as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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Introduction | Posted on 02/14/2002 |
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to environment finance; authorizing 1.3 reimbursement to a county for landfill costs paid; 1.4 amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115B.42, 1.5 subdivision 2. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115B.42, 1.8 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.9 Subd. 2. [EXPENDITURES.] Money in the fund may be spent by 1.10 the commissioner to: 1.11 (1) inspect permitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal 1.12 facilities to: 1.13 (i) evaluate the adequacy of final cover, slopes, 1.14 vegetation, and erosion control; 1.15 (ii) determine the presence and concentration of hazardous 1.16 substances, pollutants or contaminants, and decomposition gases; 1.17 and 1.18 (iii) determine the boundaries of fill areas; 1.19 (2) monitor and take, or reimburse others for, 1.20 environmental response actions, including emergency response 1.21 actions, at qualified facilities; 1.22 (3) acquire and dispose of property under section 115B.412, 1.23 subdivision 3; 1.24 (4) recover costs under section 115B.39; 1.25 (5) administer, including providing staff and 2.1 administrative support for, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 2.2 (6) enforce sections 115B.39 to 115B.445; 2.3 (7) subject to appropriation, administer the agency's 2.4 groundwater and solid waste management programs; 2.5 (8) pay for private water supply well monitoring and health 2.6 assessment costs of the commissioner of health in areas affected 2.7 by unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal facilities; 2.8 (9) reimburse persons under section 115B.43; 2.9 (10) reimburse mediation expenses up to a total of $250,000 2.10 annually or defense costs up to a total of $250,000 annually for 2.11 third-party claims for response costs under state or federal law 2.12 as provided in section 115B.414;and2.13 (11) perform environmental assessments, up to $1,000,000, 2.14 at unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal facilities; 2.15 and 2.16 (12) reimburse, under section 115B.43, a county or its 2.17 political subdivisions for amounts paid as part of a final order 2.18 or settlement of a lawsuit for environmental response costs at a 2.19 mixed municipal solid waste facility, less amounts already paid 2.20 by the state and amounts deducted under section 115B.43, if: 2.21 (i) the facility is not a qualified facility due to a 2.22 choice made by the governmental unit operating the facility to 2.23 keep the facility open after April 9, 1994; 2.24 (ii) the county or its political subdivisions paid the 2.25 amounts required by the final order or settlement by December 2.26 31, 1994; and 2.27 (iii) the state has already made a number of reimbursement 2.28 payments to the county, by making three payments to the county 2.29 for this purpose of $85,000 each. 2.30 To manage the impact on the solid waste fund, the commissioner 2.31 may schedule annual payments under this clause, rather than 2.32 making a onetime reimbursement. The commissioner may also 2.33 require the county to use the reimbursement under this clause 2.34 for a specified environmental purpose, to be selected in 2.35 consultation with the county board.