HF 2261

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the environment; providing for an 
  1.3             exception to the prohibition on antifreeze in 
  1.4             wastewater treatment systems; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1994, section 115A.916. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115A.916, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      115A.916 [MOTOR AND VEHICLE FLUIDS AND FILTERS; 
  1.10  PROHIBITIONS.] 
  1.11     (a) A person may not knowingly place motor oil, brake 
  1.12  fluid, power steering fluid, transmission fluid, motor oil 
  1.13  filters, or antifreeze: 
  1.14     (1) in solid waste or in a solid waste management facility 
  1.15  other than a recycling facility or a household hazardous waste 
  1.16  collection facility; 
  1.17     (2) in or on the land, unless approved by the agency; or 
  1.18     (3) in or on the waters of the state or in a stormwater or 
  1.19  wastewater collection or treatment system.  
  1.20     (b) For the purposes of this section, "antifreeze" does not 
  1.21  include small amounts of antifreeze contained in water used to 
  1.22  flush the cooling system of a vehicle after the antifreeze has 
  1.23  been drained and does not include deicer that has been used on 
  1.24  the exterior of a vehicle. 
  1.25     (c) This section does not apply to antifreeze placed in a 
  2.1   wastewater collection system that includes a publicly or 
  2.2   privately owned treatment works that is permitted by the agency 
  2.3   until December 31, 1996.  It does not apply to antifreeze placed 
  2.4   in a privately owned wastewater treatment works that is 
  2.5   permitted by the agency. 
  2.6      (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), motor oil filters and 
  2.7   portions of motor oil filters may be processed at a permitted 
  2.8   mixed municipal solid waste resource recovery facility that 
  2.9   directly burns the waste if: 
  2.10     (1) the facility is subject to an industrial waste 
  2.11  management plan that addresses management of motor oil filters 
  2.12  and the owner or operator of the facility can demonstrate to the 
  2.13  satisfaction of the commissioner that the facility is in 
  2.14  compliance with that plan; 
  2.15     (2) the facility recovers ferrous metal after incineration 
  2.16  for recycling as part of its operation; and 
  2.17     (3) the motor oil filters are collected separately from 
  2.18  mixed municipal solid waste and are not combined with it except 
  2.19  for the purpose of incinerating the waste. 
  2.20     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.21     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.