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SOLID WASTE

Abandoned vehicles, see under MOTOR VEHICLES

Abandonment, disposal sites, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Access to disposal site, closing upon abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Appliances, see Disposal under APPLIANCES

Ash, see ASH DISPOSAL FACILITIES

Batteries

Generally, see BATTERIES

Lead acid, see BATTERIES (MOTOR VEHICLES)

Bear baiting materials, Minn. Statutes 2022 97B.425

Beneficial uses

Case-specific beneficial use determinations, Minn. Rules 7035.2860

Characterization of waste for, Minn. Rules 7035.2861

Definitions, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Determinations, defined, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Management hierarchy, Minn. Rules 7035.0350

Permits, solid waste facilities, exclusion, Minn. Rules 7001.3050

Policy of state, Minn. Rules 7035.0350

Standards, Minn. Rules 7035.2860

Standing beneficial use determinations, Minn. Rules 7035.2860

Storage prior to beneficial use, Minn. Rules 7001.3050, 7035.2855

Blowing up material, collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Building renovation or demolition, materials removed before, Minn. Rules 7035.0805

By-products, previously taxed by-products, solid waste management taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.06

Cathode-ray tubes, see Video display devices under VIDEO

Certificates and certification, handlers, dunnage or refuse, foreign commerce, Minn. Rules 1505.3020 to 1505.3040

Closure procedure, disposal site abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Coal slurry and coal liquids pipelines, proposed new facilities, required information, Minn. Rules 7855.0450

Collection containers, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Collection

Customer lists, data classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93

Defined as waste management services, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Disclosures, disposal facility, disclosure to generators, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.9302

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.929, 2022 115A.93, 2022 115A.9301, 2022 115A.945

Garbage trucks, Minn. Statutes 2022 169.64, 2022 169.828, 2022 169.86

Options for, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.94

Permits, counties, fees from generators, Minn. Statutes 2022 400.08

Required, certain cities and towns, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.941

Waste management data, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.151

Collection, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Collectors

Customer lists, classification, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93

Licensing and registration, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93

Reports given, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93

Waste deposit disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.9302

Combustors, see WASTE COMBUSTORS

Commercial generators

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Municipal solid waste management services use tax, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Recovery from, solid waste management taxes owed, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.11

Self-haulers, exception, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Compacting, refuse and cover, abandonment of disposal site, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Compactors, sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297A.68

Computer monitors, see Video display devices under VIDEO

Construction debris

Defined as non-mixed-municipal solid waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Gypsum, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.936

Solid waste management taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.04 to 2022 297H.06

Containers

Collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Storage, Minn. Rules 7035.0700

Counties, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 400.01 to 2022 400.17, 2022 473.811

Dakota County, property sale or lease, Minn. Statutes 2022 383D.71

Definitions

Abandoned motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2022 168B.011

First class cities, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.27

Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.06

Recycling, Minn. Statutes 2022 116F.02

Solid waste management taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Solid waste vehicle, Minn. Statutes 2022 169.011

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, Minn. Statutes 2022 458D.02

Definitions

Beneficial uses, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Facilities, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Food code, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Metropolitan solid waste landfill fees, Minn. Rules 8121.0200

Resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4100

Demolition debris, Minn. Rules 7035.2825, 9215.0510, 9215.0690

Demonstration/research projects

Characterization of waste for, Minn. Rules 7035.2861

Defined, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Pollution control agency, duties, Minn. Rules 7035.0450

Solid waste facility permits, exclusion, Minn. Rules 7001.3050

Disclosure to generators, waste deposit, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.9302

Disposal facilities, see under SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Disposal

Abandoned hazardous waste, lawsuits, recovery of cost, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.071

Defined as waste management services, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.919, 2022 297H.06

Field citations, issuing, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.073

First class cities, see same under this topic

Fourth class cities, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.015

Industrial development projects, see Projects under INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS

Metropolitan area, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.849

Prohibited items, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.9565

Rest areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 160.2755

Service charges, special assessments, Minn. Statutes 2022 429.101

Standards, Pollution Control Agency, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.07

Statutory cities, Minn. Statutes 2022 412.221, 2022 443.015

Town meeting, general powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 365.10

Disposal

Bakeries, Minn. Rules 1550.1470

Dental offices, Minn. Rules 3100.6300

Drains and drainage, diversion of surface water, abandonment of disposal site, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Dumps, see DUMPS

Duty to close disposal site, abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Electricity, generating facilities, certificate of need applications, Minn. Rules 7849.0320

Electronic waste, see Video display devices under VIDEO

Enforcement of law

Delayed enforcement, voluntary self-reporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 114C.40

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 115.071

Enforcement, generally, Minn. Rules 7035.0400

Environmental assessment worksheets, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4300

Environmental assistance loans, see POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

Environmental impact statements, mandatory categories, Minn. Rules 4410.4400

Evaluation reports, grant-in-aid contracts, resource recovery facilities, Minn. Rules 7035.4600

Facilities, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Farms, disposal permits, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 17.135

First class cities

Charges and rates, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.26, 2022 443.28 to 2022 443.31

Containers, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.32

Destruction plants, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.18

Disposal

Accounting, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.34

Charges and rates, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.26, 2022 443.28

Methods, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.32

Public utilities, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.34

Regulations, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.31

Unsafe conditions, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.31

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.35

Funds and accounts, rubbish disposal fund, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.33

Storage, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.32

Fish processing establishments, objectionable conditions, Minn. Rules 1545.2900

Floodplains, supplemental standards for management, Minn. Rules 6120.5900

Food and beverage service establishments, see Recyclables, refuse, and returnables under FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS

Fourth class cities, disposal, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.015

Freestanding outpatient surgical centers, see FREESTANDING OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTERS

Fuel conversion facilities, proposed new facilities, required information, Minn. Rules 7855.0350

Garbage, see GARBAGE

General requirements, Minn. Rules 7035.0400

Generated outside Minnesota

Depositing in Minnesota, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.935

Solid waste management taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.06

Transporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.935

Generation, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2022 116F.01

Generators

Collection fees, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93, 2022 115A.9301, 2022 115A.945

Commercial generators, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01, 2022 297H.11, 2022 297H.115

Invoices received, solid waste management taxes, separate itemization, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.07

Notice received, solid waste disposal facility information, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.9302

Residential generators, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01, 2022 297H.11, 2022 297H.115

Waste facilities, supplementary review, persons who may request, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.33

Grants-in-aid

Environmental assistance grants, see POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

Resource recovery facilities

Application procedure, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Conservation of materials, review criteria, Minn. Rules 7035.4500

Criteria for eligibility, Minn. Rules 7035.4500

Generally, Minn. Rules 7035.4600

Proof of intentions, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Resolutions, regions or municipalities, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Signatures, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Time schedule, review criteria, Minn. Rules 7035.4500

Resource recovery programs, Minn. Rules 7035.4400, 7035.4500

Resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4400, 7035.4500

Haulers, see Transportation under this topic

Household batteries, see BATTERIES

Household waste, transporters, hazardous substances releases, exclusion from liability, Minn. Statutes 2022 115B.04, 2022 115B.05

Incinerator ash, see INCINERATORS

Incinerators, see INCINERATORS

Industrial solid waste land disposal facilities, Minn. Rules 7035.1590 to 7035.2500

Industrial waste, see INDUSTRIAL WASTE

Infectious waste management, see INFECTIOUS WASTE

Infectious waste, see INFECTIOUS WASTE

Joint resource recovery projects, applications for grants-in-aid, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Land application, marketing, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.48

Landfills, see LANDFILLS

Lawsuits

Abandoned hazardous waste disposal, recovery of costs, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.071

Joint liability, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.94

Lead acid batteries, see BATTERIES (MOTOR VEHICLES)

Leaks, collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Licenses, disposers of abandoned motor vehicles, contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 168B.10

Litter, see LITTERING

Local governments, enforcement, Minn. Rules 7035.0400

Management demonstration program, apportionment of funds, Minn. Rules 7035.7700

Management districts, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS

Management facilities, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Management hierarchy, policy of state, Minn. Rules 7035.0350

Management planning assistance program, Minn. Rules 7035.5000 to 7035.6000

Management planning, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING

Management projects

Administration, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.49

Application requirements, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.51, 2022 115A.54

Eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.50

Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.49

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.54

Technical assistance, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.52, 2022 115A.54

Management services

Providers, see Waste management service providers under this topic

Sales price, use tax, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Management

Pollution Control Agency, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.42, 2022 473.149

Standards and criteria, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.149

Market price, taxes on, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAXES

Medical cannabis manufacturers, Minn. Rules 4770.1200

Mercury prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.932

Metal beverage containers with detachable tops, Minn. Statutes 2022 325E.03

Metropolitan area cities

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.813

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.811

Metropolitan area counties

Abatements plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.803

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.813

Enforcement of law, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.811, 2022 473.812

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.811

Joint powers agreements, Minn. Statutes 2022 400.04

Master plans, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.803, 2022 473.804

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.811

Metropolitan area towns

Contracts, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.813

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 368.01

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.811

Metropolitan area, generally

Abatement plan, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.803

Advisory committees, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.803

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.801

Disposal, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.849

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.801 to 2022 473.845

Generation and management, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.803

Unprocessed mixed municipal solid waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.848

Violations and penalties, civil penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 473.845

Metropolitan significance review, Minn. Rules 5800.0010 to 5800.0150

Mixed municipal solid waste

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Management services, see same under this topic

Sales price, use tax, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Solid waste management taxes, basis for calculation, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.05

Waste education, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.072

Mixed municipal solid waste

Disposal facilities, see MIXED MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES

Environmental review, Minn. Rules 4410.0200

Hazardous waste, Minn. Rules 7045.0020, 7045.0665

Management planning, Minn. Rules 9215.0620

Waste combustors, Minn. Rules 7007.0801, 7011.1201

Motor vehicle parts, solid waste management planning, Minn. Rules 9215.0670

Motor vehicle waste, see under MOTOR VEHICLES

Motor vehicles, collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Non-mixed-municipal solid waste

Solid waste management taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.04, 2022 297H.05

Use tax, on volume, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Nondegradable plastics, see PLASTICS

Nuclear fuel processing, radioactive and nonradioactive, proposed new facilities, Minn. Rules 7855.0550

Nuclear waste storage and disposal, proposed new facilities, Minn. Rules 7855.0650, 7855.0660

Occupants duty

Collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Storage, Minn. Rules 7035.0700

Open burning, disposal site abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Open burnings, Minn. Statutes 2022 88.171

Operating waste, metropolitan solid waste landfill fees, exemption, Minn. Rules 8121.0500

Operator and inspector certification

Certificates, Minn. Rules 7048.1000

Classification of disposal facilities, Minn. Rules 7048.0300

Committee, certification committee, Minn. Rules 7048.0400

Deadlines, Minn. Rules 7048.1300

Definitions, Minn. Rules 7048.0100

Examinations, Minn. Rules 7048.0800, 7048.0900

Fees, Minn. Rules 7048.1100

Inspector requirements, Minn. Rules 7048.0700

Operators requirements, Minn. Rules 7048.0600

Purpose, Minn. Rules 7048.0200

Requirement for certain individuals, Minn. Rules 7048.0500

Sanctions, Minn. Rules 7048.1200

Ordinances, unauthorized deposit, Minn. Statutes 2022 375.18

Organized collection, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.94

Outpatient surgical centers, see FREESTANDING OUTPATIENT SURGICAL CENTERS

Oversize waste, storage, Minn. Rules 7035.0700

Owners duty

Collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Storage, Minn. Rules 7035.0700

Packaging materials, see under PACKAGES

Periodic waste collection, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Petroleum contaminated soil, Minn. Rules 7037.0100 to 7037.3700

Planning assistance, resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4600

Planning, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING

Plastic containers, see PLASTICS

Policy of state, generation, Minn. Statutes 2022 116F.01

Policy of state, management hierarchy, Minn. Rules 7035.0350

Polyethylene beverage rings or disposal bags, see PLASTICS

Problem materials, see PROBLEM MATERIALS (WASTE)

Processing, defined as waste management services, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Public information and education programs, management planning, counties and districts, Minn. Rules 9215.0590

Public information and education programs, Pollution Control Agency, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.07

Rechargeable batteries, see BATTERIES

Recyclable materials, defined, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Recycling, defined, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Recycling, see RECYCLING

Reduction

Funding, distributing, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.557

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.55

Waste reduction procurement programs, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.15

Refuse, solid waste defined as, food code, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Regulated lead work, debris, storage, Minn. Rules 4761.2665

Reports about, collectors, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.93

Reports, management policy, contents, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.411

Reports, resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4600

Residential generators

Municipal solid waste management services use tax, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Recovery from, solid waste management taxes owed, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.11

Self-haulers, exception, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Resource recovery facilities, see RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES

Revenue to be generated, grant-in-aid applications

Resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Review criteria, Minn. Rules 7035.4500

Rodents, eradication, disposal site abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Rubbish, defined, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.27

Rules about, statements of need and reasonableness, contents, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.07

Sales price, taxes on, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAXES

Sanitary landfills, Minn. Rules 7035.1590 to 7035.2500

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 7001.0020, 7035.4000

Scrap metal, see SCRAP METAL

Scrap metal, Minn. Rules 7035.3000 to 7035.3600

Secondary materials market, defined, Minn. Rules 7035.0300

Self-haulers

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Municipal solid waste management services use tax, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.115

Payments by, solid waste management taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.05

Recovery from, solid waste management taxes owed, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.11

Severability, resource recovery projects, Minn. Rules 7035.4200

Shorelands, see SHORELANDS

Solid waste management planning

Counties and districts

Land disposal facilities and programs, Minn. Rules 9215.0640

Mixed municipal solid waste, Minn. Rules 9215.0620

Reduction programs, Minn. Rules 9215.0580

Definitions, Minn. Rules 9215.0510

Generally, Minn. Rules 9215.0500 to 9215.0950

Solid waste management taxes, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAXES

Source-separated compostable waste

Recycling, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.551

Solid waste management taxes, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.06

Special waste, incinerator ash, see INCINERATORS

Spills, leaks, and releases, collection and transportation, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Standards for control, Pollution Control Agency, duties, Minn. Statutes 2022 116.07

State agencies, purchasing, consideration of waste management goals, Minn. Statutes 2022 16C.0725

Statutory cities

City council powers, Minn. Statutes 2022 412.221

Disposal, Minn. Statutes 2022 443.015

Storage

Beneficial use, storage prior to, Minn. Rules 7001.3050, 7035.2855

Individual properties, Minn. Rules 7035.0700

Solid waste management facilities, Minn. Rules 7035.2855

Taxes, see SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT TAXES

Telephone directories, placing in solid wastes, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.951

Television sets, see Video display devices under VIDEO

Total cost, resource recovery projects

Grant-in-aid applications, Minn. Rules 7035.4400

Review criteria, Minn. Rules 7035.4500

Transfer facilities, see under SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES

Transportation, generally, Minn. Rules 7035.0800

Transportation

Defined as waste management services, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Drivers, Minn. Statutes 2022 169.81

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2022 221.025

Loading, Minn. Statutes 2022 169.81

Notice received, solid waste management facility designation, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.85

Self-haulers, see same under this topic

Transporters (haulers), defined as waste management service providers, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.01

Unauthorized deposit, Minn. Statutes 2022 375.18

Universal waste, see under HAZARDOUS WASTE

Unlawful deposit on public or private land, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.68

Used lead acid batteries, see BATTERIES (MOTOR VEHICLES)

Used motor oil, see under OIL

Variances, Minn. Rules 7035.0600, 7035.4300

Vegetation, planting, abandonment of disposal site, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Video display devices, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.1310 to 2022 115A.1330

Violations and penalties

Administrative penalties, Minn. Statutes 2022 103B.101, 2022 116.072

Disposal, rest areas, Minn. Statutes 2022 160.2755

Dumping, Minn. Statutes 2022 609.671

Voluntary self-reporting, Minn. Statutes 2022 114C.40

Waste management practices, public entities, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.471

Waste management service providers

Bad debts, offset, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.09, 2022 297H.115

Payments to, service fees, prorated with solid waste management taxes, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.08

Solid waste management taxes

Consulting, information development and distribution, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.12

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.11

Payment, offset to bad debts, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.09, 2022 297H.115

Waste tires, see WASTE TIRES

Water supply, protection, disposal site abandonment, Minn. Rules 7035.2500

Weight-to-volume conversion schedule, non-mixed-municipal solid waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 297H.04

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, Minn. Statutes 2022 458D.05, 2022 458D.07, 2022 458D.10

Yard waste, Minn. Statutes 2022 115A.551, 2022 115A.558, 2022 115A.931