2002 Minnesota Statutes

     103I.208 Notification filing fees and permit fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Well notification fee.  The well 
 notification fee to be paid by a property owner is:  

    (1) for a new well, $150, which includes the state core 
 function fee; 

    (2) for a well sealing, $30 for each well, which includes 
 the state core function fee, except that for monitoring wells 
 constructed on a single property, having depths within a 25 foot 
 range, and sealed within 48 hours of start of construction, a 
 single fee of $30; and 

    (3) for construction of a dewatering well, $150, which 
 includes the state core function fee, for each well except a 
 dewatering project comprising five or more wells shall be 
 assessed a single fee of $750 for the wells recorded on the 
 notification. 

    Subd. 1a.    State core function fee.  The state core 
 function fee to be collected by the state and delegated boards 
 of health and used to support state core functions is: 

    (1) for a new well, $20; and 

    (2) for a well sealing, $5.  

    Subd. 2.    Permit fee.  The permit fee to be paid by a 
 property owner is:  

    (1) for a well that is not in use under a maintenance 
 permit, $125 annually; 

    (2) for construction of a monitoring well, $150, which 
 includes the state core function fee; 

    (3) for a monitoring well that is unsealed under a 
 maintenance permit, $125 annually; 

    (4) for monitoring wells used as a leak detection device at 
 a single motor fuel retail outlet, a single petroleum bulk 
 storage site excluding tank farms, or a single agricultural 
 chemical facility site, the construction permit fee is $150, 
 which includes the state core function fee, per site regardless 
 of the number of wells constructed on the site, and the annual 
 fee for a maintenance permit for unsealed monitoring wells is 
 $125 per site regardless of the number of monitoring wells 
 located on site; 

    (5) for a groundwater thermal exchange device, in addition 
 to the notification fee for wells, $150, which includes the 
 state core function fee; 

    (6) for a vertical heat exchanger, $150; 

    (7) for a dewatering well that is unsealed under a 
 maintenance permit, $125 annually for each well, except a 
 dewatering project comprising more than five wells shall be 
 issued a single permit for $625 annually for wells recorded on 
 the permit; and 

    (8) for excavating holes for the purpose of installing 
 elevator shafts, $150 for each hole. 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 10; 1990 c 597 s 34; 1991 c 355 s 24; 
 1994 c 557 s 21; 1997 c 203 art 2 s 5; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 23; 
 1999 c 247 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 1 s 5,6; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113