Section 116C.723 Consultation and Cooperation Agreement - Minnesota Statutes

116C.723 CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT.

Subdivision 1.Requirement.

Upon notice from the Department of Energy that Minnesota contains a potentially impacted area, the chair of the council shall negotiate a consultation and cooperation agreement with the federal government.

Subd. 2.Disposal studies.

Unless the state has executed a consultation and cooperation agreement, a person may not make a study or test of a specific area or site related to disposal including an exploratory drilling, a land survey, an aerial mapping, a field mapping, a waste suitability study, or other surface or subsurface geologic, hydrologic, or environmental testing or mapping.

History:

1984 c 453 s 13; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 244; 1986 c 444