2013 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 for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or

(2) 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; 2010 c 361 art 4 s 57