Minnesota Administrative Rules

4420.0075 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT.

Subpart 1.

No board action.

A release permit from the board is not required for a proposed release if a significant environmental permit is required for the release by another agency. With respect to any release issued a significant environmental permit by another agency, the board retains its statutory authorities as the state coordinating organization for state and federal regulatory activities relating to genetically engineered organisms.

Subp. 2.

Request for finding of significant environmental permit.

An agency or a proposer may request the board to find that a permit issued by an agency is a significant environmental permit for the release of certain genetically engineered organisms.

Subp. 3.

Notice of finding consideration.

Notice of regular or special board meetings considering the request for a finding of a significant environmental permit must include persons registered under part 4420.0060, subpart 1.

Subp. 4.

Approval of request for finding of significant environmental permit.

The board shall approve the request of an agency or proposer if the board finds that all of the following exist:

A.

a requirement for an environmental assessment worksheet for the proposed release, and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D, and rules adopted under it;

B.

an evaluation of an application using an interdisciplinary approach that will ensure the integrated use of the natural and environmental sciences, including involvement of the following disciplines, as appropriate: microbiology, ecology, public health, biological safety, agronomy, plant biology, risk assessment, molecular biology, biochemistry, entomology, vertebrate biology, physical and biological containment, and other appropriate disciplines;

C.

the authority to prescribe terms and/or place conditions on the permit, and the authority to deny, modify, suspend, or revoke the permit; and

D.

considerations substantially the same or equivalent to those the board would apply under part 4420.0035, subpart 3, in determining whether to issue or deny a permit.

Subp. 5.

Notice of finding.

When the board finds that a permit is a significant environmental permit, the board shall publish notice of the finding in the EQB Monitor and the State Register.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116C.94

History:

17 SR 139

Published Electronically:

August 21, 2007