2006 Minnesota Statutes

116C.94 RULES.
    Subdivision 1. General authority. The board shall adopt rules consistent with sections
116C.91 to 116C.96 that require an environmental assessment worksheet and otherwise comply
with chapter 116D and rules adopted under it for a proposed release and a permit for a release.
The board may place conditions on a permit and may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit.
    Subd. 2. Significant environmental permit. The rules shall provide that the board shall
authorize an agency with a significant environmental permit to administer the regulatory oversight
for the release of certain genetically engineered organisms.
    Subd. 3. Commercialization. The board may adopt rules providing exemptions to the
requirements to prepare an environmental assessment worksheet and obtain a permit for releases
of genetically engineered organisms for which substantial evidence from past releases has shown
to the board's satisfaction that the organism can be released without jeopardizing public health
or the environment.
    Subd. 4. Alternative regulatory oversight. The board may adopt rules providing alternative
regulatory oversight to the requirements to prepare an environmental assessment worksheet and
obtain a permit for releases of genetically engineered organisms for which substantial evidence
from past experience, including releases and laboratory data, has shown to the board's satisfaction
that the alternative oversight will protect public health and the environment.
    Subd. 5. Rules; federal oversight. The board may adopt rules to implement the authorities
granted to it in section 116C.97, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 6. Consultation. The board shall consult with local units of government and with
private citizens before adopting any rules.
History: 1989 c 346 s 5; 1991 c 250 s 29; 1994 c 454 s 10