2004 Minnesota Statutes

     115D.04 Pollution prevention assistance program. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishment.  The director shall 
 establish a pollution prevention assistance program to assist 
 eligible recipients in preventing pollution.  The program must 
 emphasize techniques and processes that minimize the transfer of 
 pollutants from one environmental medium to another and must 
 focus primarily on toxic pollutants. 

    Subd. 2.    Assistance.  The pollution prevention 
 assistance program must include at least the following: 

    (1) a program to assemble, catalog, and disseminate 
 information on pollution prevention; 

    (2) a program to provide technical research and assistance, 
 including on-site consultations to identify alternative methods 
 that may be applied to prevent pollution and to provide 
 assistance for planning under section 115D.07, excluding design 
 engineering services; and 

    (3) outreach programs including seminars, workshops, 
 training programs, and other similar activities designed to 
 provide pollution prevention information and assistance to 
 eligible recipients and other interested persons. 

    Subd. 3.    Administration.  (a) The pollution 
 prevention assistance program must be coordinated with other 
 public and private programs that provide management and 
 technical assistance to eligible recipients.  

    (b) The director may make grants to public or private 
 entities to operate elements of the program.  Grantees shall 
 provide periodic reports on their efforts to assist eligible 
 recipients to reduce pollution. 

    HIST: 1990 c 560 art 1 s 4; 1992 c 513 art 2 s 31