Chapter 115A — Waste Management Act

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 115A — Waste Management Act

115A.01 Citation This section gives Chapter 115A its official name: the 'Waste Management Act.' This is how the law is referred to in … 115A.02 Legislative Declaration of Policy; Purposes This section explains the goals and priorities of Minnesota's waste management law. The state wants to protect land, … 115A.03 Definitions This section defines the key terms used throughout the Waste Management Act. It covers definitions for types of waste … 115A.034 Enforcement This section says that the Waste Management Act can be enforced using the enforcement tools found in sections 115.071 … 115A.04 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1989 law. 115A.05 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1989 law. 115A.055 This section has been repealed. Both subdivisions were removed by later laws - subdivision 1 in 2005 and subdivision 2 … 115A.06 Powers of Pollution Control Agency This section lists the powers of the Pollution Control Agency under the Waste Management Act. The agency can make rules, … 115A.07 Duties; General This section describes the general duties of the Pollution Control Agency under the Waste Management Act. The agency … 115A.071 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1984 law. 115A.0715 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1996 law. 115A.0716 Environmental Assistance Grant and Loan Program This section creates a grant and loan program for environmental projects. The commissioner can give grants for … 115A.072 Public Education This section requires the commissioner to develop environmental education programs and a statewide waste management … 115A.073 Environmental Education Goals and Plan This section sets the goals for Minnesota's environmental education program. The goals include helping students and … 115A.074 Environmental Education Resource Centers This section allows the commissioner to set up environmental education resource centers throughout the state. These … 115A.075 Legislative Policy Against Disposal of Hazardous Waste This section declares Minnesota's policy against land disposal of hazardous waste. The state says that reducing … 115A.08 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1996 law. 115A.09 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1996 law. 115A.10 Duties of Pollution Control Agency; Hazardous Waste Facilities; Encouraging Private Enterprise This section requires the Pollution Control Agency to encourage private companies to develop and run hazardous waste … 115A.11 Hazardous Waste Management Plan This section requires the Pollution Control Agency to create and maintain a hazardous waste management plan. The plan … 115A.12 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 2005 law. 115A.121 Toxics and Pollution Prevention Evaluation; Consolidated Report This section requires the commissioner to prepare a report on pollution prevention activities every four years, starting … 115A.13 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1987 law. 115A.1310 Definitions This section defines key terms for Minnesota's electronics recycling program. It covers definitions for items like … 115A.1312 Registration Program This section sets up a registration program for electronics recycling. Manufacturers cannot sell video display devices … 115A.1314 Manufacturer Registration Fee This section sets the annual registration fee that manufacturers of video display devices must pay. Manufacturers … 115A.1316 Reporting Requirements This section requires manufacturers, recyclers, and collectors of electronic devices to submit annual reports to the … 115A.1318 Responsibilities This section spells out the responsibilities of manufacturers, collectors, recyclers, and retailers in the electronics … 115A.1320 Agency and Department Duties This section describes the duties of the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Revenue in managing the … 115A.1322 Other Recycling Programs This section says that cities and counties cannot force households to use only public facilities for recycling their … 115A.1323 Anticompetitive Conduct This section allows manufacturers to cooperate with each other on electronics collection and recycling without being … 115A.1324 Requirements for Purchases by State Agencies This section requires the Department of Administration to make sure that state agency purchases of video display devices … 115A.1326 Regulating Video Display Devices This section says that if the federal EPA adopts rules about handling, storing, or treating video display devices being … 115A.1328 Multistate Implementation This section allows the Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Revenue to join with other states to create a … 115A.1330 Limitations This section says that Minnesota's electronics recycling law will expire automatically if the federal government passes … 115A.14 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by a 1996 law. 115A.1415 Architectural Paint; Product Stewardship Program; Stewardship Plan This section creates a product stewardship program for architectural paint (indoor and outdoor paint sold in containers … 115A.1416 Boat Wrap Product Stewardship Program This section creates a product stewardship program for boat wrap, the plastic used to protect boats during storage. … 115A.142 Report to Legislature and Governor This section requires the commissioner to include a report on the architectural paint stewardship program as part of the … 115A.144 Short Title This section gives the official name to sections 115A.144 through 115A.1463: the 'Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction … 115A.1441 Definitions This section defines the key terms used in the Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act. It covers definitions for … 115A.1442 Establishment of Program This section requires producers to create and pay for a statewide program to manage packaging and paper product waste. … 115A.1443 Registration of Producer Responsibility Organizations and Service Providers This law requires companies that make packaging and paper products to join a producer responsibility organization (PRO) … 115A.1444 Establishment of Producer Responsibility Advisory Board This law creates a Producer Responsibility Advisory Board to oversee packaging recycling programs in Minnesota. The … 115A.1445 Commissioner Responsibilities This law lists what the commissioner must do to run Minnesota's producer responsibility program. The commissioner must … 115A.1446 Producer Responsibility Advisory Board Responsibilities This law describes the duties of the Producer Responsibility Advisory Board. The board must hold its first meeting by … 115A.1447 Producer Responsibility Organization Responsibilities This law lists what a producer responsibility organization (PRO) must do in Minnesota. A PRO must register with the … 115A.1448 Producer Responsibilities This law sets out what producers of packaging and paper products must do in Minnesota. After July 2025, producers must … 115A.1449 Service Provider Responsibilities This law explains the duties of service providers like recyclers, haulers, and composters who participate in a … 115A.1450 Needs Assessments This law requires the commissioner to study Minnesota's recycling and waste management needs. A preliminary assessment … 115A.1451 Stewardship Plan This law requires producer responsibility organizations to submit a stewardship plan every five years describing how … 115A.1453 Recyclable or Compostable Covered Materials Lists; Exempt Materials List This law requires the commissioner to create lists of packaging materials that can be recycled or composted in … 115A.1454 Producer Fees This law explains how producer responsibility organizations charge fees to the companies that make packaging and paper … 115A.1455 Service Provider; Reimbursement This law sets rules for how recycling and composting service providers get paid under the producer responsibility … 115A.1456 Reporting This law requires producer responsibility organizations to file detailed annual reports with the commissioner starting … 115A.1457 Producer Responsibility Organization Websites This law requires each producer responsibility organization to maintain an accessible public website. The website must … 115A.1458 Anticompetitive Conduct This law gives producer responsibility organizations limited protection from antitrust lawsuits. PROs are allowed to … 115A.1459 Rulemaking This law gives the commissioner the power to adopt rules to carry out the producer responsibility program. The normal … 115A.1460 Providing Information This law requires any person to provide information to the commissioner when asked, if the information is needed to … 115A.1461 Deposit Return System This law states the legislature's intent that any future bottle deposit return system should work together with the … 115A.1462 Enforcement This law gives the commissioner power to enforce the producer responsibility program. Violators face civil penalties of … 115A.1463 Packaging Product Stewardship Account This law creates a special account in the state treasury called the packaging product stewardship account. All … 115A.15 State Government Resource Recovery This law sets up a recycling program for state government. State agencies must separate recyclable materials, buy … 115A.151 Recycling Requirements; Public Entities; Commercial Buildings; Sports Facilities This law requires government buildings, large commercial buildings in the metro area, and sports facilities to collect … 115A.152 Technical and Research Assistance to Generators This law creates a program to help businesses that produce hazardous and industrial waste. The commissioner provides … 115A.154 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.156 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.158 Requests for Proposals; Processing and Collection Facilities and Services This law allows the commissioner to ask for proposals from companies that want to build and run hazardous waste … 115A.159 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1999. 115A.162 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1989. 115A.165 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1995. 115A.17 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1986. 115A.175 Siting and Facility Development Authority; Limitations This law limits what types of hazardous waste facilities can be built in Minnesota and sets rules for choosing where … 115A.18 Legislative Findings; Purpose This law explains why Minnesota needs rules for managing hazardous waste. The legislature found that hazardous waste … 115A.19 Procedure Not Exclusive This law clarifies that the state's hazardous waste facility siting process is not the only way to get a permit. The … 115A.191 Voluntary Contracts With Counties This law lets the state and counties make voluntary agreements about where to build hazardous waste stabilization and … 115A.192 Request for Proposals; Stabilization and Containment Facility This law requires the commissioner to seek proposals from companies that want to build and run a hazardous waste … 115A.193 Report on Facility Development This law requires the commissioner to prepare a detailed report about building a hazardous waste stabilization and … 115A.194 Evaluating and Selecting Sites; Permits This law sets the process for evaluating and selecting sites for hazardous waste containment facilities. An … 115A.195 Ownership; Agreements to Manage Facility This law allows the state to fully own or jointly own a hazardous waste stabilization and containment facility with a … 115A.20 Evaluating Sites This law lists the factors the agency must consider when picking sites for hazardous waste containment facilities. These … 115A.201 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.21 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.22 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.23 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1983. 115A.24 Stabilization and Containment Facilities; Estimate of Need; Analysis of Economic Feasibility This law requires the agency to estimate how many hazardous waste stabilization and containment facilities Minnesota … 115A.241 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.25 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.26 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.27 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.28 Final Decision This law makes the agency's decision about where to place a hazardous waste facility final and binding. The decision … 115A.29 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.291 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.30 Judicial Review This law sets the rules for challenging agency decisions about hazardous waste facilities in court. Appeals must be … 115A.301 Indemnifying Certain Damages Arising From Stabilization and Containment Facility This law requires the operator of a state-sited hazardous waste facility to agree to cover liability costs if hazardous … 115A.31 Local Government Decisions; Timelines This law sets deadlines for local governments to approve or deny a county's request to build a solid waste facility. The … 115A.32 Rules This law requires the Environmental Quality Board to adopt rules for its supplementary review of waste facility … 115A.33 Eligibility; Request for Review This law says who can ask the Environmental Quality Board to review a local government's refusal to allow a waste … 115A.34 Appointing Temporary Board Members When the Environmental Quality Board reviews a waste facility dispute, six temporary local members are added to the … 115A.35 Review Procedure This law sets the procedure for the Environmental Quality Board's review of waste facility disputes. The board must … 115A.36 Scope and Content of Review This law lists what the Environmental Quality Board must consider when reviewing a proposed waste facility. The board … 115A.37 Final Decision of Board This law gives the Environmental Quality Board the final word on whether a waste facility can be built. If the board … 115A.38 Reconciliation Procedures This law creates a process for resolving disputes about hazardous waste facility siting that go beyond normal agency … 115A.39 Judicial Review This law says that court review of decisions made during the Environmental Quality Board's supplementary review of … 115A.41 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1988. 115A.411 Solid Waste Management Policy; Consolidated Report This law requires the commissioner to prepare a report on solid waste management policy every four years and submit it … 115A.412 Waste Composition; Information Required This law requires waste facilities to conduct waste composition studies every three years starting in 2029. The … 115A.415 Substandard Disposal Facilities Since July 1, 1995, no one may deliver or accept unprocessed mixed household trash at a substandard disposal facility. A … 115A.42 Regional and Local Solid Waste Management Planning This law creates a program to help counties and regions plan how to manage solid waste. The commissioner runs the … 115A.43 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1987. 115A.44 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1987. 115A.45 Technical Assistance This law requires the commissioner to provide technical help to local governments for solid waste planning. The … 115A.46 Regional and Local Solid Waste Management Plan; Requirements This law sets out what must be in a county solid waste management plan. Plans must describe existing waste systems, … 115A.47 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1995. 115A.471 Public Entities; Managing Solid Waste Before a government entity signs a contract to manage waste using a method that ranks lower on the state's preferred … 115A.48 Market Development for Recyclable Materials and Compost This law directs the commissioner to help develop markets for recyclable materials and compost in Minnesota. The … 115A.49 Waste Management Capital Assistance Program This law creates a capital assistance program to help cities, counties, and sanitary districts develop solid waste … 115A.50 Eligible Recipients Only cities, counties, solid waste management districts, and sanitary districts can receive capital assistance under … 115A.51 Application Requirements This law lists what must be included in an application for waste management capital assistance. Applicants must show the … 115A.52 Technical Assistance for Projects This law requires the commissioner to provide technical help for waste management projects that qualify for the capital … 115A.53 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.54 Waste Management Capital Assistance Projects This law provides state grants and loans to local governments for building waste reduction, recycling, composting, and … 115A.541 Plan; Grant Requirement The commissioner can only approve a solid waste plan or make a recycling grant if the applicant shows a real commitment … 115A.542 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1994. 115A.545 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 2007. 115A.55 Solid Waste Reduction This law establishes reducing solid waste generation as a state goal and directs the commissioner to coordinate waste … 115A.5501 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 2024. 115A.5502 Packaging Practices; Preferences; Goals This law ranks packaging types from most to least preferred for use in Minnesota. The best packaging is minimal, … 115A.551 Recycling This law sets recycling goals for Minnesota counties. By December 31, 2030, metro counties must recycle 75% of their … 115A.552 Opportunity to Recycle This law requires every Minnesota county to make sure all residents have a chance to recycle. Each county must have at … 115A.553 Collecting and Transporting Recyclable Materials This law requires counties to make sure recyclable materials collected from residents get to markets or processing … 115A.554 Authority of Sanitary Districts This law gives sanitary districts the same powers and duties as counties for solid waste management within the … 115A.555 Recycling Center Designation This law sets the minimum requirements for a recycling facility to be officially designated as a recycling center by the … 115A.556 Materials Used for Recycling This law requires that materials used in recycling programs, like containers, bins, and receptacles with short life … 115A.557 County Waste Reduction and Recycling Funding This law distributes state funding to counties for waste reduction and recycling programs, known as SCORE (Select … 115A.558 Safety Guide This law requires the Pollution Control Agency to create and share a safety guide for operating recycling and yard waste … 115A.559 Composting; Competitive Grant Program This law creates a competitive grant program to help local governments increase composting and reduce organic waste … 115A.56 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1996. 115A.565 Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, and Composting; Competitive Grant Program This law creates a competitive grant program for waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting projects outside the … 115A.57 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. It was removed by the legislature in 1989. 115A.58 State Waste Management Bonds This law authorizes the state to sell bonds to fund waste management programs. The bonds are backed by the full faith … 115A.59 Bond Authorization This law authorizes the state to sell up to $8.8 million in bonds to fund the waste processing facility capital … 115A.62 Purpose; Public Interest; Declaration of Policy This law explains why Minnesota created solid waste management districts. The legislature found that individual cities … 115A.63 Solid Waste Management Districts This law gives the commissioner power to create solid waste management districts as public corporations and political … 115A.64 Procedure for Establishing and Altering This law sets the process for creating or changing a solid waste management district. At least half the counties in the … 115A.65 Perpetual Existence This law gives solid waste management districts perpetual existence, meaning they continue to operate indefinitely once … 115A.66 Termination This law sets the process for shutting down a solid waste management district. At least half the counties in the … 115A.67 Organization of District This law describes how a solid waste management district is organized. The board of directors elects a chair from … 115A.68 Registered Office Every solid waste management district must maintain a registered office in Minnesota. To change the office location, the … 115A.69 Powers This law lists the powers of solid waste management districts. Districts can sue and be sued, acquire and sell property, … 115A.70 Designating Resource Recovery Facilities This law covers waste district authority to designate resource recovery facilities and direct solid waste to them. Most … 115A.71 Bonding Powers This law gives solid waste management districts the power to issue bonds to fund waste management projects. The bonds … 115A.715 Solid Waste Authority This law gives solid waste management districts the same authority as counties for waste management purposes. However, … 115A.72 Audit This law requires solid waste management districts to have an annual financial audit performed by a certified public … 115A.80 Designating Solid Waste Management Facilities; Legislative Finding This law declares that the legislature may authorize counties and waste management districts to designate specific solid … 115A.81 Definitions This law defines key terms used in the solid waste facility designation program. 'Designation' means a county or … 115A.82 Eligibility This law says who can designate solid waste facilities. Only solid waste management districts with designation authority … 115A.83 Wastes Subject to Designation; Exemptions This law defines which types of waste can be subject to designation. Designation applies to mixed municipal solid waste … 115A.84 Designation Plan This law requires counties and districts to adopt a designation plan before they can require waste to go to a specific … 115A.85 Procedure This law sets the procedure for designating a solid waste facility. The county or district must hold a public hearing … 115A.86 Implementing Designation This law describes how a designation is put into effect through a local ordinance. The ordinance must define the … 115A.87 Judicial Review; Attorney General to Provide Counsel This law sets a 60-day deadline for legal challenges to a waste facility designation. Anyone challenging a designation … 115A.88 Service Guarantee This section protects people who are required by contract or designation ordinance to use specific waste disposal … 115A.882 Records; Inspection This section requires waste collectors and solid waste facility operators to keep detailed records about the type, … 115A.89 Supervising Implementation This section requires the state commissioner to oversee how waste designation programs are working across Minnesota. The … 115A.893 Petition for Exclusion This section allows someone who wants to operate a waste processing facility to petition a waste district or county to … 115A.90 Definitions This section provides definitions for the waste tire provisions in sections 115A.90 through 115A.914. It defines key … 115A.902 Permit; Tire Collectors and Processors This section requires tire collectors and processors with more than 500 waste tires to get a permit from the Minnesota … 115A.904 Land Disposal Prohibited This section bans the disposal of waste tires in the ground in Minnesota, a prohibition that took effect July 1, 1985. … 115A.906 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to waste tire management under the Waste … 115A.908 Motor Vehicle Transfer Fee This section imposes a $10 fee on the initial registration and each transfer of title of motor vehicles weighing more … 115A.909 Shredder Residue; Management This section directs the state commissioner to study and encourage better management of shredder residue — the material … 115A.912 Waste Tires; Management This section directs how money appropriated to the agency for waste tire management can be spent, allowing funding for … 115A.913 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to waste tire management under the Waste … 115A.914 Administration; County Planning and Ordinances This section gives the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency authority to regulate and enforce the waste tire program using … 115A.915 Lead Acid Batteries; Land Disposal Prohibited This section makes it illegal to put lead acid batteries — the kind used in cars and trucks — in regular trash or to … 115A.9152 Transporting Used Lead Acid Batteries This section requires anyone who transports used lead acid batteries from a retailer to deliver those batteries to a … 115A.9155 Disposing of Certain Dry Cell Batteries This section bans throwing certain types of rechargeable and specialty batteries — including nickel-cadmium, sealed … 115A.9157 Rechargeable Batteries and Products This section bans placing rechargeable batteries or products containing them in regular trash, a prohibition that took … 115A.916 Motor Vehicle Fluids and Filters; Prohibitions This section makes it illegal for anyone to knowingly dispose of motor oil, brake fluid, power steering fluid, … 115A.9162 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to rechargeable battery management under the … 115A.917 Certificate of Need This section requires that new landfill capacity outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area cannot be permitted unless … 115A.918 Definitions This section defines key terms used in the landfill closure and postclosure laws in sections 115A.918 through 115A.929. … 115A.919 County Fee Authority This section allows counties to impose per-cubic-yard fees on operators of solid waste disposal facilities and … 115A.921 City or Town; Fee Authority This section gives cities and towns the authority to impose fees on solid waste and construction debris disposal … 115A.922 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste disposal fees under the Waste … 115A.923 Greater Minnesota; Landfill Cleanup Fee This section requires operators of mixed municipal solid waste disposal facilities outside the Twin Cities metropolitan … 115A.924 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management fees under the … 115A.925 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management fees under the … 115A.927 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.928 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.929 Fees; Accounting This section requires local governments that manage solid waste to keep separate financial records of all waste … 115A.93 Licensing; Solid Waste Collection This section requires waste haulers to get a local license before collecting mixed municipal solid waste for hire and to … 115A.9301 Solid Waste Collection; Volume- or Weight-based Pricing This section requires local governments that charge residents or businesses directly for solid waste collection to use … 115A.9302 Waste Deposit; Disclosure This section requires waste haulers to tell their customers each year which facilities their waste goes to, including … 115A.931 Yard Waste; Prohibition This section bans putting yard waste — like grass clippings and leaves — in regular trash or sending it to landfills or … 115A.932 Mercury Prohibition This section bans placing mercury or mercury-containing products in regular trash, landfills, or wastewater systems. … 115A.935 Solid Waste Generated Outside Minnesota This section prohibits bringing solid waste generated in other states into Minnesota for processing or disposal unless … 115A.936 Construction Debris as Cover Material Prohibited This section prohibits using construction debris containing gypsum as cover material at disposal facilities unless … 115A.94 Organized Collection This section allows cities, towns, and counties to set up organized collection systems where specific haulers serve … 115A.941 Solid Waste; Required Collection This section requires cities and towns with populations of 1,000 or more (and qualifying towns with 5,000 or more) to … 115A.945 Visible Costs; Solid Waste Management This section requires any local government that pays for or provides solid waste collection or disposal to make each … 115A.95 Recyclable Materials This section requires recyclable materials that have been separated from regular trash to be delivered to appropriate … 115A.951 Telephone Directories This section bans throwing telephone directories in the trash or sending them to landfills. Directories must be printed … 115A.952 Retail Sale of Problem Materials; Uniform Labeling and Consumer Information This section authorizes state agencies to identify household products that are hazardous or problematic when disposed of … 115A.9523 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management or problem … 115A.953 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.956 Solid Waste Disposal; Problem Materials This section requires the MPCA to develop a plan identifying problem materials — hazardous or difficult-to-manage items … 115A.9561 Major Appliances This section bans putting large household appliances — like refrigerators, washers, dryers, and stoves — in regular … 115A.9565 Cathode-ray Tube Prohibition This section bans putting televisions, monitors, or any other electronic product containing a cathode-ray tube (CRT) — … 115A.96 Household Hazardous Waste; Management This section requires the MPCA to run a statewide household hazardous waste program that includes collection sites where … 115A.961 Household Batteries; Collection, Processing, and Disposal This section authorizes the state commissioner to develop programs for collecting, processing, and properly disposing of … 115A.965 Prohibitions on Selected Toxics in Packaging This section bans manufacturers and distributors from selling packaging in Minnesota that intentionally contains lead, … 115A.9651 Listed Metals in Specified Products; Enforcement This section prohibits the distribution or sale of certain inks, dyes, pigments, paints, and fungicides that contain … 115A.97 Special Waste; Incinerator Ash This section establishes state policy to reduce the toxicity and amount of ash produced by burning municipal solid waste … 115A.98 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.981 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.99 Litter; Penalties and Damages This section allows state agencies and local governments to sue people who illegally dump solid waste on public or … 115A.991 This section has been repealed. It previously contained provisions related to solid waste management under the Waste … 115A.993 Prohibited Disposal Methods This section prohibits the improper disposal of treated seed — seeds that have been coated with pesticides or …