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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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299J.12 INTERSTATE PIPELINE INSPECTION FEE, ASSESSMENT.
Subdivision 1. Assessment and deposit of fee. For each quarter following the delegation to
the state of the inspection authority described in section 299J.04, the commissioner shall assess
and collect from every interstate pipeline operator an inspection fee in an amount calculated under
subdivisions 2 and 3. If an operator does not pay the fee within 60 days after the assessment was
mailed, the commissioner may impose a delinquency fee of ten percent of the quarterly inspection
fee and interest at the rate of 15 percent per year on the portion of the fee not paid. Fees collected
by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in the pipeline safety account.
Subd. 2. Inspection fee. For interstate pipelines and LNG facilities subject to the inspection
authority granted under sections 299J.01 to 299J.11, the expenses attributable to the inspection
of each pipeline facility or LNG facility must be directly charged to the appropriate pipeline
operators on a quarterly basis. The expenses must not include expenses that will be reimbursed
by the federal government.
Subd. 3. Support costs. The commissioner shall calculate the amount of the general support
costs of the Office of Pipeline Safety for the preceding quarter that is proportionate to the amount
of time spent by the office in implementing sections 299J.01 to 299J.18 and maintaining interstate
agent status, including the costs incurred in seeking federal interstate agent status in the first
quarter's calculations. The costs incurred in seeking federal interstate agent status must include the
costs directly attributable to salaries, training, and other activities and costs related to obtaining
interstate agent status, from the time that the request for interstate agent status is submitted by the
commissioner to the United States Department of Transportation, to the time that approval of
interstate agent status is granted. The calculated support cost must not include expenses that will
be reimbursed by the federal government. Each interstate pipeline operator, except LNG facility
operators, must be assessed on a quarterly basis a portion of the calculated support costs equal to
the percentage of the total miles of pipeline operated by the pipeline operator in Minnesota. LNG
facility operators must be assessed on a quarterly basis a portion of the calculated support costs
divided equally between the LNG facilities.
History: 1987 c 353 s 33; 1988 c 624 s 20; 1989 c 244 s 26; 1992 c 386 s 8,9
Subdivision 1. Assessment and deposit of fee. For each quarter following the delegation to
the state of the inspection authority described in section 299J.04, the commissioner shall assess
and collect from every interstate pipeline operator an inspection fee in an amount calculated under
subdivisions 2 and 3. If an operator does not pay the fee within 60 days after the assessment was
mailed, the commissioner may impose a delinquency fee of ten percent of the quarterly inspection
fee and interest at the rate of 15 percent per year on the portion of the fee not paid. Fees collected
by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in the pipeline safety account.
Subd. 2. Inspection fee. For interstate pipelines and LNG facilities subject to the inspection
authority granted under sections 299J.01 to 299J.11, the expenses attributable to the inspection
of each pipeline facility or LNG facility must be directly charged to the appropriate pipeline
operators on a quarterly basis. The expenses must not include expenses that will be reimbursed
by the federal government.
Subd. 3. Support costs. The commissioner shall calculate the amount of the general support
costs of the Office of Pipeline Safety for the preceding quarter that is proportionate to the amount
of time spent by the office in implementing sections 299J.01 to 299J.18 and maintaining interstate
agent status, including the costs incurred in seeking federal interstate agent status in the first
quarter's calculations. The costs incurred in seeking federal interstate agent status must include the
costs directly attributable to salaries, training, and other activities and costs related to obtaining
interstate agent status, from the time that the request for interstate agent status is submitted by the
commissioner to the United States Department of Transportation, to the time that approval of
interstate agent status is granted. The calculated support cost must not include expenses that will
be reimbursed by the federal government. Each interstate pipeline operator, except LNG facility
operators, must be assessed on a quarterly basis a portion of the calculated support costs equal to
the percentage of the total miles of pipeline operated by the pipeline operator in Minnesota. LNG
facility operators must be assessed on a quarterly basis a portion of the calculated support costs
divided equally between the LNG facilities.
History: 1987 c 353 s 33; 1988 c 624 s 20; 1989 c 244 s 26; 1992 c 386 s 8,9
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