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Chapter 116
Section 116.41
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- 2009 Subd. 2 Amended 2009 c 37 art 1 s 46
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116.41 WASTE AND WASTE FACILITIES TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1983 c 373 s 72]
Subd. 1a.[Repealed, 1983 c 373 s 72]
Subd. 2. Training and certification programs. The agency shall develop standards of
competence for persons operating and inspecting various classes of disposal facilities. The agency
shall conduct training programs for persons operating facilities for the disposal of waste and for
inspectors of such facilities, and may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual costs of
the training programs. All fees received shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
Pollution Control Agency training account and are appropriated to the agency to pay expenses
relating to the training of disposal facility personnel.
The agency shall require operators and inspectors of such facilities to obtain from the agency
a certificate of competence. The agency shall conduct examinations to test the competence of
applicants for certification, and shall require that certificates be renewed at reasonable intervals.
The agency may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual costs of receiving and
processing applications, conducting examinations, and issuing and renewing certificates.
Certificates shall not be required for a private individual for landspreading and associated interim
and temporary storage of sewage sludge on property owned or farmed by that individual.
Subd. 3. Regulation and enforcement assistance. The agency shall establish a program to
provide technical and financial assistance for regulation and enforcement to counties which have
certified operators and inspectors conforming to the requirements of the agency, chapters 400
and 473, and sections 115A.01 to 115A.72.
Subd. 4. Rules. The agency shall adopt, amend, and rescind rules as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section in accordance with chapter 14.
History: 1973 c 646 s 1; 1980 c 564 art 11 s 13; 1981 c 352 s 29; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c
301 s 118; 1987 c 348 s 31; 1987 c 404 s 146; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 46
Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1983 c 373 s 72]
Subd. 1a.[Repealed, 1983 c 373 s 72]
Subd. 2. Training and certification programs. The agency shall develop standards of
competence for persons operating and inspecting various classes of disposal facilities. The agency
shall conduct training programs for persons operating facilities for the disposal of waste and for
inspectors of such facilities, and may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual costs of
the training programs. All fees received shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the
Pollution Control Agency training account and are appropriated to the agency to pay expenses
relating to the training of disposal facility personnel.
The agency shall require operators and inspectors of such facilities to obtain from the agency
a certificate of competence. The agency shall conduct examinations to test the competence of
applicants for certification, and shall require that certificates be renewed at reasonable intervals.
The agency may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual costs of receiving and
processing applications, conducting examinations, and issuing and renewing certificates.
Certificates shall not be required for a private individual for landspreading and associated interim
and temporary storage of sewage sludge on property owned or farmed by that individual.
Subd. 3. Regulation and enforcement assistance. The agency shall establish a program to
provide technical and financial assistance for regulation and enforcement to counties which have
certified operators and inspectors conforming to the requirements of the agency, chapters 400
and 473, and sections 115A.01 to 115A.72.
Subd. 4. Rules. The agency shall adopt, amend, and rescind rules as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this section in accordance with chapter 14.
History: 1973 c 646 s 1; 1980 c 564 art 11 s 13; 1981 c 352 s 29; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c
301 s 118; 1987 c 348 s 31; 1987 c 404 s 146; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 46
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