Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 116C · 53 active provisions
The legislature of the state of Minnesota finds that problems related to the environment often encompass the responsibilities of several state agencies and that solutions to these environmental problems require the interaction of these agencies. The legislature also finds that further debate concerning population, econ…
Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116C.01 to 116C.08, the following terms have the meaning given them. Subd. 2. Board. "Board" means the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board.
Subdivision 1. Creation. An environmental quality board, designated as the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, is hereby created. Subd. 2. Membership. The members of the board are the commissioner of administration, the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of n…
Subdivision 1. Scope; votes. The powers and duties of the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board shall be as provided in this section and as otherwise provided by law or executive order. Actions of the board shall be taken only at an open meeting upon a majority vote of all the permanent members of the board. Subd. 2. J…
Subdivision 1. Process. The board shall hold public hearings on matters that it determines to be of major environmental impact. The board shall prescribe by rule in conformity to the provisions of chapter 14, the procedures for the conduct of all hearings and review procedures. Subd. 2. Delegating hearings officer. (a)…
The board may apply for, receive, and disburse federal funds made available to the state by federal law or rules promulgated thereunder for any purpose related to the powers and duties of the board. The board shall comply with any and all requirements of such federal law or such rules and regulations promulgated thereu…
Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Bureau of Business Licenses shall establish and maintain an information and referral system to assist the public in the understanding and compliance with the requirements of state and local governmental rules concerning the use of natural resources and protection of the environment. The syst…
The legislature finds that the disposal and transportation of high-level radioactive waste is of vital concern to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Minnesota, and to the economic and environmental resources of Minnesota. To ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the people, and to protect the air, lan…
Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116C.71 to 116C.74, the terms defined in this section have the meaning given them. Subd. 1a. Area characterization plan. "Area characterization plan" means the official plan prepared by the Department of Energy for a specific geographic area outlining the propo…
Subdivision 1. Establishment. The governor's Nuclear Waste Council is established. Subd. 2. Membership. (a) The council shall have at least nine members, consisting of: (1) the commissioners of health, transportation, and natural resources, and the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; (2) four citizen members…
Notwithstanding any provision of sections 216C.05 to 216C.381 to the contrary, no person shall construct or operate a radioactive waste management facility within Minnesota unless expressly authorized by the Minnesota legislature.
Subdivision 1. Information meetings. The board shall conduct public information meetings within an area designated in a draft area recommendation report, final area recommendation report, draft area characterization plan, or final area characterization plan. Information meetings shall be held within 30 days after the b…
If an Indian tribal council that has jurisdiction over part of a potentially impacted area within the state requests legal or technical assistance, the board shall provide assistance.
Subdivision 1. Requirement. Upon notice from the Department of Energy that Minnesota contains a potentially impacted area, the chair of the council shall negotiate a consultation and cooperation agreement with the federal government. Subd. 2. Disposal studies. Unless the state has executed a consultation and cooperatio…
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)…
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 wa…
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, sect…
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 364 days, or both. Subd. 2. Violations; pe…
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,…
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, a…
(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 nucl…
(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 S…
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 combinati…
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…
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 nuclea…