2007 Minnesota Statutes

18D.1052 LAND APPLICATION OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CONTAMINATED
SOIL AND OTHER MEDIA.
    Subdivision 1. Application of contaminated media. The commissioner may, upon request,
provide a written authorization to a responsible party, owner of real property, or other person, for
land application of contaminated media. A written land application request must be submitted to
the commissioner, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, and approved by the commissioner
prior to any land application. The commissioner may approve a land application request if the
commissioner determines that the land application will not cause unreasonable adverse effects on
the environment. An authorization for land application must prescribe appropriate application
rates and other operational control practices to protect human health and the environment and
must identify each site or sites where land application is authorized to be performed.
    Subd. 2. Exceptions. A land application specifically allowed under a state or federal
permit, license, or other written approval by an authorized state or federal agency is exempt
from this section. In the event of an emergency, or for small quantities of contaminated media,
as determined by the commissioner, contaminated media may be land applied without prior
written approval, providing that the land application is orally approved by the commissioner prior
to the application. The commissioner shall confirm the oral approval in writing within three
business days of an oral approval.
History: 1995 c 95 s 6