Minnesota Administrative Rules

7152.0300 ELIGIBLE COSTS.

Subpart 1.

Costs eligible for reimbursement.

Costs associated with the following response actions conducted under Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.50, subdivision 2, are eligible for reimbursement from the account if the costs meet the conditions under part 7152.0200, subpart 2:

A.

emergency response and initial site hazard mitigation measures necessary to abate acute risks to human health, safety, and the environment;

B.

temporary site hazard control measures such as security fencing or other measures to limit access, temporary provision of drinking water and housing, initial abatement of vapors, removal of free product, and other temporary measures to limit the public's exposure;

C.

investigation and source identification such as collecting and analyzing soil samples, soil vapor, groundwater, and drinking water; providing engineering and environmental services; and taking other actions necessary to determine the source, scope, and extent of a release;

D.

preparing and submitting reports required by the commissioner; and

E.

response actions such as removal, treatment, or disposal of surface and subsurface soil, soil vapor, or groundwater contamination, installation of a vapor mitigation system including venting systems and vapor barriers, provision of a permanent alternative water supply, and other actions that remove or remedy a release. Response actions must be performed according to a response action plan approved by the commissioner.

Subp. 2.

Documentation of eligible costs.

The applicant must retain all records necessary to document incurred costs submitted in an application for reimbursement for seven years from the date the application is submitted to the commissioner. Among the records required are all invoices, time records, equipment records, and receipts.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.389; 115B.50; L 2016 c 123 s 5

History:

42 SR 1444

Published Electronically:

May 15, 2018