2005 Minnesota Statutes

     103I.208 Notification filing fees and permit fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Well notification fee.  The well 
 notification fee to be paid by a property owner is:  

    (1) for a new water supply well, $175, which includes the 
 state core function fee; 

    (2) for a well sealing, $35 for each well, which includes 
 the state core function fee, except that for monitoring wells 
 constructed on a single property, having depths within a 25 foot 
 range, and sealed within 48 hours of start of construction, a 
 single fee of $35; and 

    (3) for construction of a dewatering well, $175, which 
 includes the state core function fee, for each dewatering well 
 except a dewatering project comprising five or more dewatering 
 wells shall be assessed a single fee of $875 for the dewatering 
 wells recorded on the notification. 

    Subd. 1a.    State core function fee.  The state core 
 function fee to be collected by the state and delegated boards 
 of health and used to support state core functions is: 

    (1) for a new well, $20; and 

    (2) for a well sealing, $5.  

    Subd. 2.    Permit fee.  The permit fee to be paid by a 
 property owner is:  

    (1) for a water supply well that is not in use under a 
 maintenance permit, $150 annually; 

    (2) for construction of a monitoring well, $175, which 
 includes the state core function fee; 

    (3) for a monitoring well that is unsealed under a 
 maintenance permit, $150 annually; 

    (4) for monitoring wells used as a leak detection device at 
 a single motor fuel retail outlet, a single petroleum bulk 
 storage site excluding tank farms, or a single agricultural 
 chemical facility site, the construction permit fee is $175, 
 which includes the state core function fee, per site regardless 
 of the number of wells constructed on the site, and the annual 
 fee for a maintenance permit for unsealed monitoring wells is 
 $150 per site regardless of the number of monitoring wells 
 located on site; 

    (5) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition 
 to the notification fee for water supply wells, $175, which 
 includes the state core function fee; 

    (6) for a vertical heat exchanger, $175; 

    (7) for a dewatering well that is unsealed under a 
 maintenance permit, $150 annually for each dewatering well, 
 except a dewatering project comprising more than five dewatering 
 wells shall be issued a single permit for $750 annually for 
 dewatering wells recorded on the permit; and 

    (8) for an elevator boring, $175 for each boring. 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 10; 1990 c 597 s 34; 1991 c 355 s 24; 
 1994 c 557 s 21; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 5; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 23; 
 1999 c 247 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 5,6; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 2005 c 
 106 s 24,25; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 3,4 

*   NOTE:  The amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 by Laws 2005, 
*First Special Session chapter 4, article 6, sections 3 and 4 
*respectively, are effective July 1, 2006.  Laws 2005, First 
*Special Session chapter 4, article 6, sections 3 and 4, the 
*effective dates.