Subdivision 1.General 150-day limit.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, the commissioner must act on a water-use permit within 150 days after the completed application for the permit has been submitted. Within 30 business days of application for a water-use permit, the commissioner shall notify the applicant, in writing, whether the application is complete or incomplete.

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 103G.305

  • Basin of origin: means the drainage basin of the Great Lakes, the Red River of the North, the Mississippi River, or the Missouri River. See Minnesota Statutes 103G.005
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of natural resources. See Minnesota Statutes 103G.005
  • Consumptive use: means water that is withdrawn from its source for immediate further use in the area of the source and is not directly returned to the source. See Minnesota Statutes 103G.005

(b) The commissioner must direct a hearing to be held on a water-use permit application or make an order issuing a permit or denying a permit.

Subd. 2.Exception.

The requirements of subdivision 1 do not apply to applications for a water-use permit for:

(1) appropriations for diversion from the basin of origin of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average in a 30-day period; or

(2) appropriations with a consumptive use of more than 2,000,000 gallons per day average for a 30-day period.