1997 Minnesota Statutes

     116.66 Motor vehicle salvage facilities. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  (a) The definitions in 
 this subdivision apply to this section. 

    (b) "Best management practices" means practices that are 
 capable of preventing releases and minimizing the degradation of 
 the environment, considering technical feasibility, 
 implementability, availability, effectiveness, economic factors 
 and environmental effects.  

    (c) "Motor vehicle salvage facility" means an establishment 
 or place of business that is maintained, operated, or used for 
 storing, keeping, buying, dismantling, crushing, or selling 
 wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or partially dismantled motor 
 vehicles where the parts, motor vehicle hulks, or other scrap 
 material stored is equal in bulk to ten or more vehicles. 

    Subd. 2.    Facility evaluations; environmental 
 assessment.  (a) The commissioner of the pollution control 
 agency shall conduct facility evaluations to evaluate ongoing 
 waste management practices and shall provide technical 
 assistance for corrective action at motor vehicle salvage 
 facilities.  

    (b) The commissioner may conduct environmental assessments 
 at motor vehicle salvage facilities to determine the extent and 
 magnitude of any contamination and environmental impacts, 
 develop criteria, determine appropriate cleanup methods, and set 
 priorities for cleanup actions at motor vehicle salvage facility 
 sites, under the criteria in Minnesota Rules, chapter 7044. 

    Subd. 3.    Best management practices; training.  (a) 
 The commissioner shall establish best management practices for 
 motor vehicle salvage facilities. 

    (b) The commissioner shall provide training and technical 
 assistance to owners and operators of motor vehicle salvage 
 facilities on the implementation of best management practices 
 established under paragraph (a) and for other rules that apply 
 to these facilities. 

    Subd. 4.    Repealer.  This section is repealed on June 
 30, 1999.  

    HIST: 1994 c 582 s 1; 1995 c 247 art 1 s 40,41