116C.723 CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Requirement. Upon notice from the Department of Energy that Minnesota
contains a potentially impacted area, the chair of the council shall negotiate a consultation and
cooperation agreement with the federal government.
Subd. 2.
Disposal studies. Unless the state has executed a consultation and cooperation
agreement, a person may not make a study or test of a specific area or site related to disposal
including an exploratory drilling, a land survey, an aerial mapping, a field mapping, a waste
suitability study, or other surface or subsurface geologic, hydrologic, or environmental testing or
mapping.
History: 1984 c 453 s 13; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 244; 1986 c 444