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103G.305 TIME LIMIT TO ACT ON WATER USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

Subdivision 1.General 30-day limit.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, the commissioner must act on a water use permit within 30 days after the application for the permit and the required data are filed in the commissioner's office.

(b) The commissioner must direct a hearing to be held on a water use permit application or make an order issuing a permit or denying a permit.

Subd. 2.Exception.

The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications for a water use permit for:

(1) appropriations from waters of the state for irrigation, under section 103G.295;

(2) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or

(3) appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average for a 30-day period.

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