Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 66-H.F.No. 645 
                  An act relating to the environment; conforming state 
                  requirements for water supply and wastewater treatment 
                  operator certification to federal requirements; 
                  removing the expiration date of an advisory council; 
                  removing obsolete references; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 1998, sections 115.71, subdivisions 9a and 
                  10; and 115.741, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.71, 
        subdivision 9a, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 9a.  [WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.] "Water supply system" 
        means a public community or nontransient noncommunity water 
        system providing pumped water for human consumption, if the 
        system has at least 15 service connections or regularly serves 
        at least 25 of the same persons over six months per year as 
        defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 40, section 141.2, 
        as amended. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.71, 
        subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 10.  [WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OPERATOR.] "Water supply 
        system operator" means a person who has direct responsibility 
        for the operation of or operates a community water supply system 
        or such parts of the system as would affect the quality and 
        safety of the water. 
           Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.741, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP.] The advisory council 
        on water supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities 
        shall advise the commissioners of health and the pollution 
        control agency regarding classification of water supply systems 
        and wastewater treatment facilities, qualifications and 
        competency evaluation of water supply system operators and 
        wastewater treatment facility operators, and additional laws, 
        rules, and procedures that may be desirable for regulating the 
        operation of water supply systems and of wastewater treatment 
        facilities.  The advisory council is composed of 11 voting 
        members, of whom: 
           (1) one member must be from the department of health, 
        division of environmental health, appointed by the commissioner 
        of health; 
           (2) one member must be from the pollution control agency, 
        water quality division, appointed by the commissioner of the 
        pollution control agency; 
           (3) three members must be certified water supply system 
        operators, appointed by the commissioner of health, one of whom 
        must represent a nonmunicipal community or nontransient 
        noncommunity water supply system; 
           (4) three members must be certified wastewater treatment 
        facility operators, appointed by the commissioner of the 
        pollution control agency; 
           (5) one member must be a representative from an 
        organization representing municipalities, appointed by the 
        commissioner of health with the concurrence of the commissioner 
        of the pollution control agency; and 
           (6) two members must be members of the public who are not 
        associated with water supply systems or wastewater treatment 
        facilities.  One must be appointed by the commissioner of health 
        and the other by the commissioner of the pollution control 
        agency.  Consideration should be given to one of these members 
        being a representative of academia knowledgeable in water or 
        wastewater matters. 
           Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.741, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.] At least one of the 
        water supply system operators and at least one of the wastewater 
        treatment facility operators must be from outside the 
        seven-county metropolitan area and one wastewater operator must 
        come from the metropolitan council wastewater services. 
           Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115.741, 
        subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [TERMS; COMPENSATION.] The terms of the appointed 
        members and the compensation and removal of all members are 
        governed by section 15.059.  The council expires June 30, 1999. 
           Presented to the governor April 16, 1999 
           Signed by the governor April 20, 1999, 9:14 a.m.