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97 <br />MINNESOTA RULES 6115.0680 <br />(d) nonpumping water level (in feet) below land surface; <br />(e) age of well (when constructed); <br />(f) type of pump (shallow -jet, deep well jet, submersible reciprocating, etc.) and <br />rate of discharge; and <br />(g) length of drop pipe in well; <br />(6) results of a pumping test of the aquifer system as required in Minnesota Statutes, <br />section 103G.295, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (5). <br />(7) The commissioner shall in any specific application, waive any of the requirements <br />of subitems (1) to (6), when the necessary data are already available, as required in Minnesota <br />Statutes, section 103G.295, subdivision 4. <br />Subp. 2. Commissioner's actions. The commissioner shall analyze and evaluate applications <br />based on facts supplied by the applicant pursuant to parts 6115.0660 and subpart 1 of this part. <br />Decisions shall be subject to the applicable procedures outlined in part 6115.0670 and based on <br />recommendations of the soil and water conservation district, soil surveys, and other available data <br />on soil characteristics relating to soil suitability for agricultural irrigation and adequacy of existing <br />or proposed soil and water conservation measures in order to protect water quality and prevent <br />erosion and sedimentation. <br />The commissioner shall determine the amount of water allowed to be used under the above <br />paragraph based on: <br />A. Acreage of lands involved. <br />B. Climatic characteristics of the area involved. <br />C. Dominant soil types of the acreage to be irrigated and major crops to be irrigated. <br />D. Best available technology, methodology, and crop -water use requirement information <br />including, but not limited to, Irrigation Guide for Minnesota, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. <br />Department of Agriculture, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1976. <br />E. When adequate data on soil moisture and local climatic conditions are available for the <br />area, the commissioner may in cooperation with irrigators and agricultural experts establish an <br />irrigation scheduling system to provide for improved conservation of water. <br />F. For irrigation from surface water, where stream flow or lake level records are unavailable <br />or when available records indicate that flows or levels during the irrigation season would be <br />inadequate if all potential riparian landowners would use the water for irrigation, the amount of <br />appropriation shall be limited to no more than one-half acre-foot per acre of riparian land owned <br />or controlled by the applicant except for appropriation for wild rice paddies as is provided in item <br />G. Riparian lands for the purpose of these rules shall be those 40-acre tracts or government lots, or <br />portions thereof, that directly abut a basin or watercourse. This provision shall apply until a protected <br />Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />