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Minnesota agencies must consult with Tribal governments on Tribal-implication matters, keep consultation policies updated, designate a Tribal liaison, and provide training.
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These chapters may be cited as the "Water Law."
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The state controls public waters and, where law allows, controls water use and activities that change public waters.
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The legislature states that preserving wetlands is in the public interest because of their environmental and water-management benefits.
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The legislature says using state waters for hydroelectric or hydromechanical power, and leasing existing dams or potential dam sites for power generation, serves the public welfare when done consistently with dam-related laws.
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Minnesota assigns groundwater protection responsibilities across several agencies and requires the Environmental Quality Board to prepare a policy report.
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The state policy is to keep rainwater where it falls, and certain state and local officers and agencies must use their authority, as far as practicable, to carry out that policy unless another rule expressly says otherwise.
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Minnesota states a policy to reduce flood damages through floodplain management, using nonstructural measures like zoning, floodproofing, and flood warnings.
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Minnesota states that certain rivers and nearby lands should be preserved and protected because of their scenic, recreational, natural, historical, scientific, and similar values.
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State policy favors retiring marginal, highly erodible land from crop production and restoring perennial vegetation cover.
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Minnesota water law is to be understood as a whole when administering water policy for the public welfare.
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Minnesota says water resources should be managed by watershed, aquifer, and river basin to protect and restore them.
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This section defines key terms used in sections 103A.301 to 103A.341.
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Sections 103A.301 to 103A.341 apply when an agency decision in a proceeding involves a question of water policy in specified areas.
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The board may intervene in a proceeding if a petition for referral of a water policy question is filed with the board.
United States — Minnesota
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The court may refer certain proceedings to the board, and the board must proceed under the listed sections when it receives a referral petition.
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A petition for intervention filed with the board pauses the proceeding until the board recommends action or 60 days pass after the hearing ends, unless the agency makes a written public-interest finding for immediate board action.
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The board must decide whether a petition shows an important water policy question. If not, it may not intervene. If yes and intervention is in the public interest, it must send a brief statement to the petitioner and the agency.
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After a petition is filed, the board must promptly hold hearings, determine the issues it agreed to consider, and issue a written recommendation to the agency.
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The board must file its consent, notice, or recommendation with the agency, and hearings must be public with testimony recorded and preserved.