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WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES

See also SEWAGE; SEWERS; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATORS

Access, Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.04

Advanced wastewater treatment, Minn. Rules 7053.0235

Alternative discharging sewage systems

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.58

Improvements or replacement, funding, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.18

Analytical laboratories, certification, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.84

Analytical laboratories, certification, Minn. Rules 7001.4310 to 7001.4390, 7002.0400 to 7002.0425

Appeal of agency actions, Minn. Rules 7077.2005

Biosolids recycling equipment, sales and use taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.70

Cesspools, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.55, 2022 471.92

Chatfield, sales and use taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.71

Cities

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 444.075

Improvements, authorizing, Minn. Statutes 2022 429.021

Payment for, municipal liquor store revenues, Minn. Statutes 2022 426.19

Classification of waters, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.03, 2022 115.44

Classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.72

Classification

Basis, rating values, Minn. Rules 9400.0500

Reclassification, Minn. Rules 9400.0600

Type S facilities, Minn. Rules 9400.0500

Compliance schedules, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.455, 2022 115.456

Comprehensive municipal plans, open space systems, Minn. Statutes 2022 394.231

Conflict of laws, metropolitan area facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.549

Construction contracts

Bids, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.163

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 471.371

Construction materials, supplies, and equipment, sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.71

Construction, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.58, 2022 308A.101, 2022 308A.201

Contested cases, nonmetropolitan interceptors, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.5111

Counties

Construction contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 471.371

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 444.075

Local water management and accountability oversight, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.102

Nonconforming lots, shoreland areas, setbacks, Minn. Statutes 2022 394.36

Nonmetropolitan counties, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.01 to 2022 116A.26

Private vendors of public services, see PRIVATIZATION

Definitions

Metropolitan area facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.121

Municipal sewage disposal systems, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.41, 2022 115.426

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.542

Public utilities, financing statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 336B.01

Water Pollution Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.01

Definitions

Generally, Minn. Rules 7077.0105

Public Facilities Authority loans and grants, Minn. Rules 7380.0250

Descriptions of property, financing statements, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 336B.02

Disputes about grants, procedures, Minn. Rules 7077.2000, 7077.2005

Effluent limits

Applicability of rules, Minn. Rules 7053.0115

Ecoregions, maps, Minn. Rules 7050.0468

Effluent quality levels, generally, Minn. Rules 7053.0205

Industrial waste, treatment, Minn. Rules 7053.0205

Limited resource value waters, discharges to, Minn. Rules 7053.0245

Minimum stream flow augmentation, Minn. Rules 7053.0205

Phosphorus, Minn. Rules 7053.0255

Pond facilities, Minn. Rules 7053.0215, 7053.0225, 7053.0235

Sewage, point source discharges, Minn. Rules 7053.0215

Specific dischargers, notice and hearing requirements, Minn. Rules 7053.0205

Testing, samples, Minn. Rules 7053.0155

Trickling filter facilities, Minn. Rules 7053.0215

Variances, Minn. Rules 7053.0195

Eminent domain, Minn. Statutes 2022 444.26, 2022 473.504

Enforcement of law

Metropolitan area facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.5155

Public health requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.989 to 2022 144.993

Environmental assessment worksheets, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4300

Equipment, aboveground storage tank rules, exclusion, Minn. Rules 7151.1300

Financial assistance program

Certification of project, Minn. Rules 7077.0280, 7077.0281

Corrective action reports, Minn. Rules 7077.0288

Hearings, Minn. Rules 7077.0272, 7077.0277

Inspections, Minn. Rules 7077.0284, 7077.0286

Operation of facility, Minn. Rules 7077.0286, 7077.0287

Plans and specifications, Minn. Rules 7077.0274

Priority points

Assigning, Minn. Rules 7077.0115, 7077.0116

Equal numbers, ranking of projects, Minn. Rules 7077.0121

Projects in unsewered areas, Minn. Rules 7077.0118

Projects with existing permits, Minn. Rules 7077.0117

Recalculation, Minn. Rules 7077.0115

Storm water projects, Minn. Rules 7077.0119

Types of projects, points for, Minn. Rules 7077.0116

Project performance, Minn. Rules 7077.0288, 7077.0290

Project priority list, Minn. Rules 7077.0115

Reporting, Minn. Rules 7077.0288

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 7077.0100

Storm water projects

Priority points, Minn. Rules 7077.0119

Project plans, Minn. Rules 7077.0277, 7077.0279

Wastewater facilities plan, Minn. Rules 7077.0272

Withholding payments, Minn. Rules 7077.0292

Financing statements, Minn. Statutes 2022 336B.01 to 2022 336B.02

Grants for

Boundary Waters Canoe Area, state water pollution control program, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.16

Public Facilities Authority

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 446A.051, 2022 446A.07, 2022 446A.072

Estimates reported to legislature, Minn. Statutes 2022 446A.076

Total maximum daily load grants, Minn. Statutes 2022 446A.073

Wastewater infrastructure funding, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.182

Hearings, disputes about agency actions, Minn. Rules 7077.2005

Incinerators, mercury emissions, Minn. Rules 7011.1360

Individual

Generally, see INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (ISTS)

Grants program for, see Financial assistance program under this topic

Industrial waste, effluent limits, treatment, Minn. Rules 7053.0205

Inspections, facilities constructed with federal funds, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.165

Interceptors, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.121, 2022 473.5111

Loans for, Public Facilities Authority, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 446A.051, 2022 446A.07

Loans for, septic systems, tourism loans, Minn. Rules 4308.0020, 4308.0040, 4308.0050

Local governments, facilities owned by, see PUBLICLY OWNED TREATMENT WORKS (POTWS)

Mercury prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.932

Metropolitan area facilities

Acquisition of property, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.504, 2022 473.511

Bonds (public debt), Minn. Statutes 2022 473.541, 2022 473.543

Budget, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.543

Cash flow management fund, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.517

Certificates of indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.541

Collection, treatment, and disposal plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.165, 2022 473.513

Conflict of laws, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.549

Connections with metropolitan system, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.515

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.516, 2022 473.523

Costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511, 2022 473.517, 2022 473.521

Credits, local governments, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.121

Disposal of property, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.504

Emergency appropriations, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.541

Employees, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511, 2022 473.512

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.5155

Existing facilities, current valuation, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511

Existing joint sewer boards, termination, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511

Existing sanitary districts, termination, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511

Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.519

Joint use contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.504

Local government payments, deferment, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.517

Local special assessments, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.545

Metropolitan Council

Duties and powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511, 2022 473.515, 2022 473.5155

Planning, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.146, 2022 473.513

Operating revenues, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.543

Operation and ownership, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511, 2022 473.524

Property, vesting of title, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.511

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.541, 2022 473.547

Public thoroughfares, use, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.504

Reserve or contingency fund, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.517

Sewer availability charges, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.517

System of charges, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.519

Tax exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.545

Treated sewage, discharging, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.515

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.5155

Municipal sewage disposal systems

Administration Department, assumption of municipality powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.48, 2022 115.49

Biological nutrient treatment technology, voluntary investment incentive, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.426

Bonds, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.46, 2022 115.48

Compliance schedules, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.455, 2022 115.456

Compliance with law, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.45

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.49, 2022 115.51

Cooperation between municipalities, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.49

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.41, 2022 115.426

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.44

Judicial review, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.48, 2022 115.49

Metropolitan area towns, Minn. Statutes 2022 368.01

Nonconforming lots, shoreland areas, setbacks, Minn. Statutes 2022 394.36

Phosphorus, nonintegrated source reduction goal, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.425

Planning, long range, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.42

Policy, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.42

Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.43, 2022 115.48, 2022 115.49

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.46, 2022 272.02

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.43, 2022 115.53

Severability of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.52

Towns, authority granted, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.50

National pollutant discharge elimination system (NDPES) permits, municipal sewage disposal systems, compliance schedules, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.456

New facilities, national pollutant discharge elimination system, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.449

Nonmetropolitan counties

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.19

Assessment on benefited property, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.16 to 2022 116A.18

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.03, 2022 116A.04, 2022 116A.15

Bonds (public debt), Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.20

Certificates of indebtedness, emergency, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.21

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.13 to 2022 116A.15

Dismissal of proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.05

Engineer, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.06, 2022 116A.10

Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.01

Gifts, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.23

Grants, authority to accept, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.23

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.08, 2022 116A.12, 2022 116A.17

Petitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.02

Property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.25

Protection of water resources, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.26

Service charges, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.22

Surveys, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.07, 2022 116A.09

Viewers, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.11

Water commission, appointments and power, Minn. Statutes 2022 116A.24

On-site installation, residential building contractors, local governments, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2022 326B.835

Operators, certification, Minn. Rules 9400.0100 to 9400.1500

Operators, see WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT OPERATORS

Park Rapids, property taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.03, 2022 115.07, 2022 115.449, 2022 115.542

Personal property taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02, 2022 272.025

Personnel, training, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.03

Planning

Metropolitan area facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.146, 2022 473.513

Municipal sewage disposal systems, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.42

Plans and specifications, approval by Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 471.371

Private vendors of public services, see PRIVATIZATION

Privatization, water and wastewater treatment facilities, property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02

Problem materials, see PROBLEM MATERIALS (WASTE)

Property taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 272.02, 2022 272.025

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 7077.0100

Records and record keeping, access, Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.04

Recreational manufactured home parks

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.20

Sanitary facilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.16, 2022 327.27

Regional sanitary sewer districts, see under SANITARY DISTRICTS

Regulatory certainty, treatment technology incentive, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.426

Reports, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.03

Review of Pollution Control Agency actions, Minn. Rules 7077.2000

Sanitary districts, see SANITARY DISTRICTS

Scope of rules, generally, Minn. Rules 7077.0100

Security interests, perfecting, Minn. Statutes 2022 336B.01 to 2022 336B.03

State independent grants program, see Financial assistance program under this topic

State revolving fund, see Financial assistance program under this topic

State water pollution control program, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.16 to 2022 116.18

Statutory cities

City council powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 412.221

Jurisdiction, public utility commissions, Minn. Statutes 2022 412.351

Storm water treatment facilities, financial assistance program, grants for, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.195

Storm water treatment facilities, financial assistance program

Beneficial use of wastewater or storm water, Minn. Rules 7077.0105, 7077.0117, 7077.0118

Initiation of operations, Minn. Rules 7077.0287

Inspections, Minn. Rules 7077.0287

Operation and maintenance manuals, Minn. Rules 7077.0287

Performance certification, Minn. Rules 7077.0288

Plans and specifications, Minn. Rules 7077.0279

Priority points, Minn. Rules 7077.0119

Project plans, Minn. Rules 7077.0277, 7077.0279

Subsurface, see SUBSURFACE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SSTS)

Tourist camps

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 327.20

Sewage disposal, Minn. Statutes 2022 144.12, 2022 145A.07

Towns

Eminent domain, authority, Minn. Statutes 2022 444.26

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 444.075

Type S facilities, Minn. Rules 9400.0500

Underground storage tanks, see UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

Variances from rules, Minn. Rules 7077.2010

Wastewater infrastructure fund, see Financial assistance program under this topic

Wastewater laboratories, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.84

Wastewater laboratories, Minn. Rules 7001.4310 to 7001.4390, 7002.0400 to 7002.0425

Water and Soil Resources Board, interventions, Minn. Statutes 2022 103A.305

Water pollution, Minn. Rules 7050.0210

Water user districts, see Works under RURAL WATER USER DISTRICTS

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, see Wastewater treatment facilities under WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SANITARY DISTRICT