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13.7411 POLLUTION CONTROL AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY DATA CODED
ELSEWHERE.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. The sections referred to in subdivisions 2 to 9 are codified outside this
chapter. Those sections classify pollution control and environmental quality data as other than
public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.
    Subd. 2. Environmental audits; performance schedules. Information that is a trade secret
and is submitted to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency as part of an environmental
audit performance schedule is classified under section 114C.23.
    Subd. 3. Pollution Control Agency. Information held by the commissioner of the Pollution
Control Agency that is trade secret or sales information is governed by section 115A.06,
subdivision 13
.
    Subd. 4. Waste management. (a) Transfer station data. Data received by a county or
district from a transfer station under section 115A.84, subdivision 5, are classified under that
section.
(b) Solid waste records. Records of solid waste facilities received, inspected, or copied by a
county pursuant to section 115A.882 are classified pursuant to section 115A.882, subdivision 3.
(c) Customer lists. Customer lists provided to counties or cities by solid waste collectors are
classified under section 115A.93, subdivision 5.
    Subd. 5. Environmental response and liability. (a) Responsible persons. Certain data
obtained by the Pollution Control Agency from a person who may be responsible for a release are
classified in section 115B.17, subdivision 5.
(b) Harmful substance compensation. Access to data collected and maintained in
connection with harmful substance compensation reimbursement is governed by sections
115B.28, subdivision 2; and 115B.35, subdivision 2.
(c) Dry cleaners environmental account. Disclosure of data collected under section
115B.49, subdivision 4, is governed by chapter 270B.
    Subd. 6. Petroleum tank release. Certain data in connection with a petroleum tank release
are classified under section 115C.03, subdivision 3.
    Subd. 7. Toxic pollution prevention plans. Toxic pollution prevention plans are classified
under section 115D.09.
    Subd. 8. Pollution Control Agency. (a) Hazardous waste generators. Information
provided by hazardous waste generators under section 473.151 and for which confidentiality is
claimed is governed by section 116.075, subdivision 2.
(b) Tests. Trade secret information made available by applicants for certain projects of the
Pollution Control Agency is classified under section 116.54.
    Subd. 9. Environmental Quality Board. (a) Study data for radioactive waste disposal.
Access to data derived from testing or studies for the disposal of radioactive waste is governed
by section 116C.724, subdivision 3.
(b) Low-level radioactive waste. Certain data given to the Pollution Control Agency by
persons who generate, transport, or dispose of low-level radioactive waste are classified under
section 116C.840.
History: 1991 c 106 s 6; 1992 c 511 art 7 s 1; 1992 c 569 s 4; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 12; 1993 c
65 s 1; 1993 c 177 s 1; 1993 c 240 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 345 art 3 s 18; 1993 c 351 s
20-22; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1994 c 589 s 1; 1994 c 616 s 1; 1994 c 618 art 1 s 17; art 2 s 9-64; 1994 c
632 art 2 s 10; art 3 s 17; 1994 c 636 art 4 s 4; 1995 c 142 s 1; 1995 c 155 s 1,2; 1995 c 186 s 8;
1995 c 212 art 3 s 59; 1995 c 229 art 4 s 3; 1995 c 234 art 5 s 1; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 27; art 4 s
4; art 5 s 1-51; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 3-5; 1996 c 334 s 1; 1996 c 408 art 9 s 1; 1996 c 415 s 1;
1996 c 440 art 1 s 18; art 2 s 1-14; 1996 c 471 art 7 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 3; 1997 c 22 art 2 s
1,8; 1997 c 66 s 79; 1997 c 129 art 2 s 15; 1997 c 193 s 1; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1997 c 202 art 2 s
63; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 2; 1997 c 215 s 1; 1997 c 218 s 1; 1997 c 239 art 8 s 1; 1Sp1997 c 3 s
8-18; 1998 c 273 s 1; 1998 c 361 s 1; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 2; 1998 c 371 s 6,7; 1998 c 373 s 1;
1998 c 382 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 407 art 2 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 23; 1999 c 139
art 4 s 2; 1999 c 205 art 1 s 70; 1999 c 227 s 22; 1999 c 245 art 9 s 1,2; 2002 c 379 art 2 s 2;
2004 c 228 art 1 s 10; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 161

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