Minnesota Administrative Rules

9215.0820 SUBMITTAL OF PLANS AND PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR APPROVAL.

Subpart 1.

Plan.

A county, district, or multicounty area seeking approval of a solid waste management plan shall submit its draft plan to the commissioner. The draft plan must contain the information required in parts 9215.0540 to 9215.0790. The county, district, or multicounty area shall also provide:

A.

an evaluation of the progress that has been made since approval of the plan to achieve the goals and policies of the programs proposed in the existing plan;

B.

a discussion of the problems that have been encountered by the county, district, or multicounty area in implementing the existing plan and the solutions established;

C.

a discussion of the changes in the draft plan from the existing plan; and

D.

information required by new statutes or rules that have been adopted since the existing plan was approved.

Subp. 2.

[Repealed, 33 SR 1141]

Subp. 3.

Plan amendment.

A county, district, or multicounty area seeking approval of a plan amendment shall submit the amendment to the commissioner. The county, district, or multicounty area shall include the following information in its amendment:

A.

the reasons for the proposed plan amendment;

B.

the benefits of the changes proposed in the plan amendment, including: the purposes achieved by the conservation and recovery of resources and the furtherance of any regional waste management programs;

C.

the consistency of the amendment with the policies and purposes expressed in Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.02;

D.

updated goals and a revised goal-volume table as required in part 9215.0740;

E.

an updated itemized solid waste budget for the county, district, or multicounty area as required in part 9215.0750;

F.

updated implementation information relevant to the changes proposed by the county, district, or multicounty area as required in parts 9215.0575 to 9215.0800;

G.

updated information on environmental and public health impacts as required in part 9215.0770 and updated waste facility siting information as required by part 9215.0780 if new information relating to planned activities has been developed since approval of the plan or plan amendment; and

H.

for amendments that would result in an increase in the previously certified need for land disposal, documentation that the revised system is now the most feasible and prudent for the county, district, or multicounty area.

Subp. 4.

Format.

A county, district, or multicounty area submitting a plan or plan amendment to the commissioner for approval shall submit two copies of the plan and accompanying information. The plan must be single-spaced and printed on both sides. An electronic copy of the plan in a format approved by the commissioner may also be submitted with the paper copy.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.06; 115A.42; 115A.45; 115A.46; 116.07

History:

17 SR 1405; L 2005 1Sp1 art 2 s 161; 33 SR 1141

Published Electronically:

January 16, 2009