Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 67-H.F.No. 1188 
                  An act relating to environment; regulating ash 
                  disposal from fire training exercises; amending 
                  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116.07, by adding a 
                  subdivision.  
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116.07, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 12.  [FIRE TRAINING ASH DISPOSAL.] The ash from a 
        legitimate fire training exercise involving the live burning of 
        a structure is classified as demolition debris and may be 
        disposed in any permit-by-rule land disposal facility authorized 
        under agency rules or any permitted demolition land disposal 
        facility, with the consent of the disposal facility operator, if 
        a person certified by a Minnesota state college or university 
        fire safety center certifies in writing in advance to the 
        commissioner that the structure has been adequately prepared for 
        such a training exercise, taking into account all applicable 
        safety concerns and regulations, including pollution control 
        agency guidelines regarding the removal of hazardous materials 
        from training-burn structures before the training event. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 30, 2001 
           Signed by the governor May 2, 2001, 2:56 p.m.