Minnesota Administrative Rules

7044.0250 SCORING OF SITES WITH RELEASES OR THREATENED RELEASES FOR ADDITION TO PERMANENT LIST OF PRIORITIES.

The agency shall score sites with releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or contaminants, using the Hazard Ranking System (HRS). The Pollution Control Agency shall score PCA sites with releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or contaminants. The commissioner of agriculture shall score agricultural chemical sites with releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, or pollutants or contaminants.

All eligible sites must be assigned to a response action class based on the criteria in part 7044.0450. The site of the release or the threatened release must be added to the permanent list of priorities during the next annual update as specified in part 7044.0600.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.06; 115B.17

History:

9 SR 58; 17 SR 2328

Published Electronically:

October 6, 2021