Section 116.95 — Citation.
116.95 CITATION. Sections 116.96 to 116.99 may be cited as the “Small Business Air-Quality Compliance Assistance Act.” History: 1992 c 546 s 5
Section 116.96 — Definitions.
116.96 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections 116.96 to 116.99. Subd. 2. Agency. “Agency” means the Pollution Control Agency. Subd. 3. Clean Air Act. “Clean Air Act” means the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et seq., as amended. Subd. 4. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means […]
Section 116.97 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program.
116.97 SMALL BUSINESS AIR-QUALITY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Creation. The commissioner shall establish a small business air-quality compliance assistance program that incorporates the small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program required by section 7661f of the Clean Air Act. Subd. 2. Requirements. The commissioner shall ensure that the program provides at […]
Section 116.98 — Ombudsman For Small Business Air-quality Compliance Assistance Program.
116.98 OMBUDSMAN FOR SMALL BUSINESS AIR-QUALITY COMPLIANCE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Appointment. The commissioner shall appoint an ombudsman for small business air-quality compliance assistance in the classified service. Subd. 2. Duties. The ombudsman shall provide direct oversight of the small business air-quality compliance assistance program. The ombudsman’s duties include, but are not limited to: (1) […]
Section 116.99 — Small Business Air-quality Compliance Advisory Council.
116.99 SMALL BUSINESS AIR-QUALITY COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL. Subdivision 1. Creation. A Small Business Air-Quality Compliance Assistance Advisory Council is established within the agency. Subd. 2. Duties. The council has the following duties: (1) rendering advisory opinions on the effectiveness of the program, difficulties encountered, and degree and severity of enforcement; (2) preparing periodic reports on […]
Section 116.993 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Program.
116.993 SMALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM. Subdivision 1. Establishment. A small business environmental-improvement revolving loan program is established to provide loans to small businesses for the purpose of capital equipment purchases that will meet or exceed environmental rules and regulations or for investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites. The small business environmental-improvement revolving loan program […]
Section 116.994 — Small Business Environmental-improvement Loan Accounting.
116.994 SMALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL-IMPROVEMENT LOAN ACCOUNTING. Repayments of loans made under section 116.993 must be credited to the environmental fund. Money deposited in the fund under section 116.993 is appropriated to the commissioner for loans under section 116.993. History: 1997 c 216 s 118; 2003 c 128 art 2 s 40
Section 116.925 — Electric Energy; Mercury Emissions Report.
116.925 ELECTRIC ENERGY; MERCURY EMISSIONS REPORT. Subdivision 1. Report. To address the shared responsibility between the providers and consumers of electricity for the protection of Minnesota’s lakes, each electric utility, as defined in section 216B.38, subdivision 5, and each person that generates electricity in this state for that person’s own use or for sale at […]
Section 116.93 — Lamp Recycling Facilities.
116.93 LAMP RECYCLING FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, “lamp recycling facility” means a facility operated to remove, recover, and recycle for reuse mercury or other hazardous materials from fluorescent or high-intensity discharge lamps. Subd. 2. Lamp recycling facility; permits or licenses; reporting. (a) A person may not operate a lamp […]
Section 116.931 — Wheel Weights And Balancing Products; Lead And Mercury Prohibition.
116.931 WHEEL WEIGHTS AND BALANCING PRODUCTS; LEAD AND MERCURY PROHIBITION. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle that is operated on a highway, on a railroad track, on […]