1998 Minnesota Statutes

     114C.22 Audits or self-evaluations. 

    Subdivision 1.    Qualification to participate in program. 
  For a facility to qualify for participation in the 
 environmental improvement program, more than one year must have 
 elapsed since the initiation of an enforcement action that 
 resulted in the imposition of a penalty involving the facility.  
 In addition, a regulated entity must: 

    (1) conduct an environmental audit or a self-evaluation; 

    (2) for a major facility, prepare a pollution prevention 
 plan and submit progress reports in accordance with sections 
 115D.07 to 115D.09; 

    (3) for a facility that is not a major facility, examine 
 pollution prevention opportunities at the facility; and 

    (4) submit a report in accordance with subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 2.    Report.  A regulated entity must submit a 
 report to the commissioner, and to a local governmental unit if 
 the report identifies a violation of an ordinance enacted by the 
 local governmental unit or of another legally binding 
 requirement imposed by the local governmental unit, within 45 
 days after the date of the final written report of findings for 
 an environmental audit or within 45 days after the completion of 
 a self-evaluation.  The report must contain: 

    (1) a certification by the owner or operator of the 
 facility that the applicable requirements of subdivision 1, 
 clauses (1) to (4), have been met; 

    (2) a disclosure of all violations of environmental 
 requirements that were identified in the environmental audit or 
 self-evaluation and a brief description of proposed actions to 
 correct the violations; 

    (3) a commitment signed by the owner or operator of the 
 facility to correct the violations as expeditiously as possible 
 under the circumstances; 

    (4) if more than 90 days will be required to correct the 
 violations, a performance schedule that identifies the time that 
 will be needed to correct the violations and a brief statement 
 of the reasons that support the time periods set out in the 
 performance schedule; and 

    (5) a description of the steps the owner or operator has 
 taken or will take to prevent recurrence of the violations. 

    HIST: 1995 c 168 s 10; 1996 c 437 s 24 

*   NOTE:  See section 114C.30 for repealer.