SF 3182

2nd Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/16/2018 10:35am

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; clarifying application of fugitive emission standards to
certain commodity facilities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07,
by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

Subd. 2c.

Exemption from standards for temporary storage facilities subject to
control.

(a) A temporary storage facility located at a commodity facility that is required to
be controlled under Minnesota Rules, part 7011.1005, subpart 3, is not subject to Minnesota
Rules, parts 7011.1000 to 7011.1015. For all portable equipment and fugitive dust emissions
directly associated with the temporary storage facility, it is determined that there is no
applicable specific standard of performance.

(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the following terms have the meanings given
to them:

(1) "temporary storage facility" means a facility storing grain that:

(i) uses an asphalt, concrete, or comparable base material;

(ii) has rigid, self-supporting sidewalls;

(iii) provides adequate aeration; and

(iv) provides an acceptable covering; and

(2) "portable equipment" means equipment that is not fixed at any one spot and can be
moved, including but not limited to portable receiving pits, portable augers and conveyors,
and portable reclaim equipment directly associated with the temporary storage facility.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.