Minnesota Session Laws - Special Session (2021SP1)
SF 20, Chapter 6
An act relating to state government; appropriating money for environment, natural resources, and tourism; appropriating money from environment and natural resources trust fund; modifying fees and programs; modifying disposition and expenditure of certain funds; creating accounts; authorizing sales and conveyances of certain state land; adding to and deleting from state parks and recreation areas; modifying state land and school trust land provisions; modifying forestry provisions; modifying aquaculture provisions; modifying game and fish laws; modifying Water Law; modifying natural resource and environment provisions; prohibiting PFAS in food packaging; providing for DUI conformity for operating recreational vehicles; requiring rulemaking; requiring reports; making technical corrections; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 16B.335, subdivision 2; 17.4982, subdivisions 6, 8, 9, 12, by adding subdivisions; 17.4985, subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 17.4986, subdivisions 2, 4; 17.4991, subdivision 3; 17.4992, subdivision 2; 17.4993, subdivision 1; 35.155, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 84.027, subdivisions 13a, 18; 84.415, by adding a subdivision; 84.63; 84.631; 84.795, subdivision 5; 84.82, subdivisions 1a, 7a; 84.83, subdivision 5; 84.943, subdivisions 3, 5; 84.944, subdivision 1; 84.946, subdivision 4; 84D.11, subdivision 1a; 85.019, by adding a subdivision; 85.052, subdivisions 1, 2, 6, by adding a subdivision; 85.053, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 85.054, subdivision 1; 85.43; 85.47; 86B.705, subdivision 2; 89.021, by adding a subdivision; 89.17; 89.37, subdivision 3; 89A.11; 92.50, by adding a subdivision; 92.502; 94.3495, subdivision 3; 97A.065, subdivision 2; 97A.075, subdivisions 1, 7; 97A.126, by adding a subdivision; 97A.401, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.421, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, 4; 97A.505, subdivisions 3b, 8; 97B.022, by adding a subdivision; 97B.036; 97B.055, subdivision 2; 97B.086; 97B.715, subdivision 1; 97B.801; 97B.811, subdivision 4a; 97C.005, subdivision 3; 97C.081, subdivisions 3, 3a; 97C.342, subdivision 2; 97C.401, by adding a subdivision; 97C.605, subdivision 3; 97C.611; 97C.805, subdivision 2; 97C.836; 103C.315, subdivision 4; 103G.271, subdivision 4a, by adding a subdivision; 103G.401; 115A.1310, subdivision 12b; 115A.1312, subdivision 1; 115A.1314, subdivision 1; 115A.1316, subdivision 1; 115A.1318, subdivision 2; 115A.1320, subdivision 1; 115A.5501, subdivision 3; 115A.565, subdivision 1; 115B.17, subdivision 13; 115B.406, subdivisions 1, 9; 115B.407; 115B.421; 116.07, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 116G.07, by adding a subdivision; 116G.15, by adding a subdivision; 127A.353, subdivision 4; 169A.20, subdivision 1; 169A.52, by adding a subdivision; 169A.54, by adding a subdivision; 171.306, by adding a subdivision; 290C.01; 290C.04; Laws 2016, chapter 154, sections 16; 48; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 3, subdivision 5; Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6; Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, sections 2, subdivision 9; 3, subdivisions 4, 5; article 3, section 109, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 86B; 92; 103F; 103G; 171; 325F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 84.91, subdivision 1; 85.0505, subdivision 3; 85.0507; 85.054, subdivision 19; 86B.331, subdivision 1; 169A.20, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c; Minnesota Rules, part 7044.0350.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
ARTICLE 1
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1.
| ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS. |
The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Appropriations and cancellations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, are effective the day following final enactment.
| APPROPRIATIONS | ||
| Available for the Year | ||
| Ending June 30 | ||
| 2022 | 2023 |
Sec. 2.
| POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY | ||||
| Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation | $ | 112,420,000 | $ | 111,818,000 |
| Appropriations by Fund | ||||
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| General | 8,339,000 | 7,285,000 | ||
| State Government Special Revenue | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||
| Environmental | 89,460,000 | 89,912,000 | ||
| Remediation | 14,546,000 | 14,546,000 |
The amounts that may be spent for each purpose are specified in the following subdivisions.
The commissioner must present the agency's biennial budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to the legislature in a transparent way by agency division, including the proposed budget bill and presentations of the budget to committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the agency's budget.
| Subd. 2. Environmental Analysis and Outcomes | 14,962,000 | 14,140,000 |
| Appropriations by Fund | ||
| 2022 | 2023 | |
| General | 1,292,000 | 224,000 |
| Environmental | 13,469,000 | 13,715,000 |
| Remediation | 201,000 | 201,000 |
(a) $99,000 the first year and $109,000 the second year are from the general fund for:
(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities in implementing and participating in the rulemaking process for water quality standards and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting process;
(2) enhanced economic analysis in the rulemaking process for water quality standards, including more-specific analysis and identification of cost-effective permitting;
(3) developing statewide economic analyses and templates to reduce the amount of information and time required for municipalities to apply for variances from water quality standards; and
(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities Authority to identify and advocate for the resources needed for municipalities to achieve permit requirements.
(b) $205,000 the first year and $205,000 the second year are from the environmental fund for a monitoring program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116.454.
(c) $115,000 the first year and $115,000 the second year are for monitoring water quality and operating assistance programs.
(d) $347,000 the first year and $347,000 the second year are from the environmental fund for monitoring ambient air for hazardous pollutants.
(e) $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the second year are from the environmental fund for duties related to harmful chemicals in children's products under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this amount, $57,000 each year is transferred to the commissioner of health.
(f) $109,000 the first year and $109,000 the second year are from the environmental fund for registering wastewater laboratories.
(g) $926,000 the first year and $926,000 the second year are from the environmental fund to continue perfluorochemical biomonitoring in eastern metropolitan communities, as recommended by the Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel, and to address other environmental health risks, including air quality. The communities must include Hmong and other immigrant farming communities. Of this amount, up to $689,000 the first year and $689,000 the second year are for transfer to the Department of Health.
(h) $51,000 the first year and $51,000 the second year are from the environmental fund for the listing procedures for impaired waters required under this act.
(i) $350,000 the first year is for completing the St. Louis River mercury total maximum daily load study. This is a onetime appropriation.
(j) $141,000 the first year and $141,000 the second year are from the environmental fund to implement and enforce Minnesota Statutes, section 325F.071. Of this amount, up to $65,000 each year may be transferred to the commissioner of health.
(k) $600,000 the first year is to develop and implement an initiative to reduce sources of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment that are eventually conveyed to municipal wastewater treatment facilities. In developing and implementing the initiative, the commissioner must work in cooperation with the Department of Health and with an advisory group consisting of one representative designated by each of the following: the League of Minnesota Cities; the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities; the Minnesota Environmental Science and Economic Review Board; the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association; Metropolitan Council Environmental Services; Minnesota Association of Small Cities; National Waste and Recycling Association; Minnesota Rural Water Association; Association of Minnesota Counties; Solid Waste Administrators Association; Partnership on Waste and Energy; Minnesota Resource Recovery Association; Minnesota InterCounty Association; Minnesota Manufacturer's Coalition; and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. In developing and implementing the municipal initiative, the commissioner must:
(1) identify sources of PFAS introduced into the environment that are eventually conveyed to municipal wastewater treatment facilities and contained in solid waste that are disposed at solid waste facilities;
(2) identify source reduction strategies that can effectively reduce the amount of PFAS entering the environment that are eventually conveyed to municipal wastewater treatment facilities or are disposed at solid waste facilities;
(3) publish and distribute throughout the state guidance documents for local governments that include...
