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6115.0190 Minnesota Rule Page 1 of 2 Minnesota Administrative Rules 6115.0190 FILLING INTO PUBLIC WATERS. Subpart 1. Goals. It is the goal of the department to limit the placement of any fill material into public waters in order to: A. minimize encroachment, change, or damage to the environment; B. regulate the quantity and quality of fill and the purposes for which filling may be allowed based upon the capabilities of the waters to assimilate the material; and C. maintain consistency with floodplain, shoreland, and wild and scenic rivers management standards and ordinances. Subp. 2. Scope. Filling as used in this part involves placement of unconfined or loosely confined materials in public waters. Subp. 3. Prohibited placement. Placement is prohibited in the following cases: A. to achieve vegetation control; B. to create upland areas, except where expressly provided herein; C. to stabilize beds of public waters which cannot support fill materials because of excessive depths of muck, steep bank, bed slope, or other conditions; D. to stabilize or impound the site of active springs; E. to dispose of rock, sand ::, gravel, or any other solid material resulting from activities carried out above the ordinary high water level; F. to construct a roadway or pathway, or create or improve land accesses from peripheral shorelands to islands, or to facilitate land transportation across the waters; however, when a project is proposed by a federal, state, or local government agency and this provision would prevent or restrict the project, or create a major conflict with other public purposes or interests, the commissioner may waive this provision if: (1) there is no other feasible and practical alternative to the project that would have less environmental impact; and (2) the public need for the project rules out the no -build alternative; or G. filling posted fish spawning areas. Subp. 4. No permit required. No permit is required for the following activities unless prohibited under subpart 3: A. to install a, beach';': sand blanket if: (1) the:: sand or gravel layer does not exceed six inches in thickness, 50 feet in width along the shoreline, or one-half the width of the lot, whichever is less, and does not extend more than ten feet waterward of the ordinary high water level; (2) the ;beach_; sand_; blanket does not cover emergent vegetation, unless authorized by an aquatic plant management permit; and (3) local watershed district and local zoning officials are given at least seven days _JI notice by the landowner; https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=6115.0190&keyword_type=all&keyword=beach+sand 6/8/2010