Minnesota Administrative Rules

4725.1845 DENIAL OF PERMIT APPLICATION.

Subpart 1.

Grounds for denial of application.

The commissioner may deny a permit application or revoke a permit for construction of a monitoring well, bored geothermal heat exchanger, or elevator boring, or installation of a groundwater thermal exchange device or SCLHE system if:

A.

the person constructing the well or boring, or installing the SCLHE or groundwater thermal exchange device, is not licensed according to this chapter;

B.

information submitted in the permit application is determined to be incomplete, incorrect, omitted, false, or misrepresented;

C.

the construction of the well or boring would not be in conformance with this chapter;

D.

issuance of the permit conflicts with statute or rule;

E.

a provision of the permit is violated;

F.

the well or boring would be constructed into or through contaminated soil or groundwater, and construction or use of the well or boring would result in contamination of a well or boring, allow contamination to spread, or would adversely affect groundwater remediation; or

G.

pumping from the well or boring would intercept groundwater contamination and construction or use of the well or boring would result in contamination of a well or boring, allow contamination to spread, or would adversely affect groundwater remediation.

Subp. 2.

Notice requirement.

The commissioner shall give the applicant or permit holder written notice of the permit application denial or permit revocation. The notice shall state the reason for denial or revocation. A denied permit application or revoked permit may be revised or corrected and resubmitted to the commissioner for reconsideration.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 103I.101; 103I.111; 103I.205; 103I.208; 103I.221; 103I.301; 103I.401; 103I.451; 103I.501; 103I.525; 103I.531; 103I.535; 103I.541; 103I.621

History:

15 SR 78; 33 SR 211; L 2013 c 108 art 12 s 108; L 2014 c 275 art 1 s 136; 49 SR 1261

Published Electronically:

May 28, 2025