PROHIBITED AREAS FOR LAND TREATMENT SITES

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Minnesota Administrative Rules › MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY › Chapter 7037 › Part 7037.0900

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Land treatment sites are prohibited in the following areas: A. a ten-year floodplain; B. within 200 feet of an intermittent stream, drainage ditch, or tile drain inlet or the ordinary high water level of a stream, river, lake, pond, wetland, or flowage; C. within 200 feet from a sinkhole, exposed bedrock, or known underground cave; D. within 200 feet from any private water supply well or 1,000 feet from any public water supply well; E. within 200 feet from a place of habitation, unless written permission to spread soil closer is obtained from the owner of the place of habitation, or 500 feet from a residential development or recreational area; and F. within 200 feet from property lines, unless written permission to spread soil closer is obtained from the adjacent land owner.

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PROHIBITED AREAS FOR LAND TREATMENT SITES · Minn. R. 7037.0900 | Frix