SF 2739

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to environment; modifying provisions relating 
  1.3             to prohibitions on disposal of motor vehicle 
  1.4             antifreeze; amending Minnesota Statutes 1997 
  1.5             Supplement, section 115A.916. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1997 Supplement, section 
  1.8   115A.916, is amended to read: 
  1.9      115A.916 [MOTOR VEHICLE FLUIDS AND FILTERS; PROHIBITIONS.] 
  1.10     (a) A person may not knowingly place motor oil, brake 
  1.11  fluid, power steering fluid, transmission fluid, motor oil 
  1.12  filters, or motor vehicle antifreeze: 
  1.13     (1) in solid waste or in a solid waste management facility 
  1.14  other than a recycling facility or a household hazardous waste 
  1.15  collection facility; 
  1.16     (2) in or on the land, unless approved by the agency; or 
  1.17     (3) in or on the waters of the state, in an individual 
  1.18  sewage treatment system as defined in section 115.55, or in a 
  1.19  stormwater or wastewater collection or treatment system except 
  1.20  as described in paragraph (c).  
  1.21     (b) For the purposes of this section, "antifreeze" does not 
  1.22  include small amounts of antifreeze contained in water used to 
  1.23  flush the cooling system of a vehicle after the antifreeze has 
  1.24  been drained and does not include deicer that has been used on 
  1.25  the exterior of a vehicle. 
  2.1      (c) For businesses that purchase or use an annual average 
  2.2   of over 50 gallons of motor vehicle antifreeze per month for 
  2.3   on-site installation in motor vehicles, this section does not 
  2.4   apply to antifreeze placed in a wastewater collection system 
  2.5   that includes a publicly owned treatment works that is permitted 
  2.6   by the agency until December 31, 1997.  For businesses that 
  2.7   purchase or use an annual average of 50 gallons or less of motor 
  2.8   vehicle antifreeze per month for on-site installation in motor 
  2.9   vehicles, this section does not apply to antifreeze placed in a 
  2.10  wastewater collection system that includes a publicly owned 
  2.11  treatment works that is permitted by the agency until July 1, 
  2.12  1998. 
  2.13     (c) A person may place waste motor vehicle antifreeze in a 
  2.14  wastewater collection or treatment system permitted by the 
  2.15  agency, unless prohibited by the operator of the system, if the 
  2.16  person: 
  2.17     (1) generates an annual average of less than 50 gallons per 
  2.18  month of waste motor vehicle antifreeze; and 
  2.19     (2) keeps records of the amount of waste antifreeze 
  2.20  generated.  Records must be maintained on site and made 
  2.21  available for inspection for a minimum of three years following 
  2.22  generation of the waste antifreeze. 
  2.23     (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), motor oil filters and 
  2.24  portions of motor oil filters may be processed at a permitted 
  2.25  mixed municipal solid waste resource recovery facility that 
  2.26  directly burns the waste if: 
  2.27     (1) the facility is subject to an industrial waste 
  2.28  management plan that addresses management of motor oil filters 
  2.29  and the owner or operator of the facility can demonstrate to the 
  2.30  satisfaction of the commissioner that the facility is in 
  2.31  compliance with that plan; 
  2.32     (2) the facility recovers ferrous metal after incineration 
  2.33  for recycling as part of its operation; and 
  2.34     (3) the motor oil filters are collected separately from 
  2.35  mixed municipal solid waste and are not combined with it except 
  2.36  for the purpose of incinerating the waste. 
  3.1      (e) The commissioner of the pollution control agency in 
  3.2   conjunction with the director of the office of environmental 
  3.3   assistance, industry organizations representing automotive 
  3.4   repair businesses and antifreeze recycling businesses, and 
  3.5   environmental organizations shall work together to develop and 
  3.6   promote opportunities to recycle waste motor vehicle antifreeze 
  3.7   and to review the impact of alternative antifreeze disposal or 
  3.8   recycling methods on businesses and the environment. 
  3.9      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.10     Section 1 is effective on the day following final enactment.