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103I.661 MINED UNDERGROUND SPACE DEVELOPMENT.
Subdivision 1. Commissioner of natural resources review. The commissioners of natural
resources and health shall review all project plans that involve dewatering of underground
formations for construction and operation of mined underground space to determine the effects of
the proposal on the quality and quantity of underground waters in and adjacent to the areas where
the mined underground space is to be developed.
Subd. 2. Permit for water removal. A mined underground space project involving or
affecting the quality and quantity of groundwater may not be developed until a water use permit
for the appropriation of waters under chapter 103G has been issued by the commissioner of
natural resources.
History: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 40
Subdivision 1. Commissioner of natural resources review. The commissioners of natural
resources and health shall review all project plans that involve dewatering of underground
formations for construction and operation of mined underground space to determine the effects of
the proposal on the quality and quantity of underground waters in and adjacent to the areas where
the mined underground space is to be developed.
Subd. 2. Permit for water removal. A mined underground space project involving or
affecting the quality and quantity of groundwater may not be developed until a water use permit
for the appropriation of waters under chapter 103G has been issued by the commissioner of
natural resources.
History: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 40
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