2007 Minnesota Statutes

116J.552 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope of application. For purposes of sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, the
following terms have the meanings given.
    Subd. 2. Cleanup costs. "Cleanup costs" or "costs" means the costs of developing and
implementing a response action plan, but does not include implementation costs incurred before
the award of a grant unless the application for the grant was submitted within 180 days after the
response action plan was approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.
    Subd. 3. Contaminant. "Contaminant" means a hazardous substance or a pollutant or
contaminant as those terms are defined in section 115B.02.
    Subd. 4. Development authority. "Development authority" includes a statutory or home
rule charter city, county, housing and redevelopment authority, economic development authority,
and a port authority.
    Subd. 5. Metropolitan area. "Metropolitan area" means the seven-county metropolitan area,
as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 6. Municipality. "Municipality" means the statutory or home rule charter city, town,
or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in which the site is located.
    Subd. 7. Project costs. "Project costs" includes cleanup costs for the site and the cost
of related site acquisition, demolition of existing improvements, and installation of public
improvements necessary for the development authority to implement the response action plan.
    Subd. 8. Response action plan. "Response action plan" means a response action plan
approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, including a "development action
response plan" that meets the requirements of section 469.174, subdivision 17; and a "voluntary
response action plan" under section 115B.175, subdivision 3.
History: 1993 c 375 art 13 s 2; 1995 c 224 s 53; 1995 c 255 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 200 art 2 s 8