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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to environment; modifying Petrofund program;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Statutes 2006, sections 115C.04, subdivision 3; 115C.09, subdivision 3h, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>adding a subdivision; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115C.09, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision 3j.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115C.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Agency</b><b> Cost recovery; subrogation.</b> Reasonable and necessary expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>incurred by the agency in taking a corrective action, including costs of investigating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>a release, administrative and legal expenses, and reimbursement costs described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (b), may be recovered in a civil action in district court brought <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>by the attorney general board against a responsible person. The agency's certification of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>expenses is prima facie evidence that the expenses are reasonable and necessary. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>responsible person has petroleum tank leakage or spill insurance coverage that insures <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>against the liability provided in this section, the agency board is subrogated to the rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>of the responsible person with respect to that insurance coverage, to the extent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>expenses incurred by the agency and described in this subdivision. The agency board <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>may request the attorney general to bring an action in district court against the insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>to enforce this subrogation right. Expenses that are recovered under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>be deposited in the fund.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115C.09, subdivision 3h, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3h. <b>Reimbursement; aboveground tanks in bulk plants.</b> (a) As used in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>this subdivision, "bulk plant" means an aboveground or underground tank facility with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>storage capacity of more than 1,100 gallons but less than 1,000,000 gallons that is used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>dispense petroleum into cargo tanks for transportation and sale at another location.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter and any rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>pursuant to this chapter, the board shall reimburse 90 percent of an applicant's cost for bulk <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>plant upgrades or closures completed between June 1, 1998, and November 1, 2003, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>comply with Minnesota Rules, chapter 7151, provided that the board determines the costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>were incurred and reasonable. The reimbursement may not exceed $10,000 per bulk plant. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>The board may provide reimbursement under this paragraph for work completed after <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>November 1, 2003, if the work was contracted for prior to that date and was not completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>by that date as a result of an unanticipated situation, provided that an application for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>reimbursement under this paragraph, which may be a renewal of an application previously <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>denied, is submitted prior to December 31, 2005.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For corrective action at a bulk plant located on what is or was railroad <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>right-of-way, the board shall reimburse 90 percent of total reimbursable costs on the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>$40,000 of reimbursable costs and 100 percent of any remaining reimbursable costs when <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>the applicant can document that more than one bulk plant was operated on the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>section of right-of-way, as determined by the commissioner of commerce.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115C.09, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3k. <b>PVC piping at residential locations.</b> (a) The purpose of this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>is to assist homeowners who have installed PVC fill piping as part of the heating oil <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>system at their residences, not knowing that heating oil has been shown to dissolve certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>types of glue used to hold PVC piping together. Replacement of the PVC piping with <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>metal piping is intended to avoid the catastrophic release of heating oil, as well as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>ensuing cleanup costs, that can occur at residences where the PVC piping fails.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) As used in this subdivision:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "residential locations" means a storage tank and appurtenances for heating oil <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>that are used to heat a single-family residence; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "qualified person" means someone who is registered as a contractor under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>115C.11 and, as part of their trade or business, installs or repairs nonpressure piping, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>heating systems, air conditioning systems, or storage tank systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>under this chapter, the board shall reimburse a qualified person 90 percent of the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>for replacing PVC fill piping with metal piping at residential locations between May 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>2008, and September 1, 2011, provided that the board determines the costs were incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>and reasonable. The reimbursement may not exceed $250 per residential location. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>maximum expenditure from the fund may not exceed $1,500,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A heating oil vendor is not a responsible person for a heating oil spill inside a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>residential location if the spill was caused solely by the failure of a tank or appurtenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>to a tank owned by the homeowner.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115C.09, subdivision 3j, is repealed.<br />
         		
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