HF 110

1st Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to environment; requiring a risk evaluation 
  1.3             for certain water quality standards; proposing coding 
  1.4             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [115.446] [HEALTH STANDARDS.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [CRITERIA.] When establishing or revising 
  1.8   water quality standards, the commissioner of the pollution 
  1.9   control agency must adopt standards that adequately protect 
  1.10  fetuses, children, and adults with a margin of safety by taking 
  1.11  into consideration each of the following specific risks: 
  1.12     (i) adverse reproductive outcomes; 
  1.13     (ii) respiratory disease; 
  1.14     (iii) immunologic suppression; 
  1.15     (iv) cancer; 
  1.16     (v) neurological development; 
  1.17     (vi) endocrinal (hormonal) functioning; 
  1.18     (vii) general infant and child development; and 
  1.19     (viii) any other important health outcomes identified by 
  1.20  the commissioner. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [MARGIN OF RISK.] If there is insufficient 
  1.22  information for any risk under subdivision 1, the commissioner 
  1.23  must adopt a specific margin of safety for that risk that shall 
  1.24  be included in the overall margin of safety to protect human 
  1.25  health.