216G.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context. Subd. 2. Construction. “Construction” means any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of a pipeline route but does […]
216G.02 ROUTING OF CERTAIN PIPELINES. Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section and notwithstanding section 216G.01, subdivision 3, “pipeline” means: (1) pipe with a nominal diameter of six inches or more that is designed to transport hazardous liquids, but does not include pipe designed to transport a hazardous liquid by gravity, and pipe designed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
216G.09 REVERSION OF EASEMENTS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all easement interests acquired after May 26, 1979 for the purpose of constructing and operating a pipeline shall revert to the then fee owner if the pipeline ceases operation for a period of five years. History: 1979 c 194 s 8
216G.10 RECORDING OF SURVEY POINTS. The permanent location of monuments or markers found or placed in a survey of right-of-way for a pipeline route shall be placed on record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles by the owner of the pipeline. No fee shall be charged for recording this information. […]
216G.11 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this chapter is found to be unconstitutional and void with respect to pipelines transporting one or more of the substances enumerated in section 216G.01, subdivision 3, the provision shall remain effective with respect to pipelines transporting any of the other enumerated substances. This provision shall supplement any general law […]
216G.12 SAVINGS PROVISION. Sections 216G.03 to 216G.05 shall not apply to a pipeline if, on or before May 26, 1979: (1) an application for a certificate of need has been filed for the pipeline pursuant to section 216B.243 and easements have been acquired for at least 85 percent of the length of the proposed pipeline […]
