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MN Stat § 116C.724 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.724 — Drilling Permits; Access To Test Data; Public Meetings; Negotiations.

116C.724 DRILLING PERMITS; ACCESS TO TEST DATA; PUBLIC MEETINGS; NEGOTIATIONS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 13 s 245] Subd. 2. Drilling. A permit shall be obtained from the Environmental Quality Board, in accordance with chapter 14, for any geologic and hydrologic drilling related to disposal. Conditions of obtaining and retaining the permit must be specified by rule and must include: (1) compliance with state drilling and drill hole restoration rules as an exploratory boring under chapter 103I; (2) proof that access to the test site has been obtained by a negotiated agreement or other legal process; (3) payment by the permittee of a fee covering the costs of processing and monitoring drilling activities; (4) unrestricted access by the commissioner of health, the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the director of the Minnesota Geological Survey, the agent of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04, and their employees and agents to the drilling sites to inspect and monitor the drill holes, drilling operations, and abandoned sites, and to sample air and water that may be affected by drilling; (5) submission of splits or portions of a core sample, requested by the commissioner of natural resources or director of the Minnesota Geological Survey, except that the commissioner or director may accept certified data on the sample in lieu of a sample if certain samples are required in their entirety by the permittee; and (6) that a sample submitted may become property of the state. Subd. 3. Other requirements. (a) A person who conducts geologic, hydrologic, or geophysical testing or studies shall provide unrestricted access to both raw and interpretive data to the chair and the director of the Minnesota Geological Survey or their designated representatives. The raw and interpretive data includes core samples, well logs, water samples and chemical analyses, survey charts and graphs, and predecisional reports. Studies and data shall be made available within 30 days of a formal request by the chair. (b) A person proposing to investigate shall hold at least one public meeting before a required permit is issued, and during the investigation at least once every three months, during the investigation within the potentially impacted area. The meetings shall provide the public with current information on the progress of the investigation. The person investigating shall respond in writing to the Environmental Quality Board about concerns and issues raised at the public meetings. (c) Before a person engages in negotiations regarding property interests in land or water, or permitting activities, the person shall notify the chair in writing. Copies of terms and agreements shall also be provided to the chair. History:  1984 c 453 s 14; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 245; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 309 s 24; 1995 c 186 s 32; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 116C.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.73 — Transporting Radioactive Wastes Into State.

116C.73 TRANSPORTING RADIOACTIVE WASTES INTO STATE. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 216C.05 to 216C.381 to the contrary, no person shall transport radioactive wastes into the state of Minnesota for the purpose of disposal by burial in soil or permanent storage within Minnesota unless expressly authorized by the Minnesota legislature, except that radioactive wastes may be transported into the state for temporary storage in accordance with applicable federal and state law for up to 12 months pending transportation out of the state. History:  1977 c 416 s 3; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 19; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 116C.731 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.731 — Transporting High-level Radioactive Waste.

116C.731 TRANSPORTING HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE. Subdivision 1. Notification. Before a shipment of high-level radioactive waste is transported in the state, the shipper shall notify the commissioner of public safety. The notice shall include the route, date, and time of the shipment in addition to information required under Code of Federal Regulations, title 10, sections 71.5a and 73.37(f). Subd. 2. Highway routes. Pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 177, the commissioner may require preferred routes, dates, or times for transporting high-level radioactive waste if the commissioner determines, in accordance with United States Department of Transportation "Guidelines for Selecting Preferred Highway Routes for Large Quantity Shipments of Radioactive Materials," that alternatives are safer than those proposed. On an annual basis the commissioner shall review federally approved highway routes for transporting high-level radioactive waste in the state and select new state-designated routes in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 177, if safety considerations indicate the alternate routes would be preferable. The state does not incur any liability by requiring the alternate routes, dates, or times to be used. Subd. 3. Transportation fee. A person who intends to transport high-level radioactive waste shall submit a transportation fee to the commissioner of public safety in the amount of $1,000 for each vehicle carrying high-level radioactive waste in each shipment with the information required in subdivision 1. The fees shall be deposited by the commissioner into the general fund. Subd. 4. Emergency response plan. The commissioner of public safety shall consult with the commissioners of health and transportation, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, and representatives of the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal Emergency Management Agency, and the United States Department of Transportation and before December 1, 1984, shall prepare a plan for emergency response to a high-level radioactive waste transportation accident, including plans for evacuation and cleanup. The commissioner of public safety shall report by January 1 of each year to the legislature on the status of the plan and the ability of the state to respond adequately to an accident. Subd. 5. Applicability. This section does not apply to radioactive materials shipped by or for the United States government for military, national security, or national defense purposes. This section does not require disclosure of defense information or restricted data as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, United States Code, title 42, section 2014, as amended. History:  1984 c 453 s 15; 1987 c 186 s 15
MN Stat § 116C.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.74 — Penalties.

116C.74 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Penalties. Any person who violates section 116C.72 or who causes radioactive wastes to be shipped in violation of section 116C.73 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $20,000 or a sentence of imprisonment of not more than one year, or both. Subd. 2. Violations; penalties. (a) A person who violates section 116C.723, 116C.724, or 116C.731 is: (1) guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine of not more than $20,000; and (2) subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day of violation, payable to the state, and may be ordered by the court to pay to the state an additional sum as compensation for cleanup and for pollution, destruction, or impairment of the environment, including but not limited to contamination of water supplies or water aquifers. (b) A violation of section 116C.723, 116C.724, or 116C.731 may be enjoined as provided by law in an action in the name of the state brought by the attorney general. (c) This subdivision does not limit other remedies otherwise available to either the state or private parties for violations of section 116C.723, 116C.724, or 116C.731. History:  1977 c 416 s 4; 1984 c 453 s 16; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 116C.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.75 — Definitions.

116C.75 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this section and section 116C.76. Subd. 2. Groundwater. "Groundwater" means the water contained below the surface of the earth in the saturated zone including, without limitation, all waters whether under confined, unconfined, or perched conditions, in near surface unconsolidated sediment or regolith, or in rock formations deeper underground. Subd. 3. Undisturbed performance. "Undisturbed performance" means the predicted behavior of a radioactive waste management facility, including consideration of the uncertainties in predicted behavior, if the radioactive waste management facility is not disrupted by human intrusion or unlikely natural events. History:   1986 c 425 s 10
MN Stat § 116C.76 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.76 — Nuclear Waste Depository; Release Into Groundwater.

116C.76 NUCLEAR WASTE DEPOSITORY; RELEASE INTO GROUNDWATER. Subdivision 1. Radionuclide release levels. Radioactive waste management facilities for spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes must be designed to provide a reasonable expectation that the undisturbed performance of the radioactive waste management facility will not cause the radionuclide concentrations, averaged over any year, in groundwater to exceed: (1) five picocuries per liter of radium-226 and radium-228; (2) 15 picocuries per liter of alpha-emitting radionuclides including radium-226 and radium-228, but excluding radon; or (3) the combined concentrations of radionuclides that emit either beta or gamma radiation that would produce an annual dose equivalent to the total body of any internal organ greater than four millirems per year if an individual consumed two liters per day of drinking water from the groundwater. Subd. 2. Disposal restricted. The location or construction of a radioactive waste management facility for high-level radioactive waste is prohibited where the average annual radionuclide concentrations in groundwater before construction of the facility exceed the limits in subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Protecting against release. Radioactive waste management facilities must be selected, located, and designed to keep any allowable radionuclide releases to the groundwater as low as reasonably achievable. History:   1986 c 425 s 11
MN Stat § 116C.77 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.77 — Legislative Authorization For Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation At Prairie Island.

116C.77 LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR INDEPENDENT SPENT FUEL STORAGE INSTALLATION AT PRAIRIE ISLAND. (a) The legislature recognizes that: (1) the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board on May 16, 1991, reviewed and found adequate a final environmental impact statement ("EIS") on the proposal to construct and operate a dry cask storage facility for the temporary storage of spent nuclear fuel from the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant; (2) the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission reviewed and approved a safety analysis report on the facility and on October 19, 1993, granted a license for the facility; and (3) the Public Utilities Commission in Docket No. E002/CN-91-91 reviewed the facility and approved a limited certificate of need approving the use of casks. (b) The Minnesota legislature in compliance with section 116C.72, hereby ratifies and approves the EIS and the limited certificate of need and authorizes the use of casks at Prairie Island in accordance with the terms and conditions of the certificate of need as modified by Laws 1994, chapter 641, and without further environmental review under chapter 116D or further administrative review under section 216B.243. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 116C.771 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.771 — Additional Cask Limitations.

116C.771 ADDITIONAL CASK LIMITATIONS. (a) Five casks may be filled and used at Prairie Island on May 11, 1994. (b) An additional four casks may be filled and used at Prairie Island if the Environmental Quality Board determines that, by December 31, 1996, the public utility operating the Prairie Island plant has filed a license application with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a spent nuclear fuel storage facility off of Prairie Island in Goodhue County, is continuing to make a good faith effort to implement the site, and has constructed, contracted for construction and operation, or purchased installed capacity of 100 megawatts of wind power in addition to wind power under construction or contract on May 11, 1994. (c)(1) An additional eight casks may be filled and placed at Prairie Island if the legislature has not revoked the authorization under clause (2) or the public utility has satisfied the wind power and biomass mandate requirements in sections 216B.2423, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), and 216B.2424, subdivision 5, paragraph (a), clause (1), and the alternative site in Goodhue County is operational or under construction. (2) If the site is not under construction or operational or the wind mandates are not satisfied, the legislature may revoke the authorization for the additional eight casks by a law enacted prior to June 1, 1999. (d) Except as provided under paragraph (e), dry cask storage capacity for high-level nuclear waste within the state may not be increased beyond the casks authorized by section 116C.77 or their equivalent storage capacity. (e) This section does not prohibit a public utility from applying for or the Public Utilities Commission from granting a certificate of need for dry cask storage to accommodate the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant within this state. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 2
MN Stat § 116C.772 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.772 — Public Utility Responsibilities.

116C.772 PUBLIC UTILITY RESPONSIBILITIES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, "public utility" means the public utility operating the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant. Subd. 2. Dry cask alternatives study. The public utility must submit to the Legislative Electric Energy Task Force a reevaluation of all alternatives and combinations of those alternatives to dry cask storage. Subd. 3. Worker transition plan. The public utility must submit to the Department of Employment and Economic Development a worker transition plan if there is a shutdown of the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant for longer than six months. Subd. 4. Nuclear power phase-out plan. The public utility must submit to the Electric Energy Task Force a detailed plan for the phase-out of all nuclear power generated by the utility. Subd. 5. Decommissioning plan. The public utility must submit to the Electric Energy Task Force a decommissioning plan for TN-40 storage casks after the casks are emptied of spent fuel. History:  1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 641 art 1 s 3; 2004 c 206 s 52
MN Stat § 116C.773 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.773 — Contractual Agreement.

116C.773 CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. The authorization for dry casks contained in section 116C.77 is not effective until the governor, on behalf of the state, and the public utility operating the Prairie Island nuclear plant enter into an agreement binding the parties to the terms of sections 116C.771 and 116C.772 and the mandate for 200 megawatts of wind power and 75 megawatts of biomass required by December 31, 2002, in sections 216B.2423, subdivision 1, and 216B.2424. The Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Council at Prairie Island is an intended third-party beneficiary of this agreement and has standing to enforce the agreement. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 116C.774 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.774 — Authorization.

116C.774 AUTHORIZATION. To the extent that the Radioactive Waste Management Act, section 116C.72, requires legislative authorization of the operation of certain facilities, this section expressly authorizes the continued operation of the Monticello nuclear generating plant spent nuclear fuel pool storage facility and the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant spent nuclear fuel pool storage facility. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 116C.775 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.775 — Shipment Priorities; Nuclear Plants.

116C.775 SHIPMENT PRIORITIES; NUCLEAR PLANTS. If a storage or disposal site becomes available outside of the state to accept high-level nuclear waste stored at Prairie Island or Monticello, the waste contained in dry casks shall be shipped to that site before the shipment of any waste from the spent nuclear fuel storage pool. Once waste is shipped that was contained in a cask, the cask must be decommissioned and not used for further storage. History:  1994 c 641 art 1 s 6; 2007 c 57 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 116C.776 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.776 — Alternative Cask Technology For Spent Fuel Storage.

116C.776 ALTERNATIVE CASK TECHNOLOGY FOR SPENT FUEL STORAGE. If the Public Utilities Commission determines that casks or other containers that allow for transportation as well as storage of spent nuclear fuel exist and are economically feasible for storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel generated by the Prairie Island nuclear power generating plant, the commission shall order their use to replace use of the casks that are only usable for storage, but not transportation. If the commission orders use of dual-purpose casks under this section, it must authorize use of a number of dual-purpose casks that provides the same total storage capacity that is authorized under sections 116C.77 to 116C.779; provided, that the total cask storage capacity permitted under sections 116C.77 to 116C.779 may not exceed the capacity of the TN-40 casks authorized under section 116C.77. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 7
MN Stat § 116C.777 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.777 — Site.

116C.777 SITE. The spent fuel contents of dry casks located on Prairie Island must be moved immediately upon the availability of another site for storage of the spent fuel that is not located on Prairie Island or at Monticello. History:  1994 c 641 art 1 s 8; 2007 c 57 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 116C.778 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.778 — Reracking.

116C.778 RERACKING. The spent fuel storage pool at Prairie Island may be reracked a third time. The reracking does not require legislative authorization but is subject to other applicable state review. The additional storage capacity added by the third reracking and utilized when added to the total storage capacity of dry cask storage utilized, cannot exceed the total capacity of 17 TN-40 casks. History:   1994 c 641 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 116C.7792 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.7792 — Solar Energy Production Incentive Program.

116C.7792 SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM. (a) The utility subject to section 116C.779 shall operate a program to provide solar energy production incentives for solar energy systems of no more than a total aggregate nameplate capacity of 40 kilowatts alternating current per premise. The owner of a solar energy system installed before June 1, 2018, is eligible to receive a production incentive under this section for any additional solar energy systems constructed at the same customer location, provided that the aggregate capacity of all systems at the customer location does not exceed 40 kilowatts. (b) The program is funded by money withheld from transfer to the renewable development account under section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (e). Program funds must be placed in a separate account for the purpose of the solar energy production incentive program operated by the utility and not for any other program or purpose. (c) Funds allocated to the solar energy production incentive program in 2019 and 2020 remain available to the solar energy production incentive program. (d) The following amounts are allocated to the solar energy production incentive program: (1) $10,000,000 in 2021; (2) $10,000,000 in 2022; (3) $5,000,000 in 2023; and (4) $5,000,000 in 2024. (e) Funds allocated to the solar energy production incentive program that have not been committed to a specific project at the end of a program year remain available to the solar energy production incentive program. (f) Any unspent amount remaining on January 1, 2025, must be transferred to the renewable development account. (g) A solar energy system receiving a production incentive under this section must be sized to less than 120 percent of the customer's on-site annual energy consumption when combined with other distributed generation resources and subscriptions provided under section 216B.1641 associated with the premise. The production incentive must be paid for ten years commencing with the commissioning of the system. (h) The utility must file a plan to operate the program with the commissioner of commerce. The utility may not operate the program until it is approved by the commissioner. A change to the program to include projects up to a nameplate capacity of 40 kilowatts or less does not require the utility to file a plan with the commissioner. Any plan approved by the commissioner of commerce must not provide an increased incentive scale over prior years unless the commissioner demonstrates that changes in the market for solar energy facilities require an increase. History:  2013 c 85 art 10 s 1; 2017 c 94 art 10 s 4; 2018 c 193 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 7 art 11 s 1; 2020 c 118 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 8 s 5
MN Stat § 116C.832 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 114C - 116I — Environmental Protection|Chapter 116C — Environmental Quality Board|Section 116C.832 — Definitions.

116C.832 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms defined in compact. The terms defined in article II of the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact have the meanings given them for the purposes of sections 116C.833 to 116C.849. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1996 c 428 s 14] Subd. 3. Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 4.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 5] Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 5.  MS 1990 [Renumbered subd 4] Subd. 5. Compact. "Compact" means the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. Subd. 5a. Committee. "Committee" means the Facility Siting Policy Development Committee established under section 116C.842. Subd. 6. Interstate Commission. "Interstate Commission" means the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. Subd. 7.  [Repealed, 1996 c 428 s 14] Subd. 8.  [Repealed, 1996 c 428 s 14] History:  1983 c 353 s 2; 1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 311 s 1-3; 1996 c 428 s 2,3