Minnesota Administrative Rules

7077.0280 CERTIFICATION SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS.

Subpart 1.

Requirements.

To receive project certification under part 7077.0281, a municipality must submit to the commissioner for review and approval the items under subparts 2 and 4 that are applicable to the project. These items must be submitted within six months from the date that the authority approves an intended use plan which includes the project for which the municipality seeks certification.

Subp. 2.

Planning and design projects.

Municipalities seeking certification for planning and design projects shall submit:

A.

a description of the scope of work and estimated costs that will lead to an approved facilities plan or stormwater project plan;

B.

a schedule for completion of the facilities plan or the stormwater project plan on a form prescribed by the commissioner;

C.

for wastewater and stormwater treatment projects, a schedule for completion of plans and specifications; and

D.

for individual sewage treatment system projects, a copy of a draft ordinance that adopts the requirements of chapter 7080, individual sewage treatment standards.

Subp. 3.

[Repealed, 30 SR 923]

Subp. 4.

Construction projects.

Municipalities seeking certification for construction projects shall submit:

A.

for wastewater treatment systems, plans and specifications as required under part 7077.0274 for the commissioner's review and approval;

B.

for wastewater treatment systems, a certification that the municipality has enacted an ordinance that, at a minimum:

(1)

prohibits new inflow connections to be added to the wastewater treatment system;

(2)

requires new sewers and connections to be properly designed and constructed; and

(3)

prohibits toxics and other pollutants to be placed in the municipal wastewater treatment system in amounts or concentrations that endanger public safety or the physical integrity of the treatment system or cause exceedance of permit limitations;

C.

for individual sewage treatment system projects, a certification that the municipality has enacted and is enforcing an ordinance that:

(1)

adopts the requirements of chapter 7080;

(2)

prohibits nonsewage discharges from nonresidential structures with wastewater flows or nonsewage discharges from residential structures with a water-using business to individual sewage treatment systems; and

(3)

establishes a maintenance plan; and

D.

for stormwater treatment systems:

(1)

plans and specifications as required under part 7077.0279 for the commissioner's review and approval;

(2)

a project schedule on a form prescribed by the commissioner; and

(3)

if applicable, finalized and executed intermunicipal agreements necessary for the successful implementation and administration of the project.

Subp. 5.

[Repealed, 30 SR 923]

Statutory Authority:

MS s 116.07; 116.182; 446A.07

History:

13 SR 1690; 15 SR 288; 17 SR 3097; 21 SR 482; 30 SR 923

Published Electronically:

January 30, 2024