Agenda - Council - 04/21/2009 - Special

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04/06/09 09:12 PM HOUSE RESEARCH Tf/JV H1973DE1 20.1 requirement for certain types of applications. For purposes of this section, a discretionary 20.2 action includes all actions that require a public hearing, including variances, conditional 20.3 use permits, and zoning amendments. 20.4 (b) The commissioner shall recover costs of reviewing information submitted under 2os paragraph (a). Amounts collected under this paragraph must be credited to an account in 20.6 the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner. 20.E Subd. 7. Rules. The commissioner shall adopt rules to ensure compliance with this 2o.s section._By January 15, 2010, the commissioner shall begin the rulemaking required 20.9 by this section under chapter 14. Until the rules required under this section take effect, 20.1o the commissioner shall administer the Mississippi River corridor critical area program 20.11 in accordance with the aovernor's executive order number 79-19. published in the State 20.12 Register on March 12, 1979. 20.13 Sec. 15. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR MONITORING. 20.14 (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall establish a network of 2o.1s water monitoring sites in public waters adjacent to wastewater treatment facilities across 20.16 the state to assess levels of endocrine disrupting compounds, antibiotic compounds, and 20.1 pharmaceuticals. 20.1 s (b) Each of the monitoring sites must provide enhanced monitoring of the efliuent zo.19 at the discharge point of the wastewater treatment facili and monitoring of the public 20.2o waters above and below the discharge point. 20.21 (c) The monitoring sites must be located throughout the state, represent a varie of 20.22 wastewater treatment facili sizes based on the number of gallons of water discharged per 20.23 day, and represent a variety of waste treatment systems used for primary, seconda and 2o.2a tertiary disinfecting treatment and management of biosolids. 2o.2s (d) In establishing the monitoring network, the commissioner of the Pollution 20.26 Control Agency must consult with the commissioners of health and natural resources the 20.2 United States Geological Survey, the Metropolitan Council, local wastewater treatment 2o.2s facility operators, and the Water Resources Center at the University of Minnesota. 20.29 Consideration may be given to monitoring sites at facilities identified as part of a total 20.3o maximum daily load study and facilities located on a water bod identified for enhanced 20.31 protection. The initial monitoring network must include at least ten sites. 20.32 (e) Monitoring must include, but is not limited to endocrine disrupting compounds 20.33 from natural and synthetic hormones, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and a 20.34 range of industrial products and by-products. At a minimum, concentrations of estrone, 2o.3s nonylphenol, bisphenol-A, 17-beta-estradiol, 17-alpha-ethyn lestradiol, estriol and 20