Minnesota Statutes 115.04 – Disposal Systems and Point Sources
Subdivision 1.Information.
Any person operating or installing a disposal system or other point source, or portion thereof, when requested by the agency, or any member, employee or agent thereof, when authorized by it, shall furnish to it any information which that person may have or which is relevant to the subject of this chapter, chapter 114C, and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, of chapter 116.
Subd. 2.Examining records.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 115.04
- Agency: means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Discharge: means the addition of any pollutant to the waters of the state or to any disposal system. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Disposal system: means a system for disposing of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes, and includes sewer systems and treatment works. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Person: means the state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity, including, but not limited to, association, commission or any interstate body, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, governmental subdivision, or public or private corporation, or other entity. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Point source: means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Waters of the state: means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 115.04
- Agency: means the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Discharge: means the addition of any pollutant to the waters of the state or to any disposal system. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Disposal system: means a system for disposing of sewage, industrial waste and other wastes, and includes sewer systems and treatment works. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Person: means the state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, governmental subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity, including, but not limited to, association, commission or any interstate body, and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, governmental subdivision, or public or private corporation, or other entity. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- Point source: means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch, channel, tunnel, conduit, well, discrete fissure, container, rolling stock, concentrated animal feeding operation, or vessel or other floating craft, from which pollutants are or may be discharged. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Waters of the state: means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof. See Minnesota Statutes 115.01
The agency or any member, employee or agent thereof, when authorized by it, upon presentation of credentials, may examine and copy any books, papers, records or memoranda pertaining to the installation, maintenance, or operation or discharge, including, but not limited to, monitoring data, of disposal systems or other point sources, in accordance with the purposes of this chapter, chapter 114C, and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116.
Subd. 3.Access to premises.
Whenever it shall be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, chapter 114C, and, with respect to pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116, the agency or any member, employee, or agent thereof, when authorized by it, upon presentation of credentials, may enter upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of obtaining information or examination of records or conducting surveys or investigations.