Minnesota Administrative Rules

1505.3050 APPLICATION AND PERMIT FEE.

Subpart 1.

Information required.

Application for a bulk pesticide storage permit must be on forms provided by the commissioner. The application must contain at least, but is not limited to, the following information:

A.

a differentiation as to whether the bulk pesticide storage facility should be regarded as new or previously established;

B.

the name, address, and telephone number of the person making application;

C.

the name, address, and telephone number of the persons that will own and operate the facility;

D.

the location of the facility, including its legal description;

E.

photographs or a diagram of the current or proposed facility, including all buildings, tanks, fertilizer storage areas, mixing, loading, and rinsate recycling areas, vehicle washing areas, and bulk pesticide storage areas;

F.

a geologic report of the facility property and the surrounding area, including maps, photographs, or diagrams of:

(1)

the land use (crop land, residential, or business) within one-quarter mile radius of the facility;

(2)

the distance and direction to surface water, drainage ditches, and storm sewers within one-quarter mile radius of the facility;

(3)

the distance and direction to any source of a public water supply serving the facility;

(4)

the year installed, depth, direction, and distance to any well on or within 150 feet of all existing and proposed loading and secondary containment areas; and

(5)

the type of soils to the three foot depth beneath the surface fill such as, but not limited to, gravel, rock, or other soils of all existing and proposed loading and secondary containment areas.

G.

the number, age or condition, dimension, capacity, and material description of the liquid bulk pesticide storage containers and a list of pesticides to be stored in them, with United States Environmental Protection Agency registration numbers;

H.

a certification that to the best of the owner's or manager's knowledge the loading and containment areas will be built in accordance with construction and plumbing plans submitted and will comply with the design, construction, and containment requirements of parts 1505.3070 and 1505.3080;

I.

at least one scale drawing of the loading and secondary containment areas to include a construction material specification or design guide;

J.

a plumbing diagram showing the location, type, and specifications of the appurtenances used in storing or transferring bulk pesticides;

K.

a copy of the release response plan as described in part 1505.3100; and

L.

the person's federal Environmental Protection Agency establishment number, if required.

Subp. 2.

Fee.

The initial application for a bulk pesticide storage permit must be accompanied by the fee required in Minnesota Statutes, section 18B.14, for each bulk pesticide storage facility. No fee is required to apply for a revised bulk pesticide storage permit.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 18B.06; 18B.14

History:

14 SR 161

Published Electronically:

September 17, 2013