2007 Minnesota Statutes

103G.305 TIME LIMIT TO ACT ON WATER USE PERMIT APPLICATION.
    Subdivision 1. General 30-day limit. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, the
commissioner must act on a water use permit within 30 days after the application for the permit
and the required data are filed in the commissioner's office.
(b) The commissioner must direct a hearing to be held on a water use permit application or
make an order issuing a permit or denying a permit.
    Subd. 2. Exception. The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications for a
water use permit for:
(1) appropriations from waters of the state for irrigation, under section 103G.295;
(2) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 gallons per
day average in a 30-day period; or
(3) appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average
for a 30-day period.
History: 1990 c 391 art 7 s 35; 1993 c 186 s 16