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Section 116.01 — Policy. - To meet the variety and complexity of problems relating to...
Section 116.011 — Pollution Report. - A goal of the Pollution Control Agency is to reduce...
Section 116.02 — Pollution Control Agency; Creation And Powers. - Subdivision 1. Creation. A pollution control agency, designated as the...
Section 116.03 — Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Office. (a) The Office of Commissioner of the...
Section 116.04 — Executive Secretary. - The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency is the executive...
Section 116.05 — Cooperation. - Subdivision 1. Other departments and agencies. All state departments and...
Section 116.06 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions given in this section shall...
Section 116.061 — Air Pollution; Emissions And Abatement. - Subdivision 1. Emission notification required. (a) A person who controls...
Section 116.07 — Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Generally. In addition to any powers or duties...
Section 116.071 — Cause Of Action For Abandoning Hazardous Waste On Property Of Another. - (a) If an owner of property on which containers of...
Section 116.0711 — Feedlot Permits; Conditions; County Grants. - Subdivision 1. Conditions. (a) The agency shall not require feedlot...
Section 116.0712 — Modified Level One Feedlot Inventory. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a delegated county...
Section 116.0713 — Livestock Odor. - (a) The Pollution Control Agency must: (1) monitor and identify...
Section 116.0715 — Limit On Basis For Action. - The agency shall not issue or deny a permit or...
Section 116.0716 — Rule Variance. - The Pollution Control Agency may issue a permit without regard...
Section 116.0717 — Minerals Deposition. - Notwithstanding rules prohibiting discharge of waste into saturated zones or...
Section 116.072 — Administrative Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue penalty orders. (a) The commissioner...
Section 116.073 — Field Citations. - Subdivision 1. Authority to issue. (a) Pollution Control Agency staff...
Section 116.074 — Notice Of Permit Conditions To Local Governments. - Before the agency grants a permit for a solid waste...
Section 116.075 — Hearings And Records Public. - Subdivision 1. Public records. All hearings conducted by the Pollution...
Section 116.081 — Prohibitions; Air Contaminant And Waste Facilities And Systems. - Subdivision 1. Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any...
Section 116.082 — Burning Leaves; Local Ordinances. - Subject to sections 88.16, 88.17 and 88.22, but notwithstanding any...
Section 116.091 — Systems And Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Information. Any person operating any emission system or...
Section 116.10 — Policy; Long-range Plan; Purpose. - Consistent with the policy announced herein and the purposes of...
Section 116.101 — Hazardous Waste; Control And Spill Contingency Plan. - (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall study and investigate the...
Section 116.11 — Emergency Powers. - If there is imminent and substantial danger to the health...
Section 116.12 — Hazardous Waste Administration Fees. - Subdivision 1. Fee schedules. The agency shall establish the fees...
Section 116.125 — Notification Of Fee Increases. - Before the Pollution Control Agency adopts a fee increase to...
Section 116.14 — Hazardous Waste Facilities; Liability Of Guarantor. - (a) If the owner or operator of a hazardous waste...
Section 116.155 — Remediation Fund. - Subdivision 1. Creation. The remediation fund is created as a...
Section 116.16 — Minnesota State Water Pollution Control Program. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. A Minnesota state water pollution control program...
Section 116.163 — Agency Review; Financial Assistance And Bids. - Subdivision 1. Construction grants and loans; applications. The agency shall,...
Section 116.165 — Inspection Responsibility. - When a wastewater treatment plant is constructed with federal funds...
Section 116.17 — Minnesota State Water Pollution Control Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Purpose and appropriation. For the purpose of providing...
Section 116.18 — Water Pollution Control Funds; Appropriations And Bonds. - Subdivision 1. Appropriation from bond proceeds fund. The sum of...
Section 116.182 — Financial Assistance Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 116.195 — Beneficial Use Of Wastewater And Stormwater; Capital Grants For Demonstration Projects. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 116.202 — Coal Tar Sealant; Use And Sale Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. The following terms have the meanings given....
Section 116.21 — Nutrients In Cleaning Agents And Water Conditioners; Control; Statement Of Policy. - The legislature seeks to encourage the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency...
Section 116.22 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For purposes of sections 116.21 to 116.35,...
Section 116.23 — Prohibition And Restrictions. - Subdivision 1. Nutrient concentrations. No person shall manufacture for use...
Section 116.24 — Rules. - The Pollution Control Agency may make rules: (1) prescribing for...
Section 116.25 — Seizure. - Subdivision 1. Seizure. The Pollution Control Agency may seize a...
Section 116.26 — Restoring Seized Items. - Subdivision 1. Applying to district court. When a cleaning agent...
Section 116.27 — Additional Prohibition. - Subdivision 1. Phosphorus content. No manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer shall...
Section 116.28 — Lists Required. - Subdivision 1. Contents of product. No household laundry or dishwashing...
Section 116.29 — Forfeiture. - Subdivision 1. Conviction. When a person is convicted of an...
Section 116.32 — Order To Refrain. - If a person is convicted of an offense under sections...
Section 116.33 — Proof Of Offense. - In a prosecution for an offense under sections 116.21 to...
Section 116.34 — Time Limited For Proceedings. - Proceedings in respect of an offense under sections 116.21 to...
Section 116.35 — Trial Of Offenses. - Any complaint or information in respect of an offense under...
Section 116.36 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 116.36 to...
Section 116.37 — Pcb; Prohibited Use. - Subdivision 1. Certificate of exemption. Beginning January 1, 1978, no...
Section 116.38 — Pcb Burning. - Subdivision 1. State policy. The legislature finds that risks to...
Section 116.385 — Trichloroethylene; Ban. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 116.39 — Ozone Layer; Preservation. - Subdivision 1. Sale prohibited. Except as provided by subdivision 3,...
Section 116.41 — Waste And Waste Facilities Training And Certification. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1983 c 373 s 72] Subd. 1a....
Section 116.42 — Acid Deposition; Legislative Intent. - The legislature recognizes that acid deposition substantially resulting from the...
Section 116.43 — Acid Deposition Defined. - As used in sections 116.42 to 116.44, "acid deposition" means...
Section 116.44 — Sensitive Areas; Standards. - Subdivision 1. List of areas. By January 1, 1983, the...
Section 116.454 — Monitoring Program. - By July 1, 1993, the agency shall establish a statewide...
Section 116.46 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 116.47 to 116.50,...
Section 116.47 — Exemptions. - Sections 116.48, 116.49, and 116.491 do not apply to: (1)...
Section 116.48 — Notification Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Tank status. (a) An owner of an underground...
Section 116.481 — Monitoring. - Subdivision 1. Measuring tank capacity. (a) By September 1, 1996,...
Section 116.482 — Petroleum Release; Notification. - (a) When a potential receptor survey is conducted for a...
Section 116.49 — Environmental Protection Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The agency must adopt rules applicable to...
Section 116.491 — Tank Installers; Training And Certification. - Subdivision 1. Requirement. (a) After the effective date of rules...
Section 116.492 — Basement Storage Tanks; Removal. - A person who removes a basement heating oil storage tank...
Section 116.50 — Preemption. - Sections 116.46 to 116.49 preempt conflicting local and municipal rules...
Section 116.70 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...
Section 116.731 — Requirements To Recycle Cfc's. - Subdivision 1. Salvage automobiles. A person who processes automobiles for...
Section 116.732 — Requirement To Recycle Fire Extinguisher Halons. - A person who recharges, services, or retires fire extinguishers must...
Section 116.733 — Medical Device Exemption. - Laws 1990, chapter 560, article 2, sections 1 and 2,...
Section 116.734 — Uniform Cfc Regulation. - It is the policy of this state to regulate and...
Section 116.735 — Training And Certification. - (a) The agency shall develop standards of competence for persons...
Section 116.75 — Citation. - Sections 116.76 to 116.82 may be cited as the "Infectious...
Section 116.76 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to...
Section 116.77 — Coverage. - Sections 116.75 to 116.83 and 609.671, subdivision 11, cover any...
Section 116.78 — Waste Management. - Subdivision 1. Segregation. All untreated infectious waste must be segregated...
Section 116.79 — Management Plans. - Subdivision 1. Preparing management plans. (a) To the extent applicable...
Section 116.80 — Transporting Infectious Waste. - Subdivision 1. Transferring infectious waste. (a) A generator may not...
Section 116.801 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Permit Required. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person may...
Section 116.802 — Incinerating Infectious Waste; Environmental Impact. - Until the Pollution Control Agency adopts revisions to its air...
Section 116.81 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Agency rules. The agency, in consultation with the...
Section 116.82 — Authority Of Local Government. - Subdivision 1. Preemption. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision...
Section 116.83 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Enforcement authority. The agency may enforce sections 116.76...
Section 116.835 — Safe Sharps Management. - (a) A sharps manufacturer that sells or distributes sharps that...
Section 116.84 — Monitors Required For Pcb Incinerators. - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an incinerator permit...
Section 116.85 — Monitors Required For Other Incinerators. - Subdivision 1. Emission monitors. Notwithstanding any other law to the...
Section 116.87 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Residential lead paint waste. "Residential lead paint waste"...
Section 116.875 — Authorized Management Methods. - Subdivision 1. Disposal. Notwithstanding any other law, a person who...
Section 116.88 — Prohibited Methods Of Management. - Subdivision 1. Unlined landfills. Except as provided in section 116.875,...
Section 116.885 — Recycling And Treatment. - Nothing in sections 116.87 to 116.89 is intended to prevent...
Section 116.89 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may adopt...
Section 116.91 — Citizen Reports Of Environmental Violations. - The agency shall maintain and publicize a toll-free number to...
Section 116.915 — Mercury Reduction. - Subdivision 1. Goal. It is the goal of the state...
Section 116.92 — Mercury Emissions; Reduction. - Subdivision 1. Sales. A person may not sell mercury to...
Section 116.921 — Multistate Clearinghouse. - The agency is authorized to participate in the Interstate Mercury...
Section 116.925 — Electric Energy; Mercury Emissions Report. - Subdivision 1. Report. To address the shared responsibility between the...
Section 116.93 — Lamp Recycling Facilities. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "lamp...
Section 116.931 — Wheel Weights And Balancing Products; Lead And Mercury Prohibition. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 116.9401 — Definitions. - (a) For the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407, the...
Section 116.9402 — Identifying Chemicals Of High Concern. - (a) By July 1, 2010, the department shall, after consultation...
Section 116.9403 — Identifying Priority Chemicals. - (a) The department, after consultation with the agency, may designate...
Section 116.9405 — Applicability. - The requirements of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 do not apply...
Section 116.9406 — Donations To The State. - The commissioner may accept donations, grants, and other funds to...
Section 116.9407 — Participating In Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse. - The state may cooperate with other states in an interstate...
Section 116.95 — Citation. - Sections 116.96 to 116.99 may be cited as the "Small...
Section 116.96 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...
Section 116.97 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program. - Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner shall establish a small business...
Section 116.98 — Ombudsman For Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. The commissioner shall appoint an ombudsman for...
Section 116.99 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Advisory Council. - Subdivision 1. Creation. A Small Business Air-Quality Compliance Assistance Advisory...
Section 116.993 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. A small business environmental-improvement revolving loan program...
Section 116.994 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Accounting. - Repayments of loans made under section 116.993 must be credited...