HF 2049

1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and natural 1.3resources. 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5    Section 1. new text begin MINNESOTA RESOURCES APPROPRIATION. new text end 1.6 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 1.7 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the new text end 1.8 new text begin environment and natural resources trust fund, or another named fund, and are available for new text end 1.9 new text begin the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act new text end 1.10 new text begin mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June new text end 1.11 new text begin 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second new text end 1.12 new text begin year" is fiscal year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. new text end 1.13 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 1.14 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 1.15 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 1.16 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 1.17 Sec. 2. new text begin MINNESOTA RESOURCES. new text end 1.18 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 26,088,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin -0- new text end 1.19 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 1.20 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 1.21 1.22 1.23 new text begin Environment and new text end new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin Trust new text end new text begin 25,622,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.1 2.2 new text begin Great Lakes new text end new text begin Protection Account new text end new text begin 66,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 new text begin State Land and new text end new text begin Water Conservation new text end new text begin Account new text end new text begin (LAWCON) new text end new text begin 400,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.7 new text begin Appropriations are available for two new text end 2.8 new text begin years beginning July 1, 2009, unless new text end 2.9 new text begin otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any new text end 2.10 new text begin unencumbered balance remaining in the first new text end 2.11 new text begin year does not cancel and is available for the new text end 2.12 new text begin second year. new text end 2.13 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Definitions new text end 2.14 new text begin (a) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota new text end 2.15 new text begin environment and natural resources trust fund new text end 2.16 new text begin referred to in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 2.17 new text begin 116P.02, subdivision 6. new text end 2.18 new text begin (b) "Great Lakes protection account" means new text end 2.19 new text begin the account referred to in Minnesota Statutes, new text end 2.20 new text begin section 116Q.02. new text end 2.21 new text begin (c) "State land and water conservation new text end 2.22 new text begin account (LAWCON)" means the state land new text end 2.23 new text begin and water conservation account in the natural new text end 2.24 new text begin resources fund referred to in Minnesota new text end 2.25 new text begin Statutes, section 116P.14. new text end 2.26 2.27 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Natural Resource Data and new text end new text begin Information new text end new text begin 5,995,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.28 new text begin (a) Minnesota County Biological Survey new text end 2.29 new text begin $2,100,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 2.30 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 2.31 new text begin continuation of the Minnesota county new text end 2.32 new text begin biological survey to provide a foundation new text end 2.33 new text begin for conserving biological diversity by new text end 2.34 new text begin systematically collecting, interpreting, new text end 2.35 new text begin and delivering data on plant and animal new text end 3.1 new text begin distribution and ecology, native plant new text end 3.2 new text begin communities, and functional landscapes. new text end 3.3 3.4 new text begin (b) County Geological Atlas and South-Central new text end new text begin Minnesota Groundwater new text end 3.5 new text begin $2,695,000 is from the trust fund for new text end 3.6 new text begin collection and interpretation of subsurface new text end 3.7 new text begin geological information and acceleration of new text end 3.8 new text begin the county geologic atlas program. $820,000 new text end 3.9 new text begin of this appropriation is to the Board of new text end 3.10 new text begin Regents of the University of Minnesota for new text end 3.11 new text begin the geological survey to continue and to new text end 3.12 new text begin initiate the production of county geologic new text end 3.13 new text begin atlases. $1,875,000 of this appropriation is new text end 3.14 new text begin to the commissioner of natural resources new text end 3.15 new text begin to investigate the physical and recharge new text end 3.16 new text begin characteristics of the Mt. Simon aquifer. new text end 3.17 new text begin This appropriation represents a continuing new text end 3.18 new text begin effort to complete the county geologic atlases new text end 3.19 new text begin throughout the state. This appropriation new text end 3.20 new text begin is available until June 30, 2012, at which new text end 3.21 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 3.22 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 3.23 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 3.24 new text begin (c) Soil Survey new text end 3.25 new text begin $400,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 3.26 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources to accelerate the new text end 3.27 new text begin county soil survey mapping and Web-based new text end 3.28 new text begin data delivery. This appropriation represents new text end 3.29 new text begin a continuing effort to complete the mapping. new text end 3.30 new text begin The soil surveys must be done on a cost-share new text end 3.31 new text begin basis with local and federal funds. new text end 3.32 3.33 new text begin (d) Springshed Mapping for Trout Stream new text end new text begin Management new text end 3.34 new text begin $500,000 is from the trust fund to continue new text end 3.35 new text begin to identify and delineate supply areas and new text end 4.1 new text begin springsheds for springs serving as coldwater new text end 4.2 new text begin sources for trout streams and to assess new text end 4.3 new text begin the impacts from development and water new text end 4.4 new text begin appropriations. Of this appropriation, new text end 4.5 new text begin $250,000 is to the Board of Regents of the new text end 4.6 new text begin University of Minnesota and $250,000 is to new text end 4.7 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. new text end 4.8 new text begin (e) Restorable Wetlands Inventory new text end 4.9 new text begin $300,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 4.10 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 4.11 new text begin agreement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., new text end 4.12 new text begin to complete the inventory, mapping, and new text end 4.13 new text begin digitizing of drained restorable wetlands in new text end 4.14 new text begin Minnesota. This appropriation is available new text end 4.15 new text begin until June 30, 2012, at which time the new text end 4.16 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 4.17 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 4.18 new text begin in the work program. new text end 4.19 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Land, Habitat, and Recreation new text end new text begin 13,227,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 4.20 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 4.21 4.22 4.23 new text begin Environment and new text end new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin Trust new text end new text begin 12,827,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 new text begin State Land and new text end new text begin Water Conservation new text end new text begin Account new text end new text begin (LAWCON) new text end new text begin 400,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 4.28 new text begin (a) State Parks Acquisition new text end 4.29 new text begin $590,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 4.30 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 4.31 new text begin in-holdings for state parks. Land acquired new text end 4.32 new text begin with this appropriation must be sufficiently new text end 4.33 new text begin improved to meet at least minimum new text end 4.34 new text begin management standards as determined by the new text end 4.35 new text begin commissioner of natural resources. A list of new text end 4.36 new text begin proposed acquisitions must be provided as new text end 4.37 new text begin part of the required work program. new text end 5.1 new text begin (b) State Trail Acquisition new text end 5.2 new text begin $1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 5.3 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to assist new text end 5.4 new text begin in the acquisition of the Brown's Creek new text end 5.5 new text begin Segment of the Willard Munger Trail in new text end 5.6 new text begin Washington County and Paul Bunyan State new text end 5.7 new text begin Trail in the city of Bemidji. new text end 5.8 5.9 new text begin (c) Metropolitan Regional Park System new text end new text begin Acquisition new text end 5.10 new text begin $1,290,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 5.11 new text begin Metropolitan Council for subgrants for the new text end 5.12 new text begin acquisition of lands within the approved park new text end 5.13 new text begin unit boundaries of the metropolitan regional new text end 5.14 new text begin park system. This appropriation may not new text end 5.15 new text begin be used for the purchase of residential new text end 5.16 new text begin structures. A list of proposed fee title and new text end 5.17 new text begin easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 5.18 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 5.19 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 5.20 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 5.21 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 5.22 new text begin agreement. This appropriation must be new text end 5.23 new text begin matched by at least 40 percent of nonstate new text end 5.24 new text begin money and must be committed by December new text end 5.25 new text begin 31, 2009, or the appropriation cancels. This new text end 5.26 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2012, new text end 5.27 new text begin at which time the project must be completed new text end 5.28 new text begin and final products delivered, unless an earlier new text end 5.29 new text begin date is specified in the work program. new text end 5.30 5.31 new text begin (d) Statewide Scientific and Natural Area new text end new text begin Acquisition and Restoration new text end 5.32 new text begin $590,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 5.33 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 5.34 new text begin high quality native plant communities and new text end 5.35 new text begin rare features and restore parts of scientific new text end 6.1 new text begin and natural areas as provided in Minnesota new text end 6.2 new text begin Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5. A list new text end 6.3 new text begin of proposed acquisitions must be provided as new text end 6.4 new text begin part of the required work program. new text end 6.5 6.6 new text begin (e) Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership new text end new text begin (HCP) – Phase VI new text end 6.7 new text begin $3,375,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 6.8 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for the new text end 6.9 new text begin sixth appropriation for acceleration of agency new text end 6.10 new text begin programs and cooperative agreements. new text end 6.11 new text begin Of this appropriation, $770,000 is for the new text end 6.12 new text begin Department of Natural Resources agency new text end 6.13 new text begin programs and $2,605,000 is for agreements new text end 6.14 new text begin as follows: $450,000 with Pheasants new text end 6.15 new text begin Forever; $50,000 with Minnesota Deer new text end 6.16 new text begin Hunters Association; $895,000 with Ducks new text end 6.17 new text begin Unlimited, Inc.; $85,000 with National Wild new text end 6.18 new text begin Turkey Federation; $365,000 with the Nature new text end 6.19 new text begin Conservancy; $210,000 with Minnesota Land new text end 6.20 new text begin Trust; $350,000 with the Trust for Public new text end 6.21 new text begin Land; $100,000 with Minnesota Valley new text end 6.22 new text begin National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $50,000 new text end 6.23 new text begin with the United States Fish and Wildlife new text end 6.24 new text begin Service; and $50,000 with Friends of Detroit new text end 6.25 new text begin Lakes Watershed Management District new text end 6.26 new text begin to plan, restore, and acquire fragmented new text end 6.27 new text begin landscape corridors that connect areas of new text end 6.28 new text begin quality habitat to sustain fish, wildlife, and new text end 6.29 new text begin plants. The United States Department of new text end 6.30 new text begin Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation new text end 6.31 new text begin Service is a cooperating partner in the new text end 6.32 new text begin appropriation. Expenditures are limited to new text end 6.33 new text begin the project corridor areas as defined in the new text end 6.34 new text begin work program. Land acquired with this new text end 6.35 new text begin appropriation must be sufficiently improved new text end 6.36 new text begin to meet at least minimum habitat and facility new text end 7.1 new text begin management standards as determined by new text end 7.2 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. new text end 7.3 new text begin This appropriation may not be used for the new text end 7.4 new text begin purchase of residential structures, unless new text end 7.5 new text begin expressly approved in the work program. All new text end 7.6 new text begin conservation easements must be perpetual new text end 7.7 new text begin and have a natural resource management new text end 7.8 new text begin plan. Any land acquired in fee title by the new text end 7.9 new text begin commissioner of natural resources with new text end 7.10 new text begin money from this appropriation must be new text end 7.11 new text begin designated as an outdoor recreation unit new text end 7.12 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. new text end 7.13 new text begin The commissioner may similarly designate new text end 7.14 new text begin any lands acquired in less than fee title. A new text end 7.15 new text begin list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 7.16 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 7.17 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 7.18 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 7.19 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 7.20 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 7.21 new text begin agreement. To the maximum extent practical, new text end 7.22 new text begin consistent with contractual easement or new text end 7.23 new text begin fee acquisition obligations, the recipients new text end 7.24 new text begin shall utilize staff resources to identify new text end 7.25 new text begin future projects and shall maximize the new text end 7.26 new text begin implementation of biodiverse, quality new text end 7.27 new text begin restoration projects in the project proposal new text end 7.28 new text begin into the first half of the 2010 fiscal year. new text end 7.29 7.30 new text begin (f) Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC) - Phase new text end new text begin V new text end 7.31 new text begin $3,375,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 7.32 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for the new text end 7.33 new text begin fifth appropriation for acceleration of agency new text end 7.34 new text begin programs and cooperative agreements. new text end 7.35 new text begin Of this appropriation, $2,185,000 is for new text end 7.36 new text begin Department of Natural Resources agency new text end 8.1 new text begin programs and $1,190,000 is for agreements new text end 8.2 new text begin as follows: $380,000 with the Trust for new text end 8.3 new text begin Public Land; $90,000 with Friends of the new text end 8.4 new text begin Mississippi River; $155,000 with Great new text end 8.5 new text begin River Greening; $250,000 with Minnesota new text end 8.6 new text begin Land Trust; $225,000 with Minnesota Valley new text end 8.7 new text begin National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; and new text end 8.8 new text begin $90,000 with Friends of the Minnesota new text end 8.9 new text begin Valley for the purposes of planning, new text end 8.10 new text begin restoring, and protecting important natural new text end 8.11 new text begin areas in the metropolitan area, as defined new text end 8.12 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, new text end 8.13 new text begin subdivision 2, and portions of the surrounding new text end 8.14 new text begin counties, through grants, contracted services, new text end 8.15 new text begin technical assistance, conservation easements, new text end 8.16 new text begin and fee title acquisition. Land acquired new text end 8.17 new text begin with this appropriation must be sufficiently new text end 8.18 new text begin improved to meet at least minimum new text end 8.19 new text begin management standards as determined by new text end 8.20 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. new text end 8.21 new text begin Expenditures are limited to the identified new text end 8.22 new text begin project corridor areas as defined in the work new text end 8.23 new text begin program. This appropriation may not be used new text end 8.24 new text begin for the purchase of residential structures, new text end 8.25 new text begin unless expressly approved in the work new text end 8.26 new text begin program. All conservation easements must new text end 8.27 new text begin be perpetual and have a natural resource new text end 8.28 new text begin management plan. Any land acquired in fee new text end 8.29 new text begin title by the commissioner of natural resources new text end 8.30 new text begin with money from this appropriation must new text end 8.31 new text begin be designated as an outdoor recreation unit new text end 8.32 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. new text end 8.33 new text begin The commissioner may similarly designate new text end 8.34 new text begin any lands acquired in less than fee title. A new text end 8.35 new text begin list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 8.36 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 9.1 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 9.2 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 9.3 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 9.4 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 9.5 new text begin agreement. To the maximum extent practical, new text end 9.6 new text begin consistent with contractual easement or new text end 9.7 new text begin fee acquisition obligations, the recipients new text end 9.8 new text begin shall utilize staff resources to identify new text end 9.9 new text begin future projects and shall maximize the new text end 9.10 new text begin implementation of biodiverse, quality new text end 9.11 new text begin restoration projects in the project proposal new text end 9.12 new text begin into the first half of the 2010 fiscal year. new text end 9.13 9.14 new text begin (g) Statewide Ecological Ranking of Conservation new text end new text begin Reserve Program (CRP) and Other Critical Lands new text end 9.15 new text begin $107,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 9.16 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources to continue the new text end 9.17 new text begin efforts funded by the emerging issues account new text end 9.18 new text begin allocation to identify and rank the ecological new text end 9.19 new text begin value of conservation reserve program (CRP) new text end 9.20 new text begin and other critical lands throughout Minnesota new text end 9.21 new text begin using a multiple parameter approach new text end 9.22 new text begin including soil productivity, landscape, water, new text end 9.23 new text begin and wildlife factors. new text end 9.24 new text begin (h) Protection of Granite Rock Outcrop Ecosystem new text end 9.25 new text begin $1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 9.26 new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources, in new text end 9.27 new text begin cooperation with the Renville Soil and Water new text end 9.28 new text begin Conservation District, to acquire perpetual new text end 9.29 new text begin easements of unique granite rock outcrops new text end 9.30 new text begin located in the Upper Minnesota River Valley new text end 9.31 new text begin and to restore their ecological integrity. new text end 9.32 new text begin (i) Minnesota Farm Bill Assistance Project new text end 9.33 new text begin $1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 9.34 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources to provide new text end 9.35 new text begin funding for technical staff to assist in the new text end 10.1 new text begin implementation provisions of conservation new text end 10.2 new text begin programs including the federal farm bill new text end 10.3 new text begin conservation programs. Documentation must new text end 10.4 new text begin be provided on the number of landowner new text end 10.5 new text begin contacts, program participation, federal new text end 10.6 new text begin dollars leveraged, quantifiable criteria, and new text end 10.7 new text begin measurement of the improvements to water new text end 10.8 new text begin quality and habitat. new text end 10.9 10.10 new text begin (j) Land and Water Conservation Account new text end new text begin (LAWCON) Federal Reimbursements new text end 10.11 new text begin $400,000 is from the state land and water new text end 10.12 new text begin conservation account (LAWCON) in the new text end 10.13 new text begin natural resources fund to the commissioner of new text end 10.14 new text begin natural resources for priorities established by new text end 10.15 new text begin the commissioner for eligible state projects new text end 10.16 new text begin and administrative and planning activities new text end 10.17 new text begin consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 10.18 new text begin 116P.14, and the federal Land and Water new text end 10.19 new text begin Conservation Fund Act. new text end 10.20 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Water Resources new text end new text begin 2,063,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 10.21 10.22 new text begin (a) Removal of Endocrine Disruptors; Treatment new text end new text begin and Education new text end 10.23 new text begin $275,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 10.24 new text begin of Regents at the University of Minnesota new text end 10.25 new text begin to continue research on the removal of new text end 10.26 new text begin endocrine disruptors from Minnesota's new text end 10.27 new text begin waters through strategies of enhancing new text end 10.28 new text begin treatment at wastewater treatment plants and new text end 10.29 new text begin decreasing the use of the compounds. This new text end 10.30 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2012, new text end 10.31 new text begin at which time the project must be completed new text end 10.32 new text begin and final products delivered, unless an earlier new text end 10.33 new text begin date is specified in the work program. new text end 10.34 10.35 new text begin (b) Vulnerability of Fish Populations in Lakes to new text end new text begin Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants new text end 11.1 new text begin $297,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 11.2 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 11.3 new text begin agreement with the United States Geologic new text end 11.4 new text begin Survey and St. Cloud State University to new text end 11.5 new text begin develop quantitative data on juvenile and new text end 11.6 new text begin adult fish vulnerability to endocrine-active new text end 11.7 new text begin emerging contaminants found in Minnesota new text end 11.8 new text begin lakes. This appropriation is available until new text end 11.9 new text begin June 30, 2012, at which time the project must new text end 11.10 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 11.11 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 11.12 new text begin program. new text end 11.13 new text begin (c) Cooperative Habitat Research in Deep Lakes new text end 11.14 new text begin $825,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 11.15 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to assess new text end 11.16 new text begin the consequences of large ecological drivers new text end 11.17 new text begin of change on water quality and habitat new text end 11.18 new text begin dynamics of deep water lakes with coldwater new text end 11.19 new text begin fish populations. This appropriation is new text end 11.20 new text begin available until June 30, 2012, at which time new text end 11.21 new text begin the project must be completed and final new text end 11.22 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 11.23 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 11.24 new text begin (d) Intensified Tile Drainage Evaluation new text end 11.25 new text begin $300,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 11.26 new text begin Science Museum of Minnesota for the St. new text end 11.27 new text begin Croix watershed research station to conduct new text end 11.28 new text begin a comparative assessment of hydrologic new text end 11.29 new text begin changes in watersheds with and without new text end 11.30 new text begin intensive tile drainage to determine the new text end 11.31 new text begin effects of climate and tile drainage on river new text end 11.32 new text begin erosion. This appropriation is available until new text end 11.33 new text begin June 30, 2012, at which time the project must new text end 11.34 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 12.1 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 12.2 new text begin program. new text end 12.3 new text begin (e) Citizen-Based Stormwater Management new text end 12.4 new text begin $279,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 12.5 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 12.6 new text begin an agreement with Metro Blooms, in new text end 12.7 new text begin cooperation with Minnehaha Creek new text end 12.8 new text begin Watershed District and the city of new text end 12.9 new text begin Minneapolis, to install and evaluate the new text end 12.10 new text begin effectiveness of rain gardens on improving new text end 12.11 new text begin the impaired water of Powderhorn Lake in new text end 12.12 new text begin Minneapolis. This appropriation is available new text end 12.13 new text begin until June 30, 2012, at which time the new text end 12.14 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 12.15 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 12.16 new text begin in the work program. new text end 12.17 12.18 new text begin (f) Minnesota Drainage Law Analysis and new text end new text begin Evaluation new text end 12.19 new text begin $87,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 12.20 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 12.21 new text begin agreement with Smith Partners PLLP to new text end 12.22 new text begin identify and analyze legal and policy issues new text end 12.23 new text begin where the drainage code conflicts with other new text end 12.24 new text begin laws impacting protection of public waters new text end 12.25 new text begin and wetlands. new text end 12.26 12.27 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive new text end new text begin Species new text end new text begin 1,068,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 12.28 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.29 12.30 12.31 new text begin Environment and new text end new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin Trust new text end new text begin 1,002,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 12.32 12.33 new text begin Great Lakes new text end new text begin Protection Account new text end new text begin 66,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 12.34 12.35 new text begin (a) Ballast Water Sampling Method Development new text end new text begin and Treatment Technology new text end 13.1 new text begin $300,000 is from the trust fund and $66,000 new text end 13.2 new text begin is from the Great Lakes protection account to new text end 13.3 new text begin the commissioner of the Pollution Control new text end 13.4 new text begin Agency in cooperation with the Department new text end 13.5 new text begin of Natural Resources to conduct monitoring new text end 13.6 new text begin for aquatic invasive species in ballast water new text end 13.7 new text begin discharges to Minnesota waters of Lake new text end 13.8 new text begin Superior and to test the effectiveness of new text end 13.9 new text begin ballast water treatment systems. new text end 13.10 13.11 new text begin (b) Emergency Delivery System Development for new text end new text begin Disinfecting Ballast Water new text end 13.12 new text begin $125,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 13.13 new text begin commissioner of the Pollution Control new text end 13.14 new text begin Agency for an agreement with the United new text end 13.15 new text begin States Geologic Survey to test the viability new text end 13.16 new text begin of treating ballast water through tank access new text end 13.17 new text begin ports or air vents as a means to prevent the new text end 13.18 new text begin spread of invasive species. new text end 13.19 13.20 new text begin (c) Improving Emerging Fish Disease Surveillance new text end new text begin in Minnesota new text end 13.21 new text begin $80,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 13.22 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 13.23 new text begin to assess mechanisms and control of the new text end 13.24 new text begin transmission of Heterosporosis, an emerging new text end 13.25 new text begin fish disease in Minnesota, to assist in future new text end 13.26 new text begin management decisions and research. new text end 13.27 13.28 new text begin (d) Controlling the Movement of Invasive Fish new text end new text begin Species new text end 13.29 new text begin $300,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 13.30 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota to new text end 13.31 new text begin develop and test sonic barriers that could be new text end 13.32 new text begin effective in preventing and controlling the new text end 13.33 new text begin movement of invasive carp in Minnesota's new text end 13.34 new text begin waterways. This appropriation is available new text end 13.35 new text begin until June 30, 2012, at which time the new text end 13.36 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 14.1 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 14.2 new text begin in the work program. new text end 14.3 14.4 new text begin (e) Prevention and Early Detection of Invasive new text end new text begin Earthworms new text end 14.5 new text begin $150,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 14.6 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 14.7 new text begin Natural Resources Research Institute for a new text end 14.8 new text begin risk assessment of the methods of spreading, new text end 14.9 new text begin testing of management recommendations, new text end 14.10 new text begin and identification of key areas for action in new text end 14.11 new text begin the state to reduce the impacts of invasive new text end 14.12 new text begin earthworms on hardwood forest productivity. new text end 14.13 new text begin This appropriation is available until June new text end 14.14 new text begin 30, 2012, at which time the project must new text end 14.15 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 14.16 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 14.17 new text begin program. new text end 14.18 14.19 new text begin (f) Native Plant Biodiversity, Invasive Plant new text end new text begin Species, and Invertebrates new text end 14.20 new text begin $47,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 14.21 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 14.22 new text begin an agreement with Concordia College to new text end 14.23 new text begin survey plant, pollinator, and invertebrate new text end 14.24 new text begin biodiversity in native and restored prairies to new text end 14.25 new text begin assess impacts on invasive species and food new text end 14.26 new text begin sources for grassland birds and ecosystem new text end 14.27 new text begin services. new text end 14.28 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Energy new text end new text begin 2,323,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 14.29 14.30 new text begin (a) Options to Decarbonize Minnesota's Electrical new text end new text begin Power System new text end 14.31 new text begin $143,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 14.32 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 14.33 new text begin to analyze the Minnesota Climate Change new text end 14.34 new text begin Advisory Group's greenhouse gas reduction new text end 14.35 new text begin recommendations related to electrical new text end 15.1 new text begin power from a life-cycle analysis and a new text end 15.2 new text begin socio-political perspective. new text end 15.3 15.4 new text begin (b) Projecting Environmental Trajectories for new text end new text begin Energy-Water-Habitat Planning new text end 15.5 new text begin $180,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 15.6 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 15.7 new text begin to combine detailed climatic records of new text end 15.8 new text begin Minnesota with present and past ecosystem new text end 15.9 new text begin boundaries to forecast future fine-scale flow new text end 15.10 new text begin of climate across the state impacting human new text end 15.11 new text begin activities and natural resources. new text end 15.12 new text begin (c) Energy Efficient Cities new text end 15.13 new text begin $2,000,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 15.14 new text begin commissioner of commerce for an agreement new text end 15.15 new text begin with the Center for Energy and Environment new text end 15.16 new text begin for demonstration of innovative residential new text end 15.17 new text begin energy efficiency delivery and financing new text end 15.18 new text begin strategies, training, installation, evaluation, new text end 15.19 new text begin and recommendations for a utility residential new text end 15.20 new text begin energy conservation program. new text end 15.21 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Administration and Other new text end new text begin 1,412,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 15.22 new text begin (a) Contract Management new text end 15.23 new text begin $158,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 15.24 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 15.25 new text begin contract management for duties assigned new text end 15.26 new text begin in Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, and new text end 15.27 new text begin Laws 2008, chapter 367, section 2, and for new text end 15.28 new text begin additional duties as assigned in this section. new text end 15.29 15.30 new text begin (b) Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota new text end new text begin Resources (LCCMR) new text end 15.31 new text begin $1,254,000 is from the trust fund for fiscal new text end 15.32 new text begin years 2010 and 2011 and is for administration new text end 15.33 new text begin as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 15.34 new text begin 116P.09, subdivision 5. new text end 16.1 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriations new text end 16.2 new text begin Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in new text end 16.3 new text begin this section are available until June 30, 2011, new text end 16.4 new text begin when projects must be completed and final new text end 16.5 new text begin products delivered. For acquisition of real new text end 16.6 new text begin property, the amounts in this section are new text end 16.7 new text begin available until June 30, 2012, if a binding new text end 16.8 new text begin contract is entered into by June 30, 2011, new text end 16.9 new text begin and closed not later than June 30, 2012. If new text end 16.10 new text begin a project receives a federal grant, the time new text end 16.11 new text begin period of the appropriation is extended to new text end 16.12 new text begin equal the federal grant period. new text end 16.13 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Data Availability Requirements new text end 16.14 new text begin Data collected by the projects funded under new text end 16.15 new text begin this section that have value for planning and new text end 16.16 new text begin management of natural resources, emergency new text end 16.17 new text begin preparedness, and infrastructure investments new text end 16.18 new text begin must conform to the enterprise information new text end 16.19 new text begin architecture developed by the Office of new text end 16.20 new text begin Enterprise Technology. Spatial data must new text end 16.21 new text begin conform to geographic information system new text end 16.22 new text begin guidelines and standards outlined in that new text end 16.23 new text begin architecture and adopted by the Minnesota new text end 16.24 new text begin Geographic Data Clearinghouse at the new text end 16.25 new text begin Land Management Information Center. A new text end 16.26 new text begin description of these data that adheres to the new text end 16.27 new text begin Office of Enterprise Technology geographic new text end 16.28 new text begin metadata standards must be submitted to new text end 16.29 new text begin the Land Management Information Center new text end 16.30 new text begin to be made available online through the new text end 16.31 new text begin clearinghouse and the data must be accessible new text end 16.32 new text begin and free to the public unless made private new text end 16.33 new text begin under the Data Practices Act, Minnesota new text end 16.34 new text begin Statutes, chapter 13. new text end 17.1 new text begin To the extent practicable, summary data and new text end 17.2 new text begin results of projects funded under this section new text end 17.3 new text begin should be readily accessible on the Internet new text end 17.4 new text begin and identified as an environment and natural new text end 17.5 new text begin resources trust fund project. new text end 17.6 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Project Requirements new text end 17.7 new text begin (a) As a condition of accepting an new text end 17.8 new text begin appropriation in this section, any agency or new text end 17.9 new text begin entity receiving an appropriation must, for new text end 17.10 new text begin any project funded in whole or in part with new text end 17.11 new text begin funds from the appropriation: new text end 17.12 new text begin (1) comply with Minnesota Statutes, chapter new text end 17.13 new text begin 116P; new text end 17.14 new text begin (2) plant vegetation only of native ecotypes new text end 17.15 new text begin to Minnesota and preferably of the local new text end 17.16 new text begin ecotype using a high diversity of species new text end 17.17 new text begin grown as close to the restoration site as new text end 17.18 new text begin possible; new text end 17.19 new text begin (3) when restoring prairies: new text end 17.20 new text begin (i) use seeds and plant materials that originate new text end 17.21 new text begin as close to the site as possible in the same new text end 17.22 new text begin county as the restoration site or within 25 new text end 17.23 new text begin miles of the county border, but not across new text end 17.24 new text begin the boundary of an ecotype region. Ecotype new text end 17.25 new text begin regions are defined by the Department of new text end 17.26 new text begin Natural Resources map, "Minnesota Ecotype new text end 17.27 new text begin Regions Map - County Landscape Groupings new text end 17.28 new text begin Based on Ecological Subsections," dated new text end 17.29 new text begin February 15, 2007; new text end 17.30 new text begin (ii) if seeds and plant material described new text end 17.31 new text begin in item (i) are not available, use seeds and new text end 17.32 new text begin plant materials from within the same ecotype new text end 17.33 new text begin region; or new text end 18.1 new text begin (iii) if seeds and plant material described in new text end 18.2 new text begin item (i) or (ii) are not available, use seeds new text end 18.3 new text begin and plant materials from within the same new text end 18.4 new text begin ecotype region or within 25 miles of the new text end 18.5 new text begin ecotype region boundary. new text end 18.6 new text begin Use of seeds and plant materials from beyond new text end 18.7 new text begin the geographic areas described in this clause new text end 18.8 new text begin must be expressly approved in the work new text end 18.9 new text begin program; new text end 18.10 new text begin (4) provide that all conservation easements: new text end 18.11 new text begin (i) are perpetual; new text end 18.12 new text begin (ii) specify the parties to an easement in the new text end 18.13 new text begin easement; new text end 18.14 new text begin (iii) specify all of the provisions of an new text end 18.15 new text begin agreement that are perpetual; new text end 18.16 new text begin (iv) are sent to the office of the new text end 18.17 new text begin Legislative-Citizen Commission on new text end 18.18 new text begin Minnesota Resources in an electronic format; new text end 18.19 new text begin and new text end 18.20 new text begin (v) include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 18.21 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 18.22 new text begin easement agreement; new text end 18.23 new text begin (5) give priority in any acquisition of land new text end 18.24 new text begin or interest in land to high quality natural new text end 18.25 new text begin resources or conservation lands that provide new text end 18.26 new text begin natural buffers to water resources; new text end 18.27 new text begin (6) to ensure public accountability for new text end 18.28 new text begin the use of public funds, provide to the new text end 18.29 new text begin Legislative-Citizen Commission on new text end 18.30 new text begin Minnesota Resources documentation of the new text end 18.31 new text begin selection process used to identify parcels new text end 18.32 new text begin acquired and provide documentation of all new text end 18.33 new text begin related transaction costs, including but not new text end 18.34 new text begin limited to appraisals, legal fees, recording new text end 19.1 new text begin fees, commissions, other similar costs, new text end 19.2 new text begin and donations. This information must be new text end 19.3 new text begin provided for all parties involved in the new text end 19.4 new text begin transaction. The recipient shall also report new text end 19.5 new text begin to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on new text end 19.6 new text begin Minnesota Resources any difference between new text end 19.7 new text begin the acquisition amount paid to the seller new text end 19.8 new text begin and the state-certified or state-reviewed new text end 19.9 new text begin appraisal. Acquisition data such as appraisals new text end 19.10 new text begin may remain private during negotiations but new text end 19.11 new text begin must ultimately be made public according to new text end 19.12 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13; and new text end 19.13 new text begin (7) give consideration to contracting with the new text end 19.14 new text begin Minnesota Conservation Corps for contract new text end 19.15 new text begin restoration and enhancement services. new text end 19.16 new text begin (b) The Legislative-Citizen Commission new text end 19.17 new text begin on Minnesota Resources shall review the new text end 19.18 new text begin requirement in paragraph (a), clause (6), new text end 19.19 new text begin and provide a recommendation whether new text end 19.20 new text begin to continue or modify the requirement in new text end 19.21 new text begin future years. The commission may waive the new text end 19.22 new text begin application of paragraph (a), clause (6), for new text end 19.23 new text begin specific projects. new text end 19.24 19.25 new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Payment Conditions and Capital new text end new text begin Equipment Expenditures new text end 19.26 new text begin All agreements, grants, or contracts referred new text end 19.27 new text begin to in this section must be administered on new text end 19.28 new text begin a reimbursement basis unless otherwise new text end 19.29 new text begin provided in this section. Notwithstanding new text end 19.30 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, new text end 19.31 new text begin expenditures made on or after July 1, new text end 19.32 new text begin 2009, or the date the work program is new text end 19.33 new text begin approved, whichever is later, are eligible for new text end 19.34 new text begin reimbursement unless otherwise provided new text end 19.35 new text begin in this section. Periodic payment must new text end 19.36 new text begin be made upon receiving documentation new text end 20.1 new text begin that the deliverable items articulated in new text end 20.2 new text begin the approved work program have been new text end 20.3 new text begin achieved, including partial achievements new text end 20.4 new text begin as evidenced by approved progress reports. new text end 20.5 new text begin Reasonable amounts may be advanced to new text end 20.6 new text begin projects to accommodate cash flow needs or new text end 20.7 new text begin match federal money. The advances must new text end 20.8 new text begin be approved as part of the work program. new text end 20.9 new text begin No expenditures for capital equipment are new text end 20.10 new text begin allowed unless expressly authorized in the new text end 20.11 new text begin project work program. new text end 20.12 20.13 new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable new text end new text begin Materials new text end 20.14 new text begin A political subdivision, public or private new text end 20.15 new text begin corporation, or other entity that receives an new text end 20.16 new text begin appropriation in this section must use the new text end 20.17 new text begin appropriation in compliance with Minnesota new text end 20.18 new text begin Statutes, sections 16B.121, regarding new text end 20.19 new text begin purchase of recycled, repairable, and durable new text end 20.20 new text begin materials, and 16B.122, regarding purchase new text end 20.21 new text begin and use of paper stock and printing. new text end 20.22 20.23 new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Energy Conservation and new text end new text begin Sustainable Building Guidelines new text end 20.24 new text begin A recipient to whom an appropriation is made new text end 20.25 new text begin in this section for a capital improvement new text end 20.26 new text begin project shall ensure that the project complies new text end 20.27 new text begin with the applicable energy conservation and new text end 20.28 new text begin sustainable building guidelines and standards new text end 20.29 new text begin contained in law, including Minnesota new text end 20.30 new text begin Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and new text end 20.31 new text begin 216C.20, and rules adopted thereunder. new text end 20.32 new text begin The recipient may use the energy planning, new text end 20.33 new text begin advocacy, and State Energy Office units new text end 20.34 new text begin of the Department of Commerce to obtain new text end 20.35 new text begin information and technical assistance on new text end 20.36 new text begin energy conservation and alternative energy new text end 21.1 new text begin development relating to the planning and new text end 21.2 new text begin construction of the capital improvement new text end 21.3 new text begin project. new text end 21.4 new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Accessibility new text end 21.5 new text begin Structural and nonstructural facilities must new text end 21.6 new text begin meet the design standards in the Americans new text end 21.7 new text begin with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility new text end 21.8 new text begin guidelines. new text end 21.9 new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Carryforward new text end 21.10 new text begin The availability of the appropriations for the new text end 21.11 new text begin following projects is extended to June 30, new text end 21.12 new text begin 2010: new text end 21.13 new text begin (1) Laws 2005, First Special Session new text end 21.14 new text begin chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision new text end 21.15 new text begin 9, paragraph (a), completing third-party new text end 21.16 new text begin certification of Department of Natural new text end 21.17 new text begin Resources forest lands, as extended by Laws new text end 21.18 new text begin 2007, chapter 30, section 2, subdivision 16; new text end 21.19 new text begin (2) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter new text end 21.20 new text begin 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 10, new text end 21.21 new text begin paragraph (a), clean energy resource teams new text end 21.22 new text begin and community wind energy rebate, as new text end 21.23 new text begin amended by Laws 2006, chapter 243, section new text end 21.24 new text begin 15; new text end 21.25 new text begin (3) Laws 2005, First Special Session new text end 21.26 new text begin chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision new text end 21.27 new text begin 10, paragraph (e), wind to hydrogen new text end 21.28 new text begin demonstration, as extended by Laws 2007, new text end 21.29 new text begin chapter 30, section 2, subdivision 16; new text end 21.30 new text begin (4) Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, new text end 21.31 new text begin subdivision 4, paragraph (a), forest legacy new text end 21.32 new text begin conservation easements; and new text end 21.33 new text begin (5) Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, new text end 21.34 new text begin subdivision 5, paragraph (m), threat of new text end 22.1 new text begin emerging contaminants to Upper Mississippi new text end 22.2 new text begin walleye. new text end