Minnesota Administrative Rules

7077.0116 PRIORITY POINTS FOR TYPES OF PROJECTS.

Subpart 1.

Improved or expanded existing permitted sewer systems.

Projects involving improvement, rehabilitation, expansion, or replacement of wastewater treatment or collection facilities in areas served by existing wastewater treatment systems that have an NPDES or SDS permit shall be assigned priority points under part 7077.0117.

Subp. 2.

New wastewater facilities in unsewered areas.

Projects involving new wastewater collection or treatment facilities, in areas not served by a permitted wastewater treatment system that has an NPDES or SDS permit, shall be assigned priority points under part 7077.0118.

Subp. 3.

Projects involving both existing permitted sewer systems and new facilities in unsewered areas.

If a project involves elements that fall within both subparts 1 and 2, the elements of the project that involve new collection or treatment facilities in previously unserved areas shall be divided from the other elements of the project, and the two portions of the project shall be separately scored under the appropriate subpart.

Subp. 4.

Stormwater projects.

Stormwater projects shall be assigned priority points under part 7077.0119.

Subp. 5.

Assignment of points by commissioner.

The commissioner shall determine the number of points to be assigned under parts 7077.0116 to 7077.0119 based on the information provided by the municipality proposing the project.

Subp. 6.

Rounding of points.

In calculating the number of points assigned to a project under parts 7077.0116 to 7077.0119, any fraction of a point shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number of points.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116.182; 446A.07

History:

30 SR 923

Published Electronically:

January 30, 2024