The MPCA proposes to amend these rules to address law changes made by the Minnesota Legislature in the 2011 special session. The MPCA is also taking this opportunity to remove obsolete rule requirements, address other law changes adopted since Chapter 7020 was revised in 2000, and provide clarification to certain existing rules in Chapters 7020, 7001 and 7002.
The MPCA regulates the collection, transportation, storage, processing and utilization of manure and process wastewaters associated with the operation of animal feedlots. Since the 1970s, the MPCA has regulated feedlots primarily through permits, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, State Disposal System (
The proposed amendments include:
- incorporation of new statutory language eliminating the need to
hold an NPDES permit except as required by federal law, while maintaining
the requirement for larger feedlots to hold an
- incorporating other new statutory requirements enacted since the
feedlot rules were last revised, including new statutory pasture
definitions and 10-year terms for
- clarification of administrative requirements for permits, including
the processes for issuance or denial of permits by delegated counties and
modification of permits; and
- removal of obsolete language, such as provisions governing older
forms of permits, and expired transitional requirements, such as the “open
lot agreement.”
