Section 216H.021 — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting.
216H.021 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING. Subdivision 1. Commissioner to establish reporting system and maintain inventory. In order to measure the progress in meeting the goals of section 216H.02, subdivision 1, and to provide information to develop strategies to achieve those goals, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall establish a system for reporting and […]
Section 216H.03 — Failure To Adopt Greenhouse Gas Control Plan.
216H.03 FAILURE TO ADOPT GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL PLAN. Subdivision 1. Definition; new large energy facility. For the purpose of this section, “new large energy facility” means a large energy facility, as defined in section 216B.2421, subdivision 2, clause (1), that is not in operation as of January 1, 2007, but does not include a facility […]
Section 216H.06 — Emissions Consideration In Resource Planning.
216H.06 EMISSIONS CONSIDERATION IN RESOURCE PLANNING. By January 1, 2008, the Public Utilities Commission shall establish an estimate of the likely range of costs of future carbon dioxide regulation on electricity generation. The estimate, which may be made in a commission order, must be used in all electricity generation resource acquisition proceedings. The estimates, and […]
Section 216H.07 — Emissions-reduction Attainment; Policy Development Process.
216H.07 EMISSIONS-REDUCTION ATTAINMENT; POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purpose of this section, “reductions” means the greenhouse gas emissions-reductions goals specified in section 216H.02, subdivision 1. Subd. 2. Purpose. This section is intended to create a nonexclusive, regular, mandated process for the state to develop policies to attain the greenhouse gas reduction goals […]
Section 216G.03 — Pipeline Proposal; Easement Acquisition.
216G.03 PIPELINE PROPOSAL; EASEMENT ACQUISITION. Subdivision 1. Compliance; penalty. Any person proposing to construct or operate a pipeline shall comply with the provisions of this section before negotiating or acquiring any easement or right-of-way agreement for that purpose. Any person who negotiates or acquires an easement without complying with the provisions of this section is […]
Section 216G.04 — Information Book.
216G.04 INFORMATION BOOK. (a) Within 45 days after receiving the notification and fee required by section 216G.03, the Public Utilities Commission shall prepare and make available to the person proposing to construct the pipeline sufficient copies of an information book for owners and lessees of property along the pipeline route. The commission may allow the […]
Section 216G.05 — Public Meetings Required.
216G.05 PUBLIC MEETINGS REQUIRED. (a) Within 60 days of receiving notification as provided in section 216G.03, the county board of each county in which the pipeline route is proposed to be located shall hold a public meeting as provided in this section. If a county board receives a required notification of a change in the […]
Section 216G.06 — Interstate Gas Pipelines Exempt Under Federal Law.
216G.06 INTERSTATE GAS PIPELINES EXEMPT UNDER FEDERAL LAW. Any person that proposes to construct or operate an interstate natural gas pipeline and that has power to acquire an easement or right-of-way agreement for that pipeline by an action in eminent domain under the authority of the federal Natural Gas Act, United States Code, title 15, […]
Section 216G.07 — Protecting Public Facilities And Agricultural Land.
216G.07 PROTECTING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. Subdivision 1. Depth of cover. Unless waived in the manner provided in subdivisions 2 or 3, any pipeline installed after May 26, 1979, shall be buried with a minimum level cover of not less than 4-1/2 feet in all areas where the pipeline crosses the right-of-way of any […]
Section 216G.08 — Limitation Of Liability.
216G.08 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Subdivision 1. General rule. Any owner or lessee of any real property or any person acting with the authority of that owner or lessee who, in the ordinary conduct of agricultural operations upon that property, causes any injury to any underground pipeline, shall not be liable for any of the direct […]