2025 Session
Last amended: 1969 session
§ 116.01 — Policy
Plain-Language Summary
Sets the state policy to create a Pollution Control Agency to protect Minnesota's water, air, and land from pollution.
116.01 POLICY.
To meet the variety and complexity of problems relating to water, air and land pollution in the areas of the state affected thereby, and to achieve a reasonable degree of purity of water, air and land resources of the state consistent with the maximum enjoyment and use thereof in furtherance of the welfare of the people of the state, it is in the public interest that there be established a Pollution Control Agency.
History:
1967 c 882 s 1; 1969 c 1046 s 1
History: History: 1967 c 882 s 1; 1969 c 1046 s 1
Practical Notes
This section establishes the foundation for all MPCA authority over environmental regulation in Minnesota.