(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.
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.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes