Subpart 1.
Amendment section.
A. Each plan
must contain a section entitled "Amendments to Plan" containing the year the
plan extends to and establishing the process by which amendments, as defined in
this part, may be made and who may initiate the amendments.
B. A plan must extend at least five years but
no more than ten years from the date the board approves the plan.
C. An organization must evaluate the
implementation actions in its plan with the annual activity report under part
8410.0150, subpart
3, item E, at a minimum of
every two years. If changes to the implementation actions are necessary as a
result of the evaluation, then a plan amendment is required unless otherwise
provided under subpart
1a.
Subp. 1a.
Changes not requiring an
amendment.
These changes to plans must be distributed according to
subpart
5 with a version showing
deleted text as stricken and new text as underlined. Amendments to plans are
not required for changes such as:
A.
formatting or reorganization of the plan;
B. revision of a procedure meant to
streamline administration of the plan;
C. clarification of existing plan goals or
policies;
D. inclusion of
additional data not requiring interpretation;
E. expansion of public process; or
F. adjustments to how an organization will
carry out program activities within its discretion.
Subp. 2.
Amendment procedure.
All amendments to a plan must adhere to the review process
provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
103B.231,
subdivision 11, except when the proposed amendments are determined to be minor
amendments according to the following provisions:
A. the board has either agreed that the
amendments are minor or failed to act within five working days of the end of
the comment period specified in item B unless an extension is mutually agreed
to with the organization;
B. the
organization has sent copies of the amendments to the plan review authorities
for review and comment allowing at least 30 days for receipt of comments, has
identified the minor amendment procedure is being followed, and directed that
comments be sent to the organization and the board;
C. no county board has filed an objection to
the amendments with the organization and the board within the comment period
specified in item B unless an extension is mutually agreed upon by the county
and the organization;
D. the
organization has held a public meeting to explain the amendments and published
a legal notice of the meeting twice, at least seven days and 14 days before the
date of the meeting; and
E. the
amendments are not necessary to make the plan consistent with an approved and
adopted county groundwater plan.
Subp. 3. [Repealed, 40 SR 6]
Subp. 4.
Form of amendments.
Draft and final amendments may be sent electronically. A
receiving entity may request to receive an amendment in paper format. Draft
amendments must show deleted text as stricken and new text as underlined.
Unless the entire document is redone, all final amendments adopted by the
organization must be in the form of replacement pages for the plan with each
page renumbered as appropriate and each page including the effective date of
the amendment.
Subp. 5.
Distribution of amendments.
Each organization must maintain a distribution list of
agencies and individuals who have received a copy of the plan . An organization
shall distribute copies of amendments to all on the distribution list and post
the amendments on the organization's Web site within 30 days of adoption.
