Minnesota Administrative Rules

4720.5350 LOCAL REVIEW; PUBLIC HEARING.

Subpart 1.

Submittal to local units of government.

The public water supplier must submit a copy of the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan to:

A.

local units of government wholly or partly within the wellhead protection area;

B.

the regional development commission, if any; and

C.

watershed districts and watershed management organizations wholly or partly within the wellhead protection area.

Subp. 2.

Local review.

A public water supplier must allow 60 days for the governmental units identified in subpart 1 to comment in writing on the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan.

Subp. 3.

Comments; consideration.

A public water supplier must consider comments of a local unit of government, regional development commission, watershed district, or water management organization, if any, that:

A.

identify and describe any conflict the commenting party has with the plan, when the conflict is not already identified in the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan; and

B.

state the commenting party's position on a conflict identified by the public water supplier for consideration by the department during the department's review of the plan.

Subp. 4.

Public hearing.

A public water supplier must conduct a public hearing on the wellhead protection plan after the 60-day period for local review and comment is completed and before submitting the plan to the department.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 103I.101

History:

22 SR 668

Published Electronically:

October 27, 2003