Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 120 - Commerce Department
Chapter 7620 - PETROLEUM SUPPLY EMERGENCIES
Part 7620.0130 - PURPOSE
These parts identify measures that may be used in the event of a petroleum supply emergency. The further purposes of these parts are: to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the state by ensuring that certain priority petroleum users have sufficient fuel to conduct essential activities; to facilitate the distribution of supplies to the public in a fair manner; to identify and authorize the actions to be undertaken by governmental agencies in an energy supply emergency; to describe the responsibilities of major employers and school district authorities in petroleum supply emergency planning and implementation; to establish an appeals system and procedures for exemptions from and exceptions to emergency measures; and to authorize the state executive to provide for the public health, safety, and welfare during an energy supply emergency.
Statutory Authority: MS s 216C.15