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.
Minn. Stat. § 116.01
POLICY.
Known as the Infectious Waste Control Act
The act spans §§ 116–116 (123 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (2002)
Most recently applied in Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (May 2002)
1967 c 882 s 1; 1969 c 1046 s 1
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.