Federal Regulations, title 18, part 292.205. Subd. 2. Statewide greenhouse gas emissions. "Statewide greenhouse gas emissions" include emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride emitted by anthropogenic sources within the state and from the generation of electricity imported from outside the state and consumed in Minnesota. Carbon dioxide that is injected into geological formations to prevent its release to the atmosphere in compliance with applicable laws, and carbon dioxide associated with the combustion of fuels other than coal, petroleum, and natural gas are not counted as contributing to statewide greenhouse gas emissions. History:  2007 c 136 art 5 s 1; 2016 c 189 art 6 s 11
MN Stat § 216H.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.06 — Emissions Consideration In Resource Planning.

216H.06 EMISSIONS CONSIDERATION IN RESOURCE PLANNING. By January 1, 2008, the Public Utilities Commission shall establish an estimate of the likely range of costs of future carbon dioxide regulation on electricity generation. The estimate, which may be made in a commission order, must be used in all electricity generation resource acquisition proceedings. The estimates, and annual updates, must be made following informal proceedings conducted by the commissioners of commerce and pollution control that allow interested parties to submit comments. History:   2007 c 136 art 5 s 4
MN Stat § 216H.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.07 — Emissions-reduction Attainment; Policy Development Process.

216H.07 EMISSIONS-REDUCTION ATTAINMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, "reductions" means the greenhouse gas emissions-reductions goals specified in section 216H.02, subdivision 1. Subd. 2. Purpose. This section is intended to create a nonexclusive, regular, mandated process for the state to develop policies to attain the greenhouse gas reduction goals specified in section 216H.02. Subd. 3. Biennial report. (a) By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency shall jointly report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with primary policy jurisdiction over energy and environmental issues the most recent and best available evidence identifying the level of reductions already achieved and the level necessary to achieve the reductions timetable in section 216H.02. (b) The report must be in easily understood nontechnical terms. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98] Subd. 5. Reduction principles. Legislation proposed under subdivision 4 must be based on the following principles: (1) the greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals specified in section 216H.02, subdivision 1, must be attained; (2) the reductions must be attained on a schedule that keeps pace with the reduction timetable required by section 216H.02, subdivision 1; (3) conservation, including ceasing some activities, doing some activities less, and doing some activities more energy efficiently, is the first choice for reduction; (4) public education is a key component; (5) all levels of government should lead by example; (6) strategies that may lead to economic dislocation should be phased in and should be coupled with strategies that address the dislocation; and (7) there must be coordination with other federal and regional greenhouse gas emissions-reduction requirements so that the state benefits and is not penalized from its reduction activities. History:  2008 c 296 art 1 s 20; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 33; 2012 c 272 s 80
MN Stat § 216H.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.10 — Definitions.

216H.10 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of sections 216H.10 to 216H.13, the following terms have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Carbon dioxide equivalent. "Carbon dioxide equivalent" means the quantity of carbon dioxide that has the same global warming potential as a given amount of another greenhouse gas. Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 5. Global warming. "Global warming" means the observed and predicted increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the earth's surface and the oceans. Subd. 6. Global warming potential or GWP. "Global warming potential" or "GWP" means a quantitative measure of the potential of an emission of a greenhouse gas to contribute to global warming over a 100-year period expressed in terms of the equivalent emission of carbon dioxide needed to produce the same 100-year warming effect, as reported in Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Subd. 7. High-GWP greenhouse gas. "High-GWP greenhouse gas" means hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, nitrous trifluoride, and any other gas the agency determines by rule to have a high global warming potential. Subd. 8. Mobile air conditioner. "Mobile air conditioner" means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. Subd. 9. Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 168.002, subdivision 18. Subd. 10. New motor vehicle. "New motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 80E.03, subdivision 7. Subd. 11. Refrigerant. "Refrigerant" means a substance used, sold for use, or designed and intended for use in a mobile air conditioner to transfer heat out of the space being cooled. History:  2008 c 296 art 1 s 21; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 55
MN Stat § 216H.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.11 — High-gwp Greenhouse Gas Reporting.

216H.11 HIGH-GWP GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING. Subdivision 1. Gas manufacturers. By October 1 each year, a manufacturer of a high-GWP greenhouse gas must report to the agency the total amount of each high-GWP greenhouse gas sold to a purchaser in this state during the previous year. Subd. 2. Purchases. By October 1 each year, a person who purchases 10,000 metric tons or more carbon dioxide equivalent of a high-GWP greenhouse gas for use or retail sale in this state must report to the agency, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, the total amount of each high-GWP greenhouse gas purchased for use or retail sale in this state during the previous year and the purpose for which the gas was used. The commissioner may adopt rules under chapter 14 to establish a different reporting threshold or to adopt specific reporting requirements for commercial or industrial facilities that purchase high-GWP gases for use or retail sale in this state. Subd. 3. Acceptance of federal filing. With the approval of the commissioner, this section may be satisfied by filing with the commissioner a copy of a greenhouse gas emissions report filed with a federal agency or a regional or national greenhouse gas registry, provided that the entity with which the report is filed requires the emissions data to be verified. History:  2008 c 296 art 1 s 22; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 56
MN Stat § 216H.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.12 — Mobile Air Conditioner Leakage Rates; Disclosure.

216H.12 MOBILE AIR CONDITIONER LEAKAGE RATES; DISCLOSURE. Subdivision 1. Leakage disclosure. Beginning January 1, 2009, a manufacturer selling or offering for sale a new motor vehicle in this state containing a mobile air conditioner that uses the high-GWP greenhouse gas HFC-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane) as a refrigerant must, 90 days prior to the initial sale or offer for sale, report to the commissioner the leakage rate, in grams of refrigerant per year, for the type of mobile air conditioner contained in that make, model, and model year. The leakage rate must be calculated using the information provided in the most recently published version of the SAE International document J2727, "HFC-134a Mobile Air Conditioning System Emission Chart." The method by which the leakage rate is calculated, accounting for each component of the air conditioning unit, must also be reported to the commissioner. Subd. 2. Posting. Beginning January 1, 2009, the agency and the Office of the Attorney General must post on their websites: (1) the leakage rate disclosed by a manufacturer under subdivision 1 for each model and make of new motor vehicle sold or offered for sale in this state; and (2) the following statement: "Vehicle air conditioning systems may leak refrigerants. Information provided in the chart compares the potential global warming effects of refrigerant leakage from different makes and models of vehicles." History:   2008 c 296 art 1 s 23
MN Stat § 216H.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 216 - 217 — Utilities|Chapter 216H — Greenhouse Gas Emissions|Section 216H.13 — Enforcement.

216H.13 ENFORCEMENT. Sections 216H.10 to 216H.12 may be enforced under section 116.072. History:   2008 c 296 art 1 s 24
MN Stat § 218.011 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 218 — Common Carriers, Rail Transportation|Section 218.011 — Definitions.

218.011 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter and chapters 219 and 222, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  [Renumbered subd 10] Subd. 3.  [Renumbered subd 12] Subd. 4.  [Renumbered subd 13] Subd. 5.  [Renumbered subd 11] Subd. 6.  [Renumbered subd 9] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1999 c 86 art 1 s 83] Subd. 8. Commission. "Commission" means the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Commission. Subd. 9. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Transportation. Subd. 10. Common carrier. "Common carrier" shall mean railroad companies, except private railroads; express companies; and persons, natural or artificial, engaged in rail transportation as common carriers for hire. Subd. 11. Department. "Department" means the Department of Transportation. Subd. 12. Railroad. "Railroad" shall include all railways, bridges, car floats, lighters and ferries used by or operated in connection with any railroad; and also all the road in use by any common carrier operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement or lease; and also all switches, spurs, tracks, terminals and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in the transportation of the persons or property designated herein, including all freight depots, yards and grounds, used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any such property. Subd. 13. Transportation. "Transportation" shall include locomotives, steam, diesel or electric powered engines, cars and other vehicles, vessels and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof, and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration, or icing, storage and handling of property transported. History:  Ex1957 c 10 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 14; 1980 c 460 s 3; 1980 c 534 s 18; 1998 c 403 s 29; 2000 c 459 s 1
MN Stat § 218.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 218 — Common Carriers, Rail Transportation|Section 218.025 — Rates For Shipping Road Materials.

218.025 RATES FOR SHIPPING ROAD MATERIALS. The commissioner may make schedules of intrastate rates for railroads for the transportation of sand, gravel, crushed rock, and other materials to be used in the construction or maintenance of public roads and streets by or under the direction of public authorities, which rates may be lower than those charged for transporting the same kind of freight for all other purposes. History:  1957 c 943 s 27; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 16; 1980 c 534 s 20; 1998 c 403 s 29
MN Stat § 218.031 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 218 - 222 — Carriers|Chapter 218 — Common Carriers, Rail Transportation|Section 218.031 — Common Carrier, Duties.

218.031 COMMON CARRIER, DUTIES. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 2. Information furnished commissioner. Every common carrier shall furnish to the commissioner a report of accidents, wrecks, and casualties occurring in this state in a manner and form and at the times prescribed by the commissioner. All such reports administered by the Department of Public Safety must be received and administered in accordance with section 169.09, subdivision 13. All other reports are open to public inspection but are not admissible in evidence in any suit or action for damages growing out of such accident, wreck, or casualty. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 9.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] Subd. 10.  [Repealed, 2014 c 227 art 1 s 23] History:  Ex1957 c 10 s 3; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1971 c 160 s 1; 1975 c 313 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 17; 1980 c 534 s 21-24; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 17; 1982 c 561 s 6; 1983 c 77 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 403 s 29; 2001 c 213 s 21