ALJ and Chief ALJ Reports Issued
Judge Heydinger's ALJ Report and Judge Krause's Chief ALJ Report in the proposed rules governing health risk limits for groundwater has been issued. The public exhibits, public comments, and other documents relating to these rules proposed by the Department of Health (repealing Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4717, Parts 7100 through 7400, and inserting Parts 7810 through 7900) remain available on the Health Risk Limits for Groundwater Rulemaking Proceeding Page. The rule now goes to the Department for correction of defects and adoption.
General Information
The Minnesota Department of Health's proposed rules governing health risk limits in groundwater (repealing Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4717, Parts 7100 through 7400, and inserting Parts 7810 through 7900) have been assigned to Judge Heydinger. Judge Heydinger will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules in December. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, a hearing was held in St. Paul on October 10, 2008. During that hearing, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in that rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on October 30, 2008.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted during the initial comment period. New matters may not be introduced or raised during this five-day reply period. The five-day reply period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2008.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Heydinger concerning the proposed rules. Her address is as follows:
Hon. Beverly Jones Heydinger
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
For copies of the proposed rules, the Statement of Need and Reasonableness submitted by the Department of Health, and other information relating to the proposed rules, visit the Health Risk Limits for Groundwater website.
Hearing Exhibits
Scanned versions of some of the exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Procedural documents have not been scanned.
Public Comments
Comments received outside of the public hearings are combined into batched documents for public review [and are posted below]. The public comment period ends on 4:30 p.m. on October 30, 2008. Replies to these comments are due by 4:30 p.m. on November 6, 2008. These are "received by" deadlines, and commentators are urged to consider that when sending their comments and replies.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - December 16, 2008