1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; modifying water use permit
1.3 	provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.4 	103G.271, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 103G.271,
1.7 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 5.Prohibition on once-through water use permits.
 1.9 	(a) The commissioner may not, after December 31, 1990, issue a
1.10 	water use permit to increase the volume of appropriation from a
1.11 	groundwater source for a once-through cooling system using in
1.12 	excess of 5,000,000 gallons annually.
1.13 	(b) Once-through system water use permits using in excess
1.14 	of 5,000,000 gallons annually, must be terminated by the
1.15 	commissioner by the end of their design life but not later than
1.16 	December 31, 2010, unless the discharge is into a public water
1.17 	basin within a nature preserve approved by the commissioner and
1.18 	established prior to January 1, 2001.  Existing once-through
1.19 	systems must not be expanded and are required to convert to
1.20 	water efficient alternatives within the design life of existing
1.21 	equipment.
1.22 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), the
1.23 	commissioner, with the approval of the commissioners of health
1.24 	and the Pollution Control Agency, may issue once-through system
1.25 	water use permits on an annual basis for aquifer storage and
2.1 	recovery systems that return all once-through system water to
2.2 	the source aquifer.  Water use permit processing fees in
2.3 	subdivision 6, paragraph (a), apply to all water withdrawals
2.4 	under this paragraph, including any reuse of water returned to
2.5 	the source aquifer.