1997 Minnesota Statutes

     115A.53 Waste separation projects. 

    The director shall provide grants to develop and implement 
 projects for waste separation by generators, collectors, and 
 other persons; and collection systems for separated waste.  
 Activities eligible for assistance under this section include 
 legal, financial, economic, educational, marketing, social, 
 governmental, and administrative activities related to the 
 development and implementation of the project.  Preliminary 
 planning and development, feasibility study, and conceptual 
 design costs are eligible activities, but no more than 20 
 percent of program funds shall be used to fund those 
 activities.  Projects may include the management of household 
 hazardous waste, as defined in section 115A.96.  The director 
 shall give priority to innovative methods for waste separation 
 for reuse and recycling.  The director shall prescribe by rule 
 the level or levels of local funding required for grants under 
 this section.  

    HIST: 1980 c 564 art 6 s 5; 1987 c 348 s 21; 1987 c 404 s 144; 
 1989 c 335 art 1 s 269; 1991 c 337 s 18 

*   NOTE:  This section is repealed on the effective date of 
*rules adopted under section 115A.0716.  Laws 1996, chapter 470, 
*section 29.