Minnesota § 116.82 AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 116.82 — AUTHORITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Minnesota § 116.82

PartENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Ch. 116POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

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Minn. Stat. § 116.82 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Preemption. A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt a definition of infectious or pathological waste that differs from the definitions in section116.76, or management requirements for infectious or pathological waste that differ from the requirements of sections116.78and116.79. Subd. 2.Local solid waste authority.

(a)Sections116.76to116.81do not affect local implementation of collection, storage, or disposal of solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.

(b)Sections116.76to116.81do not affect county authority under other law to regulate and manage solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.

(c)A political subdivision, as defined in section115A.03, subdivision 24, may not require a refuse-derived fuel facility to a

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Subdivision 1.Preemption.
A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may not adopt a definition of infectious or pathological waste that differs from the definitions in section116.76, or management requirements for infectious or pathological waste that differ from the requirements of sections116.78and116.79.

Subd. 2.Local solid waste authority.
(a) Sections116.76to116.81do not affect local implementation of collection, storage, or disposal of solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.
(b) Sections116.76to116.81do not affect county authority under other law to regulate and manage solid waste that does not contain infectious waste.
(c) A political subdivision, as defined in section115A.03, subdivision 24, may not require a refuse-derived fuel facility to accept infectious waste.

Subd. 3.Local enforcement.
Sections116.76to116.81may be enforced by a county by delegation of enforcement authority granted to the agency in section116.83. Separate enforcement actions may not be brought by a state agency and a county for the same violations. The state or county may not bring an action that is being enforced by the federal Office of Safety and Health Administration.