Subdivision 1. Elements of plan; rules. After consultation with the commissioners of natural resources, agriculture, transportation, and the Pollution Control Agency, the state fire marshal, the Emergency Response Commission, appropriate technical emergency response representatives, and representatives of affected parties, the commissioner shall adopt rules to implement a statewide hazardous materials incident response plan. The plan must include:
(1) the locations of up to five regional hazardous materials response teams, based on the location of hazardous materials, response time, proximity to large population centers, and other factors;
(2) the number and qualifications of members on each team;
(3) the responsibilities of regional hazardous materials response teams;
(4) equipment needed for regional hazardous materials response teams;
(5) procedures for selecting and contracting with local governments or nonpublic persons to establish regional hazardous materials response teams;
(6) procedures for dispatching teams at the request of local governments;
(7) a fee schedule for reimbursing local governments or nonpublic persons responding to an incident; and
(8) coordination with other state departments and agencies, local units of government, other states, Indian tribes, the federal government, and other nonpublic persons.
Subd. 2. Contract and agreement. The commissioner may cooperate with and enter into contracts with other state departments and agencies, local units of government, other states, Indian tribes, the federal government, or nonpublic persons to implement the response plan.
Subd. 3. Long-term oversight; transition. When a regional hazardous materials response team has completed its response to an incident, the commissioner shall notify the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, which is responsible for assessing environmental damage caused by the incident and providing oversight of monitoring and remediation of that damage from the time the response team has completed its activities.
1992 c 593 art 2 s 5; 1993 c 341 art 2 s 6
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety
Chapter 299A — Department Of Public Safety
Section 299A.01 — Department Of Public Safety; Creation, Organization.
Section 299A.015 — Duties Transferred From Other Agency.
Section 299A.017 — State Safety Oversight.
Section 299A.02 — Liquor Control Functions.
Section 299A.11 — Vehicle Transporting Wheelchair User; Definitions.
Section 299A.12 — Wheelchair Securement Device.
Section 299A.13 — Additional Safety Requirements.
Section 299A.14 — Vehicle Inspection.
Section 299A.15 — Aid And License Withheld.
Section 299A.17 — Misdemeanor.
Section 299A.291 — Definitions.
Section 299A.292 — Office Of Drug Policy And Violence Prevention.
Section 299A.294 — Responsibilities Of Council.
Section 299A.295 — Youth Neighborhood Centers; Pilot Projects.
Section 299A.296 — Community Crime Prevention Programs; Grants.
Section 299A.297 — Other Duties.
Section 299A.298 — Cooperation Of Other Agencies.
Section 299A.299 — Multidisciplinary Chemical Abuse Prevention Team.
Section 299A.2994 — Asian-american Juvenile Crime Prevention.
Section 299A.33 — Drug Abuse Resistance Education (dare) Program.
Section 299A.38 — Soft Body Armor Reimbursement.
Section 299A.41 — Definitions.
Section 299A.42 — Public Safety Officer's Benefit Account.
Section 299A.43 — Eligibility Determination; Contested Case.
Section 299A.44 — Death Benefit.
Section 299A.45 — Education Benefit.
Section 299A.465 — Continued Health Insurance Coverage.
Section 299A.47 — Claims Limitation.
Section 299A.475 — Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome Benefit.
Section 299A.477 — Hometown Heroes Assistance Program.
Section 299A.49 — Definitions.
Section 299A.50 — Response Plan.
Section 299A.51 — Liability And Workers' Compensation.
Section 299A.52 — Responsible Person.
Section 299A.55 — Railroad And Pipeline Safety; Oil And Other Hazardous Materials.
Section 299A.59 — Notice Of Multiple Law Enforcement Operations Conflicts.
Section 299A.61 — Criminal Alert Network.
Section 299A.62 — Community-oriented Policing (cops) Grant Program.
Section 299A.642 — Violent Crime Coordinating Council.
Section 299A.681 — Financial Crimes Advisory Board And Task Force.
Section 299A.70 — Public Safety Motor Vehicle Account.
Section 299A.705 — Driver And Vehicle Services Accounts.
Section 299A.706 — Alcohol Enforcement Account; Appropriation.
Section 299A.707 — Community Justice Reinvestment Account.
Section 299A.71 — Combating Juvenile Prostitution; Prevention Grants.
Section 299A.72 — Juvenile Justice Program.
Section 299A.73 — Grants-in-aid To Youth Intervention Programs.
Section 299A.76 — Suicide Statistics.
Section 299A.78 — Statewide Human Trafficking Assessment.
Section 299A.783 — Statewide Antitrafficking Investigation Coordination.
Section 299A.785 — Trafficking Study.
Section 299A.79 — Trafficking Study; Analysis And Use Of Data.
Section 299A.795 — Trafficking Victim Assistance.
Section 299A.7957 — Toll-free Hotline For Trafficking Victims.
Section 299A.80 — Administrative Powers And Penalties; General.
Section 299A.801 — Corrective Orders And Injunctions.
Section 299A.802 — Administrative Penalty Order.
Section 299A.81 — Death Scene Investigations.
Section 299A.85 — Office For Missing And Murdered Indigenous Relatives.