Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 151 - Labor and Industry Department
Chapter 5210 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Part 5210.0007 - FILING

Subpart 1. Filing by mail and personal delivery.

Filing of documents required by this chapter or Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182, may be accomplished by postage prepaid first class mail or personal delivery. Filing is timely if the document is deposited in the United States mail and postmarked within the time fixed for filing. Filing is effective on the postmark date or the date of personal delivery.

Subp. 2. Filing by facsimile.

Documents may be filed by facsimile. Filing is completed at the time that the facsimile is received by the commissioner and has the same force and effect as the original. A faxed document will not be considered filed unless all pages are successfully transmitted via facsimile. Documents received by facsimile after 4:30 p.m. are deemed filed on the next day.

Subp. 2a. Filing electronically.

Notices of contest and letters of contest under parts 5210.0536 and 5210.0539 and progress reports and other abatement documentation under part 5210.0532, subpart 2, item C, may be filed electronically by e-mail or other reliable method of electronic transmission. Filing is completed at the time that the electronic transmission is received by the commissioner and has the same force and effect as the original. An electronically transmitted document will not be considered filed unless all pages are successfully transmitted electronically. Documents received electronically after 4:30 p.m. are deemed filed on the next business day.

Subp. 3. Time computation.

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter or Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.