Minnesota § 18C.305 FERTILIZER FACILITIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 18C.305 — FERTILIZER FACILITIES

Minnesota § 18C.305

PartAGRICULTURE

Ch. 18CFERTILIZER, SOIL AMENDMENT, AND PLANT AMENDMENT

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Minn. Stat. § 18C.305 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Construction permit. A person must obtain a permit from the commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner before the person constructs or substantially alters:

(1)safeguards; or

(2)an existing facility used for the distribution, handling, or bulk storage of fertilizers, soil amendments, or plant amendments. The commissioner may not grant a permit for a site without safeguards that are adequate to prevent the escape or movement of the fertilizers from the site. Subd. 2.Permit fees.

(a)An application for a new facility must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $100 for each location where fertilizer is stored.

(b)An application to substantially alter a facility must be accompanied by a nonrefundable $50 fee.

(c)An additional fee of $250 must be paid

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Subdivision 1.Construction permit.
A person must obtain a permit from the commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner before the person constructs or substantially alters:
(1) safeguards; or
(2) an existing facility used for the distribution, handling, or bulk storage of fertilizers, soil amendments, or plant amendments. The commissioner may not grant a permit for a site without safeguards that are adequate to prevent the escape or movement of the fertilizers from the site.

Subd. 2.Permit fees.
(a) An application for a new facility must be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee of $100 for each location where fertilizer is stored.
(b) An application to substantially alter a facility must be accompanied by a nonrefundable $50 fee.
(c) An additional fee of $250 must be paid by a person who begins construction of, or substantially alters a bulk agricultural chemical storage facility before a permit is issued by the commissioner, except that the $250 additional fee may not be assessed if the person submits a permit application with the required fee to the commissioner before completing the construction or substantial alteration.
(d) An application for a facility that includes both fertilizers, as regulated under this chapter, and pesticides as regulated under chapter 18B shall pay only one application fee of $100.

Subd. 3.Exemption.
A permit and safeguard is not required for agricultural commodity producers who store, on their own property, for their own use, no more than 6,000 gallons of liquid commercial fertilizer.