116J.551 CREATION OF ACCOUNTS. Subdivision 1. Grant account. A contaminated site cleanup and development grant account is created in the special revenue fund, general fund, petroleum tank fund, and remediation fund. Money in any account may be used, as appropriated by law, to make grants as provided in section 116J.554 and to pay for the […]
116J.552 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope of application. For purposes of sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, the following terms have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Cleanup costs. “Cleanup costs” or “costs” means the costs of developing and implementing a response action plan, but does not include implementation costs incurred before the award of a grant unless the […]
116J.553 GRANT APPLICATIONS. Subdivision 1. Application required. To obtain a contamination cleanup development grant, the development authority shall apply to the commissioner. The governing body of the municipality must approve, by resolution, the application. Subd. 2. Required content. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide the application form. The application must include at least the […]
116J.554 GRANTS. Subdivision 1. Authority. (a) The commissioner may make a grant to an applicant development authority to pay for up to 75 percent of the project costs for a qualifying site. (b) The commissioner may also make a grant to an applicant development authority to pay up to 75 percent or $50,000, whichever is […]
116J.555 PRIORITIES. Subdivision 1. Priorities. (a) The legislature expects that applications for grants will exceed the available appropriations and the agency will be able to provide grants to only some of the applicant development authorities. (b) If applications for grants for qualified sites exceed the available appropriations, the agency shall make grants for sites that, […]
116J.556 LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT. In order to qualify for a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, the municipality must pay for at least one-quarter of the project costs as a local match. The municipality shall pay an amount of the project costs equal to at least 12 percent of the cleanup costs from the municipality’s […]
116J.557 COST RECOVERY ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. Cause of action. The attorney general or a development authority or municipality that incurs cleanup costs to implement an approved response action plan pursuant to sections 116J.551 to 116J.557, may bring an action under section 115B.04 or other law to recover the reasonable and necessary cleanup costs incurred by […]
116J.558 EFFECT OF ISSUANCE OF GRANTS. The issuance of a contamination cleanup grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557 has no effect on the responsibility or the liability of the state, under chapter 115B or any other law, in relation to the contamination at a site or sites for which the grant is issued. The issuance […]
116J.559 LOANS. The commissioner may provide loans and grants that meet the criteria of the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001, Public Law 107-118, title II, under the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, from the account established in section 116J.551, subdivision 2. The commissioner shall prioritize the projects pursuant to […]
