DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW; REMAINING PORTION OF PLAN

Subpart 1. Submittal to department. After conducting a public hearing, a public water supplier must submit to the department six copies of: A. the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan, including the data elements to be submitted to the department as specified in part 4720.5340 , subpart 2; B. written comments received on the entire plan; and C. a summary of changes made to the entire plan as a result of the local review process. Subp. 2. Department consultation. On receipt of the items specified in subpart 1, the department shall transmit a copy of the items, along with a map of the wellhead protection area, a map of the drinking water supply management area, and the vulnerability assessment of the drinking water supply management area to: A. the Minnesota Department of Agriculture; B. the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; C. the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; D. the Board of Water and Soil Resources; and E. any other state or federal agency the department determines could assist the department with the review of the plan. Subp. 3. Comment review. The department shall: A. evaluate a wellhead protection plan based on written comments from an entity specified in subpart 2 received no later than 60 days after the plan is transmitted to the entity; and B. consider comments from an entity specified in subpart 2 that identifies any part of the remaining portion of a wellhead protection plan that is: (1) contrary to a state or federal law or rule administered by the entity; or (2) contradictory to the review criteria specified in part 4720.5555 . Subp. 4. Review; notice; resubmittal. No later than 90 days after a public water supplier files the remaining portion of a wellhead protection plan, the department shall approve or disapprove the remaining portion of the wellhead protection plan based on the criteria specified in part 4720.5555 , and shall provide the public water supplier notice of approval or disapproval of the wellhead protection plan. A. If the remaining portion of a wellhead protection plan is disapproved, the department shall, as part of its notice of disapproval, provide the public water supplier with: (1) a written statement that identifies those portions of the disapproved wellhead protection plan that require revision; and (2) the reasons for disapproval. B. A public water supplier must revise a disapproved wellhead protection plan and submit the revision to the department within 120 days after receiving notice of disapproval. C. On receipt of a revised plan, the department shall follow the same review process as for an originally submitted wellhead protection plan.