2020 Minnesota Statutes

216G.12 SAVINGS PROVISION.

Sections 216G.03 to 216G.05 shall not apply to a pipeline if, on or before May 26, 1979:

(1) an application for a certificate of need has been filed for the pipeline pursuant to section 216B.243 and easements have been acquired for at least 85 percent of the length of the proposed pipeline right-of-way; or

(2) an environmental impact statement has been prepared, pursuant to chapter 116D concerning the construction of the pipeline and the Public Utilities Commission has determined that the statement is adequate under that chapter.

History:

1979 c 194 s 11; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1983 c 289 s 115 subd 2; 1984 c 558 art 4 s 10; 2005 c 97 art 3 s 19