2008 Minnesota Statutes

103H.175 GROUNDWATER QUALITY MONITORING.

Subdivision 1.Monitoring results to be submitted to the Land Management Information Center.

The results of monitoring groundwater quality by state agencies and political subdivisions must be submitted to the Land Management Information Center.

Subd. 2.Computerized database.

The Land Management Information Center shall maintain a computerized database of the results of groundwater quality monitoring in a manner that is accessible to the Pollution Control Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, and Department of Natural Resources. The center shall assess the quality and reliability of the data and organize the data in a usable format.

Subd. 3.Report.

In each even-numbered year, the Pollution Control Agency, in cooperation with other agencies participating in the monitoring of water resources, shall provide a draft report on the status of groundwater monitoring to the Environmental Quality Board for review and then to the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, and agriculture as part of the report in section 103A.204.

History:

1989 c 326 art 1 s 7; 1991 c 345 art 2 s 17,18; 1994 c 557 s 16; 1999 c 86 art 3 s 11