1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to the environment; clarifying that 1.3 contamination cleanup grants also cover costs incurred 1.4 in developing a response action plan and cleanup costs 1.5 incurred prior to the award of a grant in limited 1.6 cases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 1.7 116J.552, subdivision 2. 1.8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116J.552, 1.10 subdivision 2, is amended to read: 1.11 Subd. 2. [CLEANUP COSTS.] "Cleanup costs" or "costs"mean1.12the costmeans all costs of developing the response action plan 1.13 and costs of implementinganthe approvedresponse actionplan. 1.14 Cleanup costs also include implementation costs incurred prior 1.15 to the award of a grant, but only if the applicant submits its 1.16 application within not more than 180 days or the next deadline 1.17 after 180 days if none falls within that period after the 1.18 commissioner of the pollution control agency approves the 1.19 response action plan. 1.20 Sec. 2. [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 1.21 Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 1.22 and applies to all grants awarded after that date. Any 1.23 applicant may amend its grant, prior to the next application 1.24 deadline pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.555, 1.25 subdivision 2, to request the grant cover cleanup costs 1.26 authorized in section 1.