1.2relating to environment; modifying landfill cleanup program;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115B.412, subdivision 8, by adding
1.4subdivisions.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115B.412, subdivision 8, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8    Subd. 8. Transfer of title; disposal of property. The owner of a qualified facility
1.9may, as part of the owner's activities under section 115B.40, subdivision 4 or 5, offer to
1.10transfer title to all or any portion of the property described in the facility's most recent
1.11permit, including any property adjacent to that property the owner wishes to transfer, to
1.12the commissioner. The commissioner may accept the transfer of title if the commissioner
1.13determines that to do so is in the best interest of the state. If, after transfer of title to the
1.14property, the commissioner determines that it is in the best interest of the state to dispose
1.15of property acquired under this subdivision, the commissioner may do so under section
1.16115B.17, subdivision 16. The property disposed of under this subdivision is no longer part
1.17of the qualified facility.
1.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

1.19    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115B.412, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.20to read:
1.21    Subd. 8a. Boundary modification. The commissioner may modify the boundaries
1.22of a qualified facility to exclude certain property if the commissioner determines that no
1.23further response actions are required to be conducted under sections 115B.39 to 115B.445
2.1on the excluded property and the excluded property is not affected by disposal activities
2.2on the remaining portions of the qualified facility. Any property excluded under this
2.3subdivision is no longer part of the qualified facility.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.5    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115B.412, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.6to read:
2.7    Subd. 8b. Delisting. If all solid waste from a qualified facility has been relocated
2.8outside the qualified facility's boundaries and the commissioner has determined that no
2.9further response actions are required on the property under sections 115B.39 to 115B.445,
2.10the commissioner may delist the facility by removing it from the priority list established
2.11under section 115B.40, subdivision 2, after which the property shall no longer be a
2.12qualified facility. The commissioner has no further responsibilities under sections 115B.39
2.13to 115B.445 for a facility delisted under this subdivision.
2.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.