2E Relating to energy; expanding the definition of farm grown closed loop biomass under the biomass power mandate to sustainably managed woody biomass, defining sustainably managed woody biomass; regulating a certain municipal waste to energy project, specifying certain requirements for the harvesting of woody biomass, requiring annual preparation of fuel plans and regulating the wood procurement process, requiring adoption by a certain date of guidelines or best management practices for sustainably managed woody biomass by the department of natural resources (DNR) for management and maintenance of brushland and open land habitat and the by forest resources council for logging slash, partially exempting the project from certain farm grown closed loop biomass use requirements and encouraging the university of Minnesota initiative for renewable energy and the environment to solicit and fund high quality research projects to develop and consolidate scientific information relating to the removal of woody biomass from forest and brush lands; modifying certain conditions and the procedure for public utilities commission (PUC) approval of pending requests for biomass projects, specifying certain power purchase agreement requirements
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