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123 <br />MINNESOTA RULES 6115.1220 <br />History: 17 SR 1279 <br />Published Electronically: September 10, 2018 <br />6115.1220 PROCEDURES. <br />Subpart 1. Permit applications. Application for a permit to drain basins that are potentially <br />eligible for compensation from the department because of being declared public waters shall be <br />made on such forms as the commissioner may provide and shall include all data specified by the <br />form and any required application fees. <br />The applicant shall include the following information to enable the commissioner to determine <br />the feasibility, practicality, and lawfulness of the proposed drainage: <br />A. a statement by the owner that there are no burdens on the property or agreements which <br />drainage would violate; <br />B. a demonstration by the owner that the right to use the outlet can be obtained; <br />C. a description of the proposed drainage project; <br />D. a demonstration of the project costs, showing how the costs were estimated, together <br />with an explanation of why the investment would be profitable; and <br />E. a statement by a professional soil classifier that the basin would be high quality cropland. <br />The determination shall be based on the following criteria. The kinds of soils that will that will <br />qualify as high quality cropland are based on the following method arranged from best to poorest. <br />Rating Value Soil Properties <br />1. Loamy or clayey mineral soils (loamy or clayey average particle <br />size in the control section.) <br />2. Deep organic soils (Typic subgroups,) and shallow organic soils <br />with a loamy or clayey substratum (Terric subgroups with loamy or <br />clayey particle size.) <br />3. Shallow organic soils with a sandy or gravelly substrates (Terric <br />subgroups with sandy or sandy skeletal particle size.) <br />4. Sandy or gravelly mineral soils (Aquents, aquepts, and Aquolls with <br />sandy or sandy skeletal average particle size in the control section.) <br />5. Other soils (mostly soils with limnic materials dominating the control <br />section.) <br />Growing degree days (GDD) will be used as a climatic parameter to use for accessing soil <br />quality. The groups from best to poorest are: <br />Copyright © 2019 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />