Financial Assurance and Siting (FASIT) Rulemaking
The purpose of rulemaking for Financial Assurance and Siting is to:
- fulfill legislative mandate to modify rules to address landfill siting in groundwater sensitive areas, and
- fulfill legislative mandate to modify rules to address financial assurance to ensure that the state is protected from financial responsibility from future groundwater contamination.
Proposed Rulemaking Timeline
| Date | Task |
|---|---|
| 2/01/09 | Assign labor |
| 2/28/09 | Design stakeholder interactions |
| 4/30/09 | Begin stakeholder interactions |
| 7/01/09 | Begin incorporating stakeholder feedback into rough draft rules |
| 8/01/09 | First draft of proposed rule |
| 1/15/10 | Develop refined draft rule and incorporate into legislative report |
| 4/15/10 | Incorporate legislative feedback |
| 7/31/10 | Rule in effect if no hearing and all else goes well |
Initial Potential Stakeholders Contacts
- AMC--Association of Minnesota Counties
- CDIL/LAG--Construction and Demolition and Industrial Landfill/Landfill Advisory Groups
- FWC--Friends of Washington County
- LMC--League of Minnesota Cities
- MACPZA--Minnesota Association of County Planning and Zoning Administrators
- MCC--Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
- MEP--Minnesota Environmental Partnership
- MGA--Minnesota Groundwater Association
- MGS--Minnesota Geologic Survey
- Minnesota Legislators (stakeholders)
- PRIMA--Public Risk Management Association
- State agencies (Natural Resources, Health, Geologic Survey, etc.)
- SWAA--Solid Waste Administrators' Association
- SWANA--Solid Waste Association of North America
- SWMCB--Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board
Shared Information/Materials
Rules to Prohibit Disposal of Solid Waste Based on Site Sensitivity to Groundwater Contamination (FASIT) (lrw-sw-4sy10)- Transmittal of Agency Rule Concepts (swrule1-05)
- FASIT Rule: Agency Overview of Rule Concepts, August 2009 (swrule1-06)
- Groundwater Sensitivity and Solid Waste Disposal in Minnesota 2009. Prepared by Stuart Grubb, PG; E. Calvin Alexander, Jr., PhD; University of Minnesota; Friends of Washington County (swrule1-01)
- MPCA Overview of Landfill Financial Assurance and Siting Rulemaking (swrule1-02)
- An Approach to Siting Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in Minnesota. June 2009. Prepared by McCain and Associates, Inc., R.W. Beck, Inc., SKB Environmental, Inc., Waste Management, Inc., and Xcel Energy, Inc. (swrule1-03)
- Summary of Terms Related to Groundwater Sensitivity to Contamination. June 2009, Prepared by Barr Engineering Company (swrule1-04)
- 11-30-2009 Shared FASIT Rule Siting Draft (swrule1-08)
- 11-30-2009 Shared FASIT Rule Financial Assurance Draft (swrule1-09)
- 12-7-2009 FASIT Rule Feedback Meeting Presentation (swrule1-10)
- 12-7-2009 FASIT Meeting Poster Notes (swrule1-11)
- Table of Permitted Landfills and Location Standards (swrule1-12)
- FASIT comments before 11-30-2009 (swrule1-13)
- FASIT comments after 11-30-2009 (swrule1-14)
- 8-27-2009 FASIT Concepts Stakeholder Feedback St Paul Poster Notes (swrule1-17)
- 8-20-2009 FASIT Concept Feedback SWAA St. Cloud Poster Notes (swrule1-18)
Staff Contacts
For more information about the FASIT rulemaking, contact:
- Jim Chiles, 651-757-2272
- Nathan Cooley, 651-757-2290
