Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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63 MINNESOTA RULES 6115.0250 (1) avoid direct or indirect impacts to the public water that may destroy or diminish the public water; (2) minimize the impact to the public water by limiting the degree or magnitude of the public water activity; (3) rectify the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected public water; (4) reduce or eliminate the impact to the public water over time by preservation and maintenance operations; and (5) replace unavoidable impacts to the public water when a major change in the resource is justified, by including provisions to compensate for the detrimental aspects of the change according to subpart la; B. the proposed activities, their dimensional standards, the criteria used to issue or deny applications, and allowable locations are identified in the local plan; C. adverse effects of the proposed activity on the physical and biological character of the area are subject to mitigation measures identified in the local plan; D. the proposed activities are consistent with locally adopted controls; E. the plan addresses enforcement procedures; F. the plan includes procedures for the commissioner to reassume the permit authorities in parts 6115.0150 to 6115.0280 upon notice, if determined necessary by the commissioner or plan sponsor; G. the local plan sponsor publishes a notice in the State Register identifying: (1) the local plan sponsor that is developing an alternative plan for regulation of public waters; (2) the scope of activities and the location of the public waters impacted by the plan; (3) the groups the local plan sponsor has been working with in the development of the plan; (4) the name and address of the local plan sponsor who can be contacted for copies of the plan, and the name and address of the plan contact for the department; and (5) a statement that the interested public has a time period of no less than 30 days in which to forward comments to the plan sponsor and the department plan contact for consideration before the plan sponsor submits the draft plan to the commissioner for approval; H. when considering whether the plan should be approved, the commissioner shall determine that: (1) the proposed plan, when not in conformity to parts 6115.0150 to 6115.0280, provides an explanation of how the proposed changes are justified; Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.