1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; creating design, 
  1.3             construction, and use requirements for salt 
  1.4             distribution stockpiles; proposing coding for new law 
  1.5             in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [116.913] [SALT DISTRIBUTION STOCKPILES.] 
  1.8      (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), after July 1, 
  1.9   2003, a person may not store more than 100 tons of salt at a 
  1.10  single site unless the storage site and the use of the site 
  1.11  comply with the following requirements: 
  1.12     (1) the subbase and pad for the site are constructed to 
  1.13  achieve the lowest permeability consistent with current asphalt 
  1.14  construction techniques at the time of construction; 
  1.15     (2) the stockpile is covered to prevent precipitation 
  1.16  contact except when receiving salt, building the stockpile, or 
  1.17  loading out salt; 
  1.18     (3) the seams for the covering material are watertight and 
  1.19  resistant to damage in winds up to 50 miles per hour; and 
  1.20     (4) the working face of the stockpile is established and 
  1.21  maintained at the downwind end of the stockpile whenever 
  1.22  operationally feasible.  
  1.23     The facility must be maintained to assure physical 
  1.24  integrity consistent with the criteria in this section.  
  1.25  Notwithstanding section 645.27, the state is subject to this 
  2.1   section. 
  2.2      (b) By September 1, 2003, a town must comply with the 
  2.3   requirements in paragraph (a).