Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 231-H.F.No. 21 
           An act relating to waste management; requiring air 
          emission permits for new or expanded infectious waste 
          incinerators; requiring environmental impact 
          statements for the incinerators until new rules are 
          adopted; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
          Statutes, chapter 116. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [116.801] [INCINERATION OF INFECTIOUS WASTE; 
PERMIT REQUIRED.] 
    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a person may not 
construct, or expand the capacity of, a facility for the 
incineration of infectious waste, as defined in section 116.76, 
without having obtained an air emission permit from the agency. 
    (b) This section does not affect permit requirements under 
the rules of the agency for an incinerator that is upgraded to 
meet pollution control standards or an incinerator with a 
capacity of 350 pounds or less per hour that is planned to 
manage waste generated primarily by the owner or operator of the 
incinerator. 
    Sec. 2.  [116.802] [INCINERATION OF INFECTIOUS WASTE; 
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.] 
    Until the pollution control agency adopts revisions to its 
air emission rules for incinerators, a new or expanded facility 
for the incineration of infectious waste that is subject to the 
permit requirement in section 1 may not receive a permit until 
an environmental impact statement for the facility has been 
prepared and approved.  The pollution control agency is the 
governmental unit responsible for preparation of an 
environmental impact statement required under this section. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective March 1, 1991, and applies to 
construction begun on or after that date.  Section 2 is 
effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 24, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 28, 1991, 10:38 a.m.