Section 116.88 — Prohibited Methods Of Management.
116.88 PROHIBITED METHODS OF MANAGEMENT. Subdivision 1. Unlined landfills. Except as provided in section 116.875, subdivision 4, no person shall dispose of residential lead paint waste at an unlined land disposal facility. Subd. 2. Incineration. No person shall send or accept residential lead paint waste for incineration by a mixed municipal solid waste incinerator. History: […]
Section 116.885 — Recycling And Treatment.
116.885 RECYCLING AND TREATMENT. Nothing in sections 116.87 to 116.89 is intended to prevent or discourage treatment or recycling of residential lead paint waste. The commissioner shall encourage treatment and recycling of residential lead paint waste. History: 1Sp1993 c 1 art 9 s 16
Section 116.89 — Enforcement.
116.89 ENFORCEMENT. Subdivision 1. Rules. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of sections 116.87 to 116.885, including rules to regulate the transportation, storage, disposal, and other management of residential lead paint waste after the waste leaves the site where it was produced. Subd. 2. License revocation. […]
Section 116.91 — Citizen Reports Of Environmental Violations.
116.91 CITIZEN REPORTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS. The agency shall maintain and publicize a toll-free number to enable citizens to report information about potential environmental violations. The agency may establish a program to pay awards from funds raised from private sources to persons who provide information that leads to the conviction for an environmental crime. History: […]
Section 116.915 — Mercury Reduction.
116.915 MERCURY REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Goal. It is the goal of the state to reduce mercury contamination by reducing the release of mercury into the air and water of the state by 60 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2000, and by 70 percent from 1990 levels by December 31, 2005. The goal applies […]
Section 116.92 — Mercury Emissions; Reduction.
116.92 MERCURY EMISSIONS; REDUCTION. Subdivision 1. Sales. A person may not sell mercury to another person in this state without providing a material safety data sheet, as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 11049, and requiring the purchaser to sign a statement that the purchaser: (1) will use the mercury only for a […]
Section 116.84 — Monitors Required For Pcb Incinerators.
116.84 MONITORS REQUIRED FOR PCB INCINERATORS. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an incinerator permit issued to a facility that allows burning of PCBs must, as a condition of the permit, require the installation of a continuous emission monitoring system approved by the commissioner. The monitoring system must provide continuous emission measurements to ensure […]
Section 116.77 — Coverage.
116.77 COVERAGE. Sections 116.75 to 116.83 and 609.671, subdivision 11, cover any person, including a veterinarian, who generates, treats, stores, transports, or disposes of infectious or pathological waste but not including infectious or pathological waste generated by households, farm operations, or agricultural businesses. Except as specifically provided, sections 116.75 to 116.83 do not limit or […]
Section 116.78 — Waste Management.
116.78 WASTE MANAGEMENT. Subdivision 1. Segregation. All untreated infectious waste must be segregated from other waste material at its point of generation and maintained in separate packaging throughout collection, storage, and transport. Infectious waste must be packaged, contained, and transported in a manner that prevents release of the waste material. Subd. 2. Labeling. All bags, […]
Section 116.79 — Management Plans.
116.79 MANAGEMENT PLANS. Subdivision 1. Preparing management plans. (a) To the extent applicable to the facility, a person in charge of a facility that generates, stores, decontaminates, incinerates, or disposes of infectious or pathological waste must prepare a management plan for the infectious or pathological waste handled by the facility. A person may prepare a […]