HF 3057

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/19/2020 01:05pm

A bill for an act
relating to environment; requiring public hearing every five years for nonexpiring
air emission permits; requiring written determinations to deny permit review;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, by adding subdivisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4l. new text end

new text begin Nonexpiring state individual permits; public informational meeting. new text end

new text begin (a)
For each facility issued a nonexpiring state individual air quality permit by the agency, the
agency must hold a separate public informational meeting at regular intervals to allow the
public to make comments or inquiries regarding any aspect of the permit, including but not
limited to permit conditions, testing results, the facility's operations, and permit compliance.
The public informational meeting must be held at a location near the permitted facility and
convenient to the public. Persons employed at the facility who are responsible for the facility
meeting the conditions of the permit and agency officials must be present at the public
informational meeting. For nonexpiring state individual air quality permits issued after
December 31, 2015, a public informational meeting must be held under this subdivision no
later than five years after the permit is issued and every five years thereafter. For nonexpiring
state individual air quality permits issued on or before December 31, 2015, a public
informational meeting must be held under this subdivision no later than December 31, 2021,
and every five years thereafter.
new text end

new text begin (b) For the purposes of this section, "state individual air quality permit" means an air
quality permit that is issued to an individual facility required to obtain a permit under
Minnesota Rules, part 7007.0250, subparts 2 to 6, and is not a general permit issued under
Minnesota Rules, part 7007.1100.
new text end

new text begin (c) As required under subdivision 4d, the agency's direct and indirect reasonable costs
of conducting the activities under this subdivision must be recovered through air quality
permit fees.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 4m. new text end

new text begin Permit review denial. new text end

new text begin If the commissioner determines that a person's request
for the agency to review an existing permit is not warranted, the commissioner must state
the reasons for the determination in writing within 15 days of the determination.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end