Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Submittal to
department.
After conducting a public hearing, a public water supplier
must submit to the department six copies of:
A. the remaining portion of the wellhead
protection plan, including the data elements to be submitted to the department
as specified in part 4720.5340, subpart 2;
B. written comments received on the entire
plan; and
C. a summary of changes
made to the entire plan as a result of the local review process.
Subp. 2.
Department
consultation.
On receipt of the items specified in subpart 1, the
department shall transmit a copy of the items, along with a map of the wellhead
protection area, a map of the drinking water supply management area, and the
vulnerability assessment of the drinking water supply management area
to:
A. the Minnesota Department of
Agriculture;
B. the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources;
C.
the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;
D. the Board of Water and Soil Resources;
and
E. any other state or federal
agency the department determines could assist the department with the review of
the plan.
Subp. 3.
Comment review.
The department shall:
A. evaluate a wellhead protection plan based
on written comments from an entity specified in subpart 2 received no later
than 60 days after the plan is transmitted to the entity; and
B. consider comments from an entity specified
in subpart 2 that identifies any part of the remaining portion of a wellhead
protection plan that is:
(1) contrary to a
state or federal law or rule administered by the entity; or
(2) contradictory to the review criteria
specified in part 4720.5555.
Subp. 4.
Review; notice;
resubmittal.
No later than 90 days after a public water supplier files the
remaining portion of a wellhead protection plan, the department shall approve
or disapprove the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan based on
the criteria specified in part 4720.5555, and shall provide the public water
supplier notice of approval or disapproval of the wellhead protection
plan.
A. If the remaining portion of a
wellhead protection plan is disapproved, the department shall, as part of its
notice of disapproval, provide the public water supplier with:
(1) a written statement that identifies those
portions of the disapproved wellhead protection plan that require revision;
and
(2) the reasons for
disapproval.
B. A public
water supplier must revise a disapproved wellhead protection plan and submit
the revision to the department within 120 days after receiving notice of
disapproval.
C. On receipt of a
revised plan, the department shall follow the same review process as for an
originally submitted wellhead protection plan.
Statutory Authority: MS s
103I.101
