Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Scope.
Before the agency acts to issue, renew, modify, revoke, or
deny a permit, the commissioner shall seek public comment on the action, unless
specifically exempted from this requirement under part
9220.0410.
Subp. 2.
Public notice contents.
The commissioner shall prepare and issue a public notice of
an intended agency action. The public notice must include, at a minimum:
A. the address and telephone number of the
agency office and a statement that additional information may be obtained at
this office;
B. the names and
addresses of all applicants or permittees, and of the facility that is the
subject of the action;
C. a concise
description of the facility that is the subject of the action;
D. a statement of the action the commissioner
intends to request the agency to take;
E. for action involving the issuance or
renewal of permits, the duration of the permit that the commissioner intends to
request the agency to issue or renew;
F. a brief description of the procedures and
standards for public comments, and the dates on which the public comment period
begins and ends; and
G. a brief
description of the procedures the agency will follow in reaching a decision on
the commissioner's intended action, and the procedures to be followed for
requesting a public information meeting or contested case hearing.
Subp. 3.
Duration of notice
period.
Unless extended by the commissioner, the public notice period
is 30 days.
Subp. 4.
Distribution of public notice.
The commissioner shall distribute the public notice in the
following manner:
A. A copy of the
public notice must be available at the agency office.
B. A copy must be mailed to the
applicant.
C. A copy must be mailed
to the county where the facility is located or proposed to be
located.
D. Copies must be
circulated in the geographic area within a 45-mile radius of the planned or
existing facility. The commissioner shall circulate the public notice in one or
more of the following ways:
(1) by posting
the notice in the post office, public library, or other buildings used by the
general public;
(2) by posting the
notice at or near the entrance of the applicant's premises, if located near the
facility that is the subject of the permit application; or
(3) by publishing the notice in one or more
newspapers or periodicals of general circulation in the designated geographical
area.
Statutory Authority: MS s
115A.914