HF 3722

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to the environment; requiring a report by the Pollution Control Agency
on new public wastewater treatment facilities that do not meet water quality
discharge standards; requiring proposals for new wastewater treatment facilities
to include information on operating and maintenance costs during the first
five years of operation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447, is amended to read:

115.447 TRACKING REPORT FOR NEW WASTEWATER FACILITIES.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Annual report required. new text end

The Pollution Control Agency shall
annually prepare a report tracking the location and capacity of each new wastewater
treatment system requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or State
Disposal System permit built after May 1, 2000. new text begin The report shall also include the name of
the owner, primary engineering firm that designed the facilities, the primary contractor
that constructed the facilities, and any management company, other than the owner, that
manages the facilities.
new text end

The annual report must also provide the total number of new systems built after that
date. The commissioner shall submit the report to deleted text begin the chairs of deleted text end the legislative committees
with jurisdiction over environmental policy and finance new text begin , and publish the report on the
agency's Web site, new text end by February 1 of each year.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin New facilities not meeting permit requirements. new text end

new text begin (a) The report required
under subdivision 1 shall include the information required in paragraphs (b) and (c) for the
first five years of operation of a new facility.
new text end

new text begin (b) For National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitted facilities,
provide a list of reported effluent violations that occurred during each calendar year. This
list should include the effluent parameter violated; the violation date; and, if available, any
known information regarding the causes of the reported limit violations.
new text end

new text begin (c) For State Disposal System permitted facilities, provide a summary of conditions
at the facilities which pose an imminent threat to public health and safety as defined in
rules of the Pollution Control Agency, or a list of reported limit violations that occurred
during each calendar year. This list should include the parameter violated; violation date;
and, if available, any known information regarding the causes of the reported public
health risk or limit violations.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [115.449] PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES
PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.
new text end

new text begin A proposal for design services for a public wastewater treatment facility requiring a
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or State Disposal System permit shall
include a description of the treatment alternatives the engineer will evaluate and provide a
range of all annual operation and maintenance costs of operating the facility for the first
five years of operation.
new text end