Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 167 - Pollution Control Agency
Chapter 7045 - HAZARDOUS WASTE
COUNTY REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Part 7045.1010 - COUNTY ORDINANCES

Subpart 1. Agency approval.

A county that seeks agency approval of a hazardous waste ordinance under Minnesota Statutes, section 400.161, or a metropolitan county which seeks agency approval of a hazardous waste ordinance under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.811, subdivision 5b, shall submit a copy of the ordinance to the agency. The commissioner shall, within 30 days of receiving the ordinance, advise the county in writing whether the ordinance is approved or suspended. If the commissioner suspends a county ordinance, the commissioner shall follow the procedure described in subpart 2. The commissioner shall approve a county ordinance that embodies and is consistent with the standards and requirements in this chapter.

Subp. 2. Procedures.

The commissioner may suspend a previously approved county ordinance or relevant portion thereof if that ordinance has been modified and is determined by the commissioner to be inconsistent with the state hazardous waste rules. Upon suspension by the commissioner, the matter must be placed on the agenda of the next month's regularly scheduled meeting of the agency board. The agency shall notify the county in writing of its decision to approve, suspend, modify, or deny the ordinance.

Subp. 3. Revisions.

A county having a hazardous waste ordinance approved in writing by the agency, shall revise the county ordinance within 120 days of any agency revision to this chapter. The county revision must embody and be consistent with the agency's revisions to this chapter, and must be submitted to the agency for its review and approval according to the procedure in subpart 1.