Minnesota Administrative Rules

5800.0070 PRELIMINARY FINDING OF METROPOLITAN SIGNIFICANCE.

Subpart 1.

Review of information submission.

Upon receipt of a request accompanied by an information submission, the chair must within ten working days examine the materials and make a preliminary finding of metropolitan significance based on the following requirements:

A.

the request complies with and satisfies the requirements of part 5800.0060;

B.

the significance review has not been requested in bad faith;

C.

the information submission arguably demonstrates that a metropolitan system or existing or planned land use or development will be affected by the proposed project or that a publicly subsidized project has an effect on a publicly financed facility; and

D.

the proposed project is not exempt.

After receiving a request to commence a metropolitan significance review, but before making a preliminary finding of metropolitan significance, the chair may meet with any of the parties and may request additional information.

Subp. 2.

Scoping of issues.

In the preliminary finding, the chair will identify which of the issues raised in the information submission are legitimate for significance review and specify any other issues which should be included in the significance review. Only these issues will be included in the scope of review at the public hearing, unless the significance review committee gives at least seven days notice before the public hearing to all parties that additional issues will be added to the scope of review. A description of the issues will be included with the notice.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 473.173

History:

13 SR 2366

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008