Section 115B.47 — Citation.

115B.47 CITATION. Sections 115B.47 to 115B.51 may be cited as the “Dry Cleaner Environmental Response and Reimbursement Law.” History: 1995 c 252 s 1

Section 115B.48 — Definitions.

115B.48 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in section 115B.02 and this section apply to sections 115B.47 to 115B.51. Subd. 2. Dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account; account. “Dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account” or “account” means the dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account in the remediation fund established in sections 115B.49 […]

Section 115B.49 — Dry Cleaner Environmental Response And Reimbursement Account.

115B.49 DRY CLEANER ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE AND REIMBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The dry cleaner environmental response and reimbursement account is established as an account in the remediation fund. Subd. 2. Revenue sources. Revenue from the following sources must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the account: (1) the proceeds of the fees […]

Section 115B.491 — Dry Cleaning Facility Use Fee; Facilities To File Return.

115B.491 DRY CLEANING FACILITY USE FEE; FACILITIES TO FILE RETURN. Subdivision 1. Use fee. A dry cleaning facility that purchases dry cleaning solvents for use in Minnesota without paying the seller of dry cleaning solvents the fee under section 115B.49, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), is subject to an equivalent fee. Liability for the fee is […]

Section 115B.492 — Allocating Payment.

115B.492 ALLOCATING PAYMENT. In the discretion of the commissioner of revenue, payments received for fees may be credited first to the oldest liability not secured by a judgment or lien. For liabilities to which payments are applied, the commissioner of revenue may credit payments first to penalties, next to interest, and then to the fee […]

Section 115B.50 — Response Actions.

115B.50 RESPONSE ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. Response actions by commissioner. (a) In accordance with the priority list established under section 115B.17, subdivision 13, the commissioner shall take all response actions at or related to a dry cleaning facility that the commissioner determines are reasonable and necessary to protect the public health or welfare or the environment […]

Section 115B.51 — Illegal Actions.

115B.51 ILLEGAL ACTIONS. The commissioner may recover under section 115B.17, subdivision 6, that portion of the environmental response costs at a dry cleaning facility that is attributable to a person who otherwise would be responsible for the release or threatened release under section 115B.03, and whose actions related to the release or threatened release were […]

Section 115B.52 — Water Quality And Sustainability Account.

115B.52 WATER QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 115B.53, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) “East metropolitan area” includes but is not limited to the cities of Woodbury, Oakdale, Lake Elmo, Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park, Afton, and Newport and the townships of West […]

Section 115B.53 — Water Quality And Sustainability Stakeholders.

115B.53 WATER QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDERS. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the commissioner of natural resources must work with stakeholders to identify and recommend projects to receive funding from the water quality and sustainability account under the settlement. Stakeholders include, at a minimum, representatives of the agency, the Department of Natural Resources, […]