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Section 115A.01 — Citation. - Chapter 115A shall be known as the "Waste Management Act."...
Section 115A.02 — Legislative Declaration Of Policy; Purposes. - (a) It is the goal of this chapter to protect...
Section 115A.03 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the...
Section 115A.034 — Enforcement. - This chapter may be enforced under sections 115.071 and 116.072....
Section 115A.06 — Powers Of Pollution Control Agency. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1989 c 335 art 1 s 270]...
Section 115A.07 — Duties; General. - Subdivision 1. Interagency coordination. The commissioner of the Pollution Control...
Section 115A.0716 — Environmental Assistance Grant And Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Grants. (a) The commissioner may make grants to...
Section 115A.072 — Public Education. - Subdivision 1. Environmental education programs. The commissioner shall provide for...
Section 115A.073 — Environmental Education Goals And Plan. - The environmental education program described in this section and section...
Section 115A.074 — Environmental Education Resource Centers. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner may establish environmental education resource...
Section 115A.075 — Legislative Policy Against Disposal Of Hazardous Waste. - (a) The legislature finds that hazardous waste must be managed...
Section 115A.10 — Duties Of Pollution Control Agency; Hazardous Waste Facilities; Encouraging Private Enterprise. - The agency and the commissioner on behalf of the agency...
Section 115A.11 — Hazardous Waste Management Plan. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. The agency shall adopt, amend as appropriate,...
Section 115A.121 — Toxics And Pollution Prevention Evaluation; Consolidated Report. - The commissioner shall prepare and adopt a report on pollution...
Section 115A.1310 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 115A.1310 to...
Section 115A.1312 — Registration Program. - Subdivision 1. Requirements for sale. (a) On or after September...
Section 115A.1314 — Manufacturer Registration Fee. - Subdivision 1. Registration fee. (a) Each manufacturer who registers under...
Section 115A.1316 — Reporting Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Manufacturer reporting requirements. (a) By March 1 each...
Section 115A.1318 — Responsibilities. - Subdivision 1. Manufacturer responsibilities. (a) In addition to fulfilling the...
Section 115A.1320 — Agency And Department Duties. - Subdivision 1. Duties of agency. (a) The agency shall administer...
Section 115A.1322 — Other Recycling Programs. - A city, county, or other public agency may not require...
Section 115A.1323 — Anticompetitive Conduct. - (a) A manufacturer that organizes collection or recycling under sections...
Section 115A.1324 — Requirements For Purchases By State Agencies. - (a) The Department of Administration must ensure that acquisitions of...
Section 115A.1326 — Regulating Video Display Devices. - If the United States Environmental Protection Agency adopts regulations under...
Section 115A.1328 — Multistate Implementation. - The agency and department are authorized to participate in the...
Section 115A.1330 — Limitations. - Sections 115A.1310 to 115A.1330 expire if a federal law, or...
Section 115A.1415 — Architectural Paint; Product Stewardship Program; Stewardship Plan. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 115A.142 — Report To Legislature And Governor. - As part of the report required under section 115A.121, the...
Section 115A.15 — State Government Resource Recovery. - Subdivision 1. Program established. There is established within state government...
Section 115A.151 — Recycling Requirements; Public Entities; Commercial Buildings; Sports Facilities. - (a) A public entity, the owner of a sports facility,...
Section 115A.152 — Technical And Research Assistance To Generators. - Subdivision 1. Purposes. The commissioner shall provide for the establishment...
Section 115A.158 — Requests For Proposals; Processing And Collection Facilities And Services. - Subdivision 1. Request for and contents of proposal. (a) The...
Section 115A.175 — Siting And Facility Development Authority; Limitations. - Subdivision 1. Siting activity. The agency shall terminate all activity...
Section 115A.18 — Legislative Findings; Purpose. - The legislature finds that proper management of hazardous waste generated...
Section 115A.19 — Procedure Not Exclusive. - Except as provided in Minnesota Statutes 1980, section 115A.21, subdivision...
Section 115A.191 — Voluntary Contracts With Counties. - Subdivision 1. Agency to seek contracts. The agency and any...
Section 115A.192 — Request For Proposals; Stabilization And Containment Facility. - Subdivision 1. Request for proposals. The commissioner shall issue requests...
Section 115A.193 — Report On Facility Development. - (a) The commissioner shall prepare a report concerning the development...
Section 115A.194 — Evaluating And Selecting Sites; Permits. - Subdivision 1. Procedure. The agency shall proceed to take the...
Section 115A.195 — Ownership; Agreements To Manage Facility. - The stabilization and containment facility developed under sections 115A.18 to...
Section 115A.20 — Evaluating Sites. - (a) The agency shall not be required to promulgate rules...
Section 115A.24 — Stabilization And Containment Facilities; Estimate Of Need; Analysis Of Economic Feasibility. - Subdivision 1. Estimating need for facilities. (a) The agency shall...
Section 115A.28 — Final Decision. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 2....
Section 115A.30 — Judicial Review. - Any civil action maintained by or against the Pollution Control...
Section 115A.301 — Indemnifying Certain Damages Arising From Stabilization And Containment Facility. - Subdivision 1. Operator to indemnify; exceptions. (a) As a condition...
Section 115A.31 — Local Government Decisions; Timelines. - (a) If a county applies for or requests approval of...
Section 115A.32 — Rules. - The board shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 14 to...
Section 115A.33 — Eligibility; Request For Review. - 115A.33 MS 1992 [Repealed, 1994 c 628 art 3 s...
Section 115A.34 — Appointing Temporary Board Members. - Within 45 days of the submission of a request determined...
Section 115A.35 — Review Procedure. - (a) The board shall meet to commence the supplementary review...
Section 115A.36 — Scope And Content Of Review. - In its review and final decision on the proposed facility,...
Section 115A.37 — Final Decision Of Board. - Subdivision 1. Approval or disapproval. In its final decision on...
Section 115A.38 — Reconciliation Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Reports to legislative commission. At least 30 days...
Section 115A.39 — Judicial Review. - Judicial review with respect to conduct or decisions in supplementary...
Section 115A.411 — Solid Waste Management Policy; Consolidated Report. - Subdivision 1. Authority; purpose. The commissioner shall prepare and adopt...
Section 115A.415 — Substandard Disposal Facilities. - (a) Beginning July 1, 1995: (1) a person may not...
Section 115A.42 — Regional And Local Solid Waste Management Planning. - There is established a program to encourage and improve regional...
Section 115A.45 — Technical Assistance. - The commissioner shall provide for technical assistance to encourage and...
Section 115A.46 — Regional And Local Solid Waste Management Plan; Requirements. - Subdivision 1. General. (a) Plans shall address the state policies...
Section 115A.471 — Public Entities; Managing Solid Waste. - (a) Prior to entering into or approving a contract for...
Section 115A.48 — Market Development For Recyclable Materials And Compost. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner shall assist and encourage the...
Section 115A.49 — Solid Waste Management Projects. - There is established a program to encourage and assist cities,...
Section 115A.50 — Eligible Recipients. - Eligible recipients for assistance under the program shall be limited...
Section 115A.51 — Application Requirements. - (a) Applications for assistance under the program must demonstrate: (1)...
Section 115A.52 — Technical Assistance For Projects. - The commissioner shall ensure the delivery of technical assistance for...
Section 115A.54 — Waste Processing Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Purposes; public interest; declaration of policy. The legislature...
Section 115A.541 — Plan; Grant Requirement. - The commissioner may approve a plan under section 115A.46 or...
Section 115A.55 — Solid Waste Reduction. - Subdivision 1. Coordination. The commissioner shall develop and coordinate solid...
Section 115A.5501 — Reducing Packaging In Waste. - Subdivision 1. Statewide reduction goal. It is the goal of...
Section 115A.5502 — Packaging Practices; Preferences; Goals. - Packaging forms a substantial portion of solid waste and contributes...
Section 115A.551 — Recycling. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 115A.552 — Opportunity To Recycle. - Subdivision 1. County requirement. Counties shall ensure that residents, including...
Section 115A.553 — Collecting And Transporting Recyclable Materials. - Subdivision 1. Collection centers and transportation required. Each county must...
Section 115A.554 — Authority Of Sanitary Districts. - A sanitary district has the authorities and duties of counties...
Section 115A.555 — Recycling Center Designation. - The agency shall designate recycling centers for the purpose of...
Section 115A.556 — Materials Used For Recycling. - Materials and products used for recycling such as containers, receptacles,...
Section 115A.557 — County Waste Reduction And Recycling Funding. - Subdivision 1. Distribution; formula. Any funds appropriated to the commissioner...
Section 115A.558 — Safety Guide. - The Pollution Control Agency shall prepare and distribute to all...
Section 115A.559 — Composting; Competitive Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Grant program established. The commissioner shall make competitive...
Section 115A.565 — Recycling; Competitive Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Grant program established. The commissioner must make competitive...
Section 115A.58 — State Waste Management Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue bonds. The commissioner of management...
Section 115A.59 — Bond Authorization. - The commissioner of management and budget is authorized, upon request...
Section 115A.62 — Purpose; Public Interest; Declaration Of Policy. - The legislature finds that the development of integrated and coordinated...
Section 115A.63 — Solid Waste Management Districts. - Subdivision 1. Legal status. Solid waste management districts established pursuant...
Section 115A.64 — Procedure For Establishing And Altering. - Subdivision 1. Local petition. Waste districts shall be established and...
Section 115A.65 — Perpetual Existence. - A waste district created under the provisions of sections 115A.62...
Section 115A.66 — Termination. - Subdivision 1. Petition. Proceedings for the termination of a district...
Section 115A.67 — Organization Of District. - Subdivision 1. Chair; board. The chair shall be elected from...
Section 115A.68 — Registered Office. - Every district shall maintain an office in this state to...
Section 115A.69 — Powers. - Subdivision 1. General. A district shall have all powers necessary...
Section 115A.70 — Designating Resource Recovery Facilities. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1984 c 644 s 82] Subd. 2....
Section 115A.71 — Bonding Powers. - Subdivision 1. General. A district may exercise the bonding powers...
Section 115A.715 — Solid Waste Authority. - A district has all the authority of a county for...
Section 115A.72 — Audit. - The board of directors, at the close of each year's...
Section 115A.80 — Designating Solid Waste Management Facilities; Legislative Finding. - In order to further the state policies and purposes expressed...
Section 115A.81 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 115A.80 to...
Section 115A.82 — Eligibility. - Facilities may be designated under sections 115A.80 to 115A.89 by:...
Section 115A.83 — Wastes Subject To Designation; Exemptions. - Subdivision 1. Application. Designation applies to the following wastes: (1)...
Section 115A.84 — Designation Plan. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. Before commencing the designation procedure under section...
Section 115A.85 — Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. A district or county with an approved...
Section 115A.86 — Implementing Designation. - Subdivision 1. Designation ordinance. (a) The district or county shall...
Section 115A.87 — Judicial Review; Attorney General To Provide Counsel. - (a) An action challenging a designation must be brought within...
Section 115A.88 — Service Guarantee. - The district or county may not arbitrarily terminate, suspend, or...
Section 115A.882 — Records; Inspection. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (1)...
Section 115A.89 — Supervising Implementation. - The commissioner shall: (1) require regular reports on the implementation...
Section 115A.893 — Petition For Exclusion. - Subdivision 1. Petition for exclusion. Any person proposing to own...
Section 115A.90 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...
Section 115A.902 — Permit; Tire Collectors And Processors. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. A tire collector or tire processor...
Section 115A.904 — Land Disposal Prohibited. - The disposal of waste tires in the land is prohibited...
Section 115A.908 — Motor Vehicle Transfer Fee. - Subdivision 1. Fee charged. A fee of $10 shall be...
Section 115A.909 — Shredder Residue; Management. - The commissioner, in consultation with persons who are engaged in...
Section 115A.912 — Waste Tires; Management. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. Money appropriated to the agency for waste...
Section 115A.914 — Administration; County Planning And Ordinances. - Subdivision 1. Regulatory and enforcement powers. For purposes of implementing...
Section 115A.915 — Lead Acid Batteries; Land Disposal Prohibited. - A person may not place a lead acid battery in...
Section 115A.9152 — Transporting Used Lead Acid Batteries. - (a) A person who transports used lead acid batteries from...
Section 115A.9155 — Disposing Of Certain Dry Cell Batteries. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition. A person may not place in mixed...
Section 115A.9157 — Rechargeable Batteries And Products. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, "rechargeable...
Section 115A.916 — Motor Vehicle Fluids And Filters; Prohibitions. - (a) A person may not knowingly place motor oil, brake...
Section 115A.917 — Certificate Of Need. - No new capacity for disposal of mixed municipal solid waste...
Section 115A.918 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...
Section 115A.919 — County Fee Authority. - Subdivision 1. Fee. (a) A county may impose a fee,...
Section 115A.921 — City Or Town; Fee Authority. - Subdivision 1. Mixed municipal solid waste. (a) A city or...
Section 115A.923 — Greater Minnesota; Landfill Cleanup Fee. - Subdivision 1. Amount of fee. (a) The operator of a...
Section 115A.929 — Fees; Accounting. - Each political subdivision that provides for solid waste management shall...
Section 115A.93 — Licensing; Solid Waste Collection. - Subdivision 1. License and registration required; reporting. (a) A person...
Section 115A.9301 — Solid Waste Collection; Volume- Or Weight-based Pricing. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. A local government unit that collects charges...
Section 115A.9302 — Waste Deposit; Disclosure. - Subdivision 1. Disclosure required. (a) By January 1, 1994, and...
Section 115A.931 — Yard Waste; Prohibition. - (a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan...
Section 115A.932 — Mercury Prohibition. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions and recycling requirements. (a) A person may...
Section 115A.935 — Solid Waste Generated Outside Minnesota. - No person shall transport into or deposit in this state,...
Section 115A.936 — Construction Debris As Cover Material Prohibited. - (a) Construction debris or residuals from processed construction debris containing...
Section 115A.94 — Organized Collection. - Subdivision 1. Definition. "Organized collection" means a system for collecting...
Section 115A.941 — Solid Waste; Required Collection. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), each city, and...
Section 115A.945 — Visible Costs; Solid Waste Management. - Any political subdivision that provides or pays for the costs...
Section 115A.95 — Recyclable Materials. - (a) Recyclable materials must be delivered to the appropriate materials...
Section 115A.951 — Telephone Directories. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, a...
Section 115A.952 — Retail Sale Of Problem Materials; Uniform Labeling And Consumer Information. - Subdivision 1. Duties of agency; rules. The agency may adopt...
Section 115A.956 — Solid Waste Disposal; Problem Materials. - Subdivision 1. Problem material; processing and disposal plan. The agency...
Section 115A.9561 — Major Appliances. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions. A person may not: (1) place major...
Section 115A.9565 — Cathode-ray Tube Prohibition. - Effective July 1, 2006, a person may not place in...
Section 115A.96 — Household Hazardous Waste; Management. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:...
Section 115A.961 — Household Batteries; Collection, Processing, And Disposal. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "household...
Section 115A.965 — Prohibitions On Selected Toxics In Packaging. - Subdivision 1. Packaging. (a) As soon as feasible but not...
Section 115A.9651 — Listed Metals In Specified Products; Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition. After July 1, 1998, no person may...
Section 115A.97 — Special Waste; Incinerator Ash. - Subdivision 1. Policy; goals. (a) It is the policy of...
Section 115A.99 — Litter; Penalties And Damages. - Subdivision 1. Civil penalty. (a) A person who unlawfully places...