State Junkyard Control Program

Information for MnDOT enforcement officers

Federal laws and background

• Federal and state laws and statutes
• Program background

State enforcement procedures

• State enforcement procedures (PDF)
• Enforcement coordination with local units of government (PDF)
• Non-conforming junkyards (PDF)
• Tough fix non-conforming junkyards (PDF)
• Legal junkyards coordinate with local units of government (PDF)
• Violation notice and illegal junkyard prosecution (PDF)
• Junkyard forms - for MnDOT employees only
  • Violation notice (Word)
  • Conformance letter (Word)

Inventory and classification procedures

• Classification process (PDF)
• Monitoring (PDF)
• Non-conforming junkyard inventory lists - for MnDOT employees only
• Junkyard inventory process diagram (PDF)

Control of non-conforming junkyards

• Screening standards and analysis tool (Word)

Construction projects

• Repair or removal of screens, wood and chain link
  • CFC appliances (PDF)
  • Lead materials (PDF)
  • Treated wood (PDF)
• Design tools

Right of Way Manual

• Control Sections and Parcel Numbering (107.3)
• Making an existing junkyard illegal due to state construction project
• Acquisition (5-491.300) Procedures for Control of Junkyards Sanitary Landfills and Garbage Dumps (5-491.306)

Sample zoning information

• County zoning example (PDF)

Technical resources

• State highways within or adjacent to tribal lands - listing and map
• State and local resources
• State roadway construction impacts (TPDP)
• Tribal lands