Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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57 MINNESOTA RULES 6115.0250 (3) alternatives to the proposed action; (4) that the proposed project is reasonable and practical and will adequately protect public safety and promote the public welfare; and (5) a demonstration by the applicant that the proposed activity authorized by part 6115.0190, subpart 5; 6115.0200, subpart 5; 6115.0210, subpart 5; 6115.0215, subpart 5; 6115.0220, subpart 5; 6115.0230, subpart 5; 6115.0270, subpart 4; or 6115.0280, subpart 4, complies with all the following principles in descending order of priority: (a) avoids direct or indirect impacts to public waters that may destroy or diminish the public waters; (b) minimizes the impact to the public water by limiting the degree or magnitude of the public water activity and its implementation; (c) rectifies the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected public water; (d) reduces or eliminates the impact to the public water over time by preservation and maintenance operations; and (e) for a major change in the public waters, replaces unavoidable impacts to the public water by restoring degraded or impacted public waters having equal or greater public value or, if public waters restoration opportunities are not reasonably available, creating and protecting additional replacement water areas having greater public value; D. application fees are paid. Final permits shall not be issued until any field inspection fees are paid; and E. proof of service of a copy of the application and accompanying documents on the mayor of the city or the secretary of the board of the district is included with the application if the project is within or affects a city, watershed district, or soil and water conservation district. Subp. 4. Fees. All applications shall be accompanied by an application fee as required by part 6115.0060. An additional fee may be charged for field inspections conducted by department personnel in the course of review subject to the provisions of part 6115.0080. Statutory Authority: MS s 103G.315; 105.415 History: 8 SR 533; 17 SR 1279; 25 SR 143; 27 SR 529 Published Electronically: June 11, 2008 6115.0250 PERMIT REVIEW. Subpart 1. Field inspection. The department may conduct field investigations to determine a project's nature, scope, and impact on water and related land resources. The department shall determine which applications must be investigated and such inspections shall be made in a timely fashion. Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.