Minn. Stat. § 299J.11

To enable the state to act as an agent of the United States Secretary of Transportation and to qualify for annual federal certification to enforce the federal pipeline inspection program authorized by the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act, United States Code, title 49, sections 2001 to 2014, the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, United States Code, title 49, sections 1671 to 1686, and the rules implementing those acts, the federal pipeline inspection rules and safety standards, and regulations and standards that may be adopted that amend them, are adopted.