Minnesota Session Laws - 2006, Regular Session

CHAPTER 244--S.F.No. 2723

An act

relating to the environment; requiring a report by the Pollution Control Agency on new public wastewater treatment facilities that do not meet water quality discharge standards; requiring proposals for new wastewater treatment facilities to include information on operating and maintenance costs during the first five years of operation;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 115.447, is amended to read:

115.447 TRACKING REPORT FOR NEW WASTEWATER FACILITIES.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Annual report required. new text end

The Pollution Control Agency shall annually prepare a report tracking the location and capacity of each new wastewater treatment system requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or State Disposal System permit built after May 1, 2000. new text begin The report shall also include the name of the owner, primary engineering firm that designed the facilities, the primary contractor that constructed the facilities, and any management company, other than the owner, that manages the facilities. new text end

The annual report must also provide the total number of new systems built after that date. The commissioner shall submit the report to deleted text begin the chairs of deleted text end the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environmental policy and finance new text begin , and publish the report on the agency's Web site, new text end by February 1 of each year.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin New facilities not meeting permit requirements. new text end

new text begin (a) The report required under subdivision 1 shall include the information required in paragraphs (b) and (c) for the first five years of operation of a new facility. new text end

new text begin (b) For National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitted facilities, provide a list of reported effluent violations that occurred during each calendar year. This list should include the effluent parameter violated; the violation date; and, if available, any known information regarding the causes of the reported limit violations. new text end

new text begin (c) For State Disposal System permitted facilities, provide a summary of conditions at the facilities which pose an imminent threat to public health and safety as defined in rules of the Pollution Control Agency, or a list of reported limit violations that occurred during each calendar year. This list should include the parameter violated; violation date; and, if available, any known information regarding the causes of the reported public health risk or limit violations. new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [115.449] PUBLIC WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS. new text end

new text begin A proposal for design services for a public wastewater treatment facility requiring a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System or State Disposal System permit shall include a description of the treatment alternatives the engineer will evaluate and provide a range of all annual operation and maintenance costs of operating the facility for the first five years of operation. new text end

Presented to the governor May 22, 2006

Signed by the governor May 31, 2006, 10:44 p.m.