1997 Minnesota Statutes

     144.382 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of sections 
 144.381 to 144.387, the following terms have the meanings given. 

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 state commissioner of health. 

    Subd. 3.    Federal regulations.  "Federal regulations" 
 means rules promulgated by the federal environmental protection 
 agency, or its successor agencies. 

    Subd. 4.    Public water supply.  "Public water supply" 
 means a system providing piped water for human consumption, and 
 either containing a minimum of 15 service connections or 15 
 living units, or serving an average of 25 persons daily for 60 
 days of the year.  "Public water supply" includes a collection, 
 treatment, storage, and distribution facility under control of 
 an operator and used primarily in connection with the system, 
 and a collection or pretreatment storage facility used primarily 
 in connection with the system but not under control of an 
 operator. 

    Subd. 5.    Supplier.  "Supplier" means a person who 
 owns, manages or operates a public water supply. 

    HIST: 1977 c 66 s 2; 1977 c 305 s 45