Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

103F.516 PERMANENT WETLANDS PRESERVE. § Subdivision 1.Easements. Upon application by a landowner, the board may acquire permanent easements and may pay for the cost of related capital improvement projects to preserve or restore wetlands on land containing type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6…

103F.518 REINVEST IN MINNESOTA CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The board shall establish and administer a reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) clean energy program that is in addition to the program under section 103F.515. Selection of land for the clean energy pr…

103F.519 REINVEST IN MINNESOTA WORKING LANDS PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The board may establish and administer a reinvest in Minnesota working lands program that is in addition to the program established under section 103F.515. Selecting land for the program must be …

103F.521 COOPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Cooperation. In implementing sections 103F.505 to 103F.531, the board must share information and cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, the United States Fish and Wildl…

103F.525 SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS ON FEDERAL AND STATE CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. The board may supplement payments made under federal land retirement programs to the extent of available appropriations. The supplemental payments must be used to establish perennial cover on land enrolled…

103F.526 FOOD PLOTS. The board may authorize wildlife food plots on land enrolled in a conservation easement under section 103F.515. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 76; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 23; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 42

103F.527 CONSERVATION PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Approved practices. An approved practice must be consistent with section 103F.505. The landowner is responsible for establishing all approved practices on the easement area as specified by the board. § Subd. 2.Approved practices el…

103F.528 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES. § Subdivision 1.Program delegation. With the consent of the Board of Water and Soil Resources, a district may enter into an agreement with others, as authorized under section 103C.231, to delegate, in whole or in par…

103F.531 RULEMAKING. The board may adopt rules or policy to implement sections 103F.505 to 103F.531. History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 77; 2009 c 172 art 2 s 24; 2009 c 176 art 1 s 43

103F.535 RESERVATION OF MARGINAL LAND AND WETLANDS. § Subdivision 1.Reservation of marginal land and wetlands. (a) Marginal land and wetlands are withdrawn from sale or exchange unless: (1) notice of the existence of the nonforested marginal land or wetlands, in a form prescribed…

103F.601 WATER BANK PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall establish a water bank program of acquiring interests in land to preserve wetlands, whether or not the wetlands are included in the definition contained in section 103G.005…

103F.612 WETLAND PRESERVATION AREAS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of sections 103F.612 to 103F.616, "wetland" has the meaning given in section 103G.005, subdivision 19. § Subd. 2.Application. (a) A wetland owner may apply to the county where a wetland is located for d…

103F.613 DURATION OF WETLAND PRESERVATION AREA. § Subdivision 1.General. A wetland preservation area continues in existence until the owner initiates expiration as provided in this section. The date of expiration must be at least eight years from the date of notice under this sec…

103F.614 EMINENT DOMAIN ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. An agency of the state, a public benefit corporation, a local government, or any other entity with the power of eminent domain under chapter 117, except a public utility as defined in section 216B.02, a municipal ele…

103F.615 LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PUBLIC PROJECTS. § Subdivision 1.Projects and assessments prohibited. Notwithstanding any other law, construction projects for public sanitary sewer systems, public water systems, and new public drainage systems are prohibited in wetland preservatio…

103F.616 SOIL CONSERVATION PRACTICES. An owner of a wetland preservation area shall manage the area and surrounding upland areas with sound soil conservation practices that prevent excessive soil loss according to the model ordinance adopted by the Board of Water and Soil Resourc…

103F.701 CITATION. Sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 may be cited as the "Clean Water Partnership Law." History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 80; 2011 c 107 s 107

103F.705 PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the legislature in enacting sections 103F.701 to 103F.755 to protect, enhance, and restore surface water and groundwater in the state, through financial and technical assistance to local units of government to prevent water pollution, includ…

103F.711 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. § Subd. 2.Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency. § Subd. 3.Best management practices. "Best management practices" means practices, techniques…

103F.715 CLEAN WATER PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. A clean water partnership program is established as provided in sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. The agency shall administer the program in accordance with these sections. The agency shall provide financial and technical assista…

103F.725 FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1.Grants. (a) The agency may award grants for up to 50 percent of the eligible cost for projects. (b) The agency shall determine which costs are eligible costs and grants shall be made and used only for eligible costs. § …

103F.731 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2011 c 107 s 108] § Subd. 2.Eligibility; documents required. (a) Local units of government are eligible to apply for assistance. An applicant for assistance shall submit: (1) a project proposal form as prescribed by…

103F.735 AGENCY REVIEW OF PROPOSALS. § Subdivision 1.Ranking proposals. The agency shall rank proposals for technical and financial assistance in order of priority and shall, within the limits of available appropriations, grant those proposals having the highest priority. The age…

103F.741 PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. § Subdivision 1.Implementation according to law and contract. A local unit of government receiving technical or financial assistance, or both, from the agency shall carry out the project approved by the agency according to the terms of the plan, t…

103F.745 RULES. (a) The agency shall adopt rules necessary to implement sections 103F.701 to 103F.755. The rules shall contain at a minimum: (1) procedures to be followed by local units of government in applying for technical or financial assistance or both; (2) conditions for th…

103F.751 NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; MANAGEMENT PLAN. To coordinate the programs and activities used to control nonpoint sources of pollution to achieve the state's water quality goals, the agency shall develop a state plan for the control of nonpoint source water pollution to mee…

103F.755 AVAILABILITY OF DATA; STANDARDS. The data collected for the activities of the clean water partnership program that have common value for natural resource planning must be made available using standards adopted by the Department of Information Technology Services and geos…

103F.801 COUNTY LAKE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Lake improvement program established. To preserve and protect lakes and to increase and enhance the use and enjoyment of lakes, a statewide lake improvement program is established to: (1) preserve the natural character of …

103F.805 STATE AID FOR LAKE IMPROVEMENTS. (a) The commissioner of natural resources, with the help of the Pollution Control Agency and the commissioner of employment and economic development, must: (1) assess the need for particular kinds of lake improvements, including improveme…

103F.806 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 1]

103F.807 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 2]

103F.808 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 3]

103F.809 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 4]

103F.810 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 5]

103F.811 [No local approval filed, 1992 c 536 s 6]

103F.901 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.901 to 103F.905. § Subd. 2.Board. "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources. § Subd. 3.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources. §…

103F.902 LOCAL PLANNING AND APPROVAL. § Subdivision 1.Application. A willing landowner may apply, on forms provided by the board, to a local unit of government for the establishment or restoration of a wetland on property owned by the landowner in an area that is: (1) designated …

103F.903 WETLAND ESTABLISHMENT AND RESTORATION COST-SHARE PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Application. A local unit of government shall apply to the board to receive cost-share funding for a proposed wetland restoration project that receives final local approval under section 103F.902. …

103F.904 WETLAND ESTABLISHMENT. § Subdivision 1.Establishment order. After receiving approval of cost-share funding from the board, the local unit of government shall order the establishment or restoration of the wetland. The local unit of government shall pay all costs of establ…

103F.905 RULES. The board may adopt rules to implement sections 103F.901 to 103F.904. History: 1991 c 354 art 5 s 5

103G.001 CITATION; WATER LAW. Chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, and 103G constitute the water law of this state and may be cited as the "Water Law." History: 1990 c 391 art 7 s 1

103G.005 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Abandon. "Abandon" means to give up the use and maintenance of structures or improvements to realty and to surrender them to deterioration. Abandon does not refer…

103G.101 WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Development. The commissioner shall develop a water resources conservation program for the state. The program must include conservation, allocation, and development of waters of the state for the best interests of the people. §…

103G.105 COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. § Subdivision 1.Other states and federal government. The commissioner may cooperate and enter into agreements with the United States government, a state department, or a state or country adjacent to this state to implement this chapter an…

103G.111 REPRESENTING STATE IN WATER ISSUES. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner; federal water issues. The commissioner may appear, represent, and act for the state in any matter relating to an application to be made to the federal government relating to waters of the state or their us…

103G.115 ENJOINING WATER-FLOW INTERFERENCE OUTSIDE STATE. If a person, firm, association, corporation, or a state or political subdivision, agency, or commission of a state disturbs, obstructs, or interferes with the natural flow or condition of public waters beyond the boundarie…