1999 Minnesota Statutes

     116.0717 Taconite deposition. 

    Notwithstanding rules prohibiting discharge of waste into 
 saturated zones or rules governing variance procedures, the 
 pollution control agency may issue a permit for deposition of 
 fine tailings from taconite processing facilities into taconite 
 mine pits provided the proposer demonstrates through an 
 environmental impact statement and risk assessment that the 
 deposition will not pose an unreasonable risk of pollution or 
 degradation of groundwater. 

    HIST: 1996 c 407 s 56