Bill Text: MN HF434 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Petroleum tank release cleanup fund eligibility modified, and sunset date extended.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [HF434 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF434-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to environment; modifying eligibility for reimbursement from petroleum
1.3tank release cleanup fund; extending sunset date;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.42010, sections 115C.09, subdivision 3c; 115C.13.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115C.09, subdivision 3c, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8    Subd. 3c. Release at refineries and tank facilities not eligible for reimbursement.
1.9(a) Reimbursement may not be made under this chapter for costs associated with a release:
1.10(1) from a tank located at a petroleum refinery; or
1.11(2) from a tank facility, including a pipeline terminal, with more than 1,000,000
1.12gallons of total petroleum storage capacity at the tank facility.
1.13(b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), does not apply to reimbursement for costs associated
1.14with a release from a tank facility:
1.15(1) owned or operated by a person engaged in the business of mining iron ore or
1.16taconite;
1.17(2) owned by a political subdivision, a housing and redevelopment authority, an
1.18economic development authority, or a port authority that acquired the tank facility prior
1.19to May 23, 1989; or
1.20(3) owned by a person:
1.21(i) who acquired the tank facility prior to May 23, 1989;
1.22(ii) who did not use the tank facility for the bulk storage of petroleum; and
1.23(iii) who is not affiliated with the party who used the tank facility for the bulk
1.24storage of petroleum.; or
2.1(4) that is not a petroleum refinery or pipeline terminal and is owned by a person
2.2engaged in the business of storing used oil primarily for sales to end users.

2.3    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115C.13, is amended to read:
2.4115C.13 REPEALER.
2.5Sections 115C.01, 115C.02, 115C.021, 115C.03, 115C.04, 115C.045, 115C.05,
2.6115C.06 , 115C.065, 115C.07, 115C.08, 115C.09, 115C.093, 115C.094, 115C.10, 115C.11,
2.7115C.111 , 115C.112, 115C.113, 115C.12, and 115C.13, are repealed effective June 30,
2.82012 June 30, 2017.
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