Minnesota Administrative Rules

4720.5330 DELINEATION AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REVIEW; PROCEDURES.

Subpart 1.

Delineation and vulnerability assessment; submittal.

Before the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan is prepared, a public water supplier must submit to the department:

A.

the maps and documentation required in part 4720.5205;

B.

the vulnerability assessment required in part 4720.5210; and

C.

the data elements required under part 4720.5310, subpart 2.

Subp. 2.

Review; notice.

No later than 60 days after the filing of the information specified in subpart 1, the department shall:

A.

approve or disapprove, based on the criteria in part 4720.5555, the following:

(1)

the wellhead protection area delineation;

(2)

the drinking water supply management area boundary; and

(3)

the well and drinking water supply management area vulnerability assessment; and

B.

provide the public water supplier notice of approval or disapproval of the delineation.

Subp. 3.

Disapproval notice.

If a wellhead protection area delineation, a drinking water supply management area boundary, or a vulnerability assessment is disapproved, the department shall, as part of its notice of disapproval, provide the public water supplier with:

A.

a written statement that identifies those portions of the disapproved document that require revision; and

B.

reasons for disapproval.

Subp. 4.

Resubmittal.

A public water supplier must revise a disapproved wellhead protection area delineation, drinking water supply management area boundary, or vulnerability assessment and submit the revision to the department within 45 days after receiving notice of disapproval.

Subp. 5.

Revised information; review.

On receipt of a revised wellhead protection area delineation, drinking water supply management area boundary, or vulnerability assessment, the department shall follow the same review process as for an original submittal.

Subp. 6.

Submittal to local units of government.

Within 30 days of department approval, the public water supplier must submit a copy of the wellhead protection area delineation, the drinking water supply management area boundary, and the vulnerability assessments approved by the department to:

A.

local units of government wholly or partly within the drinking water supply management area;

B.

the regional development commission, if any; and

C.

watershed districts and watershed management organizations wholly or partly within the drinking water supply management area.

Subp. 7.

Public information meeting.

Within 60 days of the receipt of the notice of approval from the department, a public water supplier must hold one public information meeting for the general public about the approved:

A.

wellhead protection area delineation;

B.

drinking water supply management area boundary; and

C.

vulnerability assessments.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 103I.101

History:

22 SR 668

Published Electronically:

October 27, 2003