1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring Pollution Control Agency to refund erroneous 
1.3 	assessments, costs, and payments in the matter of the Baytown groundwater 
1.4 	contamination Superfund site.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION PAYMENTS TO BE 
1.7 	REFUNDED.
 1.8 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall refund $3,569,499 to 
1.9 	the Metropolitan Airports Commission for payments made and costs incurred by the 
1.10 	Metropolitan Airports Commission from 1988 to 2009 in dealings with the Pollution 
1.11 	Control Agency in the matter of 1,1,2-trichloroethene (TCE) contamination in the vicinity 
1.12 	of the Lake Elmo Airport. The funds shall be deposited to the reliever airport account.
1.13 	(b) The Pollution Control Agency shall rescind the 1991 Request for Response 
1.14 	Action made upon the Metropolitan Airports Commission and abate from the 
1.15 	determination that the Metropolitan Airports Commission is a responsible party in the 
1.16 	matter of the Baytown groundwater contamination Superfund site.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.