1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to clean water; appropriating money from the clean water fund; modifying 
1.3 	prior appropriations;amending Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 6.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.6 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.7 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the clean 
1.8 	water fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
1.9 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2016" and "2017" used 
1.10 	in this act mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year 
1.11 	ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2016. 
1.12 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 
1.13 	The appropriations in this act are onetime.

1.14				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.15				Available for the Year
	
1.16				Ending June 30
	
1.17					2016
		2017

1.18	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

1.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	110,910,000
	$
	110,705,000
	
1.20 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
1.21 	purpose are specified in the following 
1.22 	sections.

1.23	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
2.1 	Money appropriated in this article may 
2.2 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
2.3 	directly related to and necessary for a 
2.4 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
2.5 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
2.6 	with Minnesota Management and Budget's 
2.7 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
2.8 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
2.9 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless 
2.10 	otherwise specified in this article, fiscal year 
2.11 	2016 appropriations are available until June 
2.12 	30, 2017, and fiscal year 2017 appropriations 
2.13 	are available until June 30, 2018. If a project 
2.14 	receives federal funds, the time period of 
2.15 	the appropriation is extended to equal the 
2.16 	availability of federal funding.

2.17	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	6,584,000
	$
	6,582,000
	
2.18 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
2.19 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
2.20 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
2.21 	water and groundwater and to use data 
2.22 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
2.23 	(b) $2,586,000 the first year and $2,585,000 
2.24 	the second year are for monitoring and 
2.25 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
2.26 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable 
2.27 	to groundwater degradation; monitoring 
2.28 	for pesticides when nitrate is detected; 
2.29 	promoting, developing, and evaluating 
2.30 	regional and crop-specific nutrient best 
2.31 	management practices; assessing best 
2.32 	management practice adoption; education 
2.33 	and technical support from University of 
2.34 	Minnesota Extension; and other actions to 
2.35 	protect groundwater from degradation from 
3.1 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
3.2 	June 30, 2018.
3.3 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
3.4 	second year are for administering clean water 
3.5 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
3.6 	management practices loan program. Any 
3.7 	unencumbered balance at the end of the 
3.8 	second year shall be added to the corpus of 
3.9 	the loan fund.
3.10 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
3.11 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
3.12 	research, and demonstration projects on 
3.13 	proper implementation of best management 
3.14 	practices and more precise information on 
3.15 	nonpoint contributions to impaired waters. 
3.16 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
3.17 	2020.
3.18 	(e) $788,000 the first year and $787,000 the 
3.19 	second year are for research to quantify and 
3.20 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
3.21 	waters and for development and evaluation 
3.22 	of best management practices to protect and 
3.23 	restore water resources. This appropriation 
3.24 	is available until June 30, 2020.
3.25 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
3.26 	second year are for a research inventory 
3.27 	database containing water-related research 
3.28 	activities. Costs for information technology 
3.29 	development or support for this research 
3.30 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
3.31 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
3.32 	available until June 30, 2018.
3.33 	(g) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
3.34 	the second year are to implement the 
3.35 	Minnesota agricultural water quality 
4.1 	certification program statewide. This 
4.2 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
4.3 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
4.4 	second year are to provide funding for a 
4.5 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
4.6 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
4.7 	(i) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
4.8 	second year are for a perennial and cover crop 
4.9 	research program to develop perennial and 
4.10 	cover cropping systems specific to Minnesota 
4.11 	that are necessary to protect and restore the 
4.12 	state's surface and groundwater resources 
4.13 	while increasing efficiency, profitability, and 
4.14 	productivity of Minnesota farmers. This 
4.15 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018.

4.16	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	9,250,000
	$
	9,250,000
	
4.17 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
4.18 	the second year are for the point source 
4.19 	implementation grants program under 
4.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
4.21 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
4.22 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
4.23 	the second year are for small community 
4.24 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
4.25 	Minnesota Statues, section 446A.075. This 
4.26 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
4.27 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at 
4.28 	the end of each fiscal year under paragraph 
4.29 	(a) or (b), the Public Facilities Authority 
4.30 	may transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
4.31 	projects under any of the programs listed 
4.32 	in this section based on their priority rank 
4.33 	on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
4.34 	priority list.

5.1	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	26,250,000
	$
	26,248,000
	
5.2 	(a) $8,250,000 the first year and $8,250,000 
5.3 	the second year are for completion of 20 
5.4 	percent of the needed statewide assessments 
5.5 	of surface water quality and trends. If the 
5.6 	amount in the first year is insufficient, the 
5.7 	amount in the second year is available in the 
5.8 	first year.
5.9 	(b) $9,795,000 the first year and $9,795,000 
5.10 	the second year are to develop watershed 
5.11 	restoration and protection strategies 
5.12 	(WRAPS), which include total maximum 
5.13 	daily load (TMDL) studies and TMDL 
5.14 	implementation plans for waters listed on 
5.15 	the Unites States Environmental Protection 
5.16 	Agency approved impaired waters list in 
5.17 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
5.18 	114D. The agency shall complete an average 
5.19 	of ten percent of the TMDLs each year over 
5.20 	the biennium.
5.21 	(c) $1,182,000 the first year and $1,181,000 
5.22 	the second year are for groundwater 
5.23 	assessment, including enhancing the 
5.24 	ambient monitoring network, modeling, and 
5.25 	evaluating trends, including the reassessment 
5.26 	of groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 
5.27 	years ago and found to be contaminated. 
5.28 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
5.29 	the second year are for water quality 
5.30 	improvements in the lower St. Louis River 
5.31 	and Duluth harbor within the St. Louis River 
5.32 	System Area of Concern. This appropriation 
5.33 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
5.34 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
6.1 	(e) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
6.2 	second year are for storm water research and 
6.3 	guidance.
6.4 	(f) $1,150,000 the first year and $1,150,000 
6.5 	the second year are for TMDL research and 
6.6 	database development.
6.7 	(g) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 
6.8 	the second year are for national pollutant 
6.9 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
6.10 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
6.11 	(h) $3,623,000 the first year and $3,622,000 
6.12 	the second year are for enhancing the 
6.13 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
6.14 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
6.15 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
6.16 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection 
6.17 	of groundwater, including base grants 
6.18 	for all counties with SSTS programs and 
6.19 	competitive grants to counties with specific 
6.20 	plans to significantly reduce water pollution 
6.21 	by reducing the number of systems that 
6.22 	are an imminent threat to public health or 
6.23 	safety or are otherwise failing. Counties that 
6.24 	receive base grants must report the number 
6.25 	of sewage noncompliant properties upgraded 
6.26 	through SSTS replacement, connection 
6.27 	to a centralized sewer system, or other 
6.28 	means, including property abandonment 
6.29 	or buy-out. Counties also must report 
6.30 	the number of existing SSTS compliance 
6.31 	inspections conducted in areas under county 
6.32 	jurisdiction. These required reports are to 
6.33 	be part of established annual reporting for 
6.34 	SSTS programs. Counties that conduct SSTS 
6.35 	inventories or those with an ordinance in 
7.1 	place that requires an SSTS to be inspected 
7.2 	as a condition of transferring property or as a 
7.3 	condition of obtaining a local permit must be 
7.4 	given priority for competitive grants under 
7.5 	this paragraph. Of this amount, $750,000 
7.6 	each year is available to counties for grants to 
7.7 	low-income landowners to address systems 
7.8 	that pose an imminent threat to public health 
7.9 	or safety or fail to protect groundwater. A 
7.10 	grant awarded under this paragraph may not 
7.11 	exceed $500,000 for the biennium. A county 
7.12 	receiving a grant under this paragraph must 
7.13 	submit a report to the agency listing the 
7.14 	projects funded, including an account of the 
7.15 	expenditures.
7.16 	(i) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
7.17 	the second year are for a storm water 
7.18 	best management practice performance 
7.19 	evaluation and technology transfer program 
7.20 	to enhance data and information management 
7.21 	of storm water best management practices; 
7.22 	evaluate best management performance 
7.23 	and effectiveness to support meeting total 
7.24 	maximum daily loads; develop standards 
7.25 	and incorporate state of the art guidance 
7.26 	using minimal impact design standards as 
7.27 	the model; and implement a knowledge 
7.28 	and technology transfer system across 
7.29 	local government, industry, and regulatory 
7.30 	sectors for pass-through to the University of 
7.31 	Minnesota. This appropriation is available 
7.32 	until June 30, 2018.
7.33 	(j) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
7.34 	second year are to support activities of the 
7.35 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
7.36 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
8.1 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
8.2 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
8.3 	section encumbered on or before June 30, 
8.4 	2017, as grants or contracts are available 
8.5 	until June 30, 2020.

8.6
8.7	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	8,500,000
	$
	8,500,000
	
8.8 	(a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
8.9 	the second year are for stream flow 
8.10 	monitoring.
8.11 	(b) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
8.12 	the second year are for lake Index of 
8.13 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
8.14 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 
8.15 	the second year are for assessing mercury 
8.16 	and other contaminants of fish, including 
8.17 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
8.18 	waters over time.
8.19 	(d) $1,940,000 the first year and $1,940,000 
8.20 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
8.21 	science-based watershed restoration and 
8.22 	protection strategies. 
8.23 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
8.24 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
8.25 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
8.26 	(f) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
8.27 	second year are for technical assistance to 
8.28 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
8.29 	source restoration and protection activities, 
8.30 	including water quality protection in forested 
8.31 	watersheds.
8.32 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
8.33 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
8.34 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
9.1 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
9.2 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
9.3 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
9.4 	elevation data; assessing effectiveness of 
9.5 	forestry best management practices for water 
9.6 	quality; and developing a biomonitoring 
9.7 	database. 
9.8 	(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
9.9 	the second year are for developing county 
9.10 	geologic atlases. 
9.11 	(i) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
9.12 	second year are for color infrared imagery 
9.13 	and analysis to determine the extent of 
9.14 	permanent vegetation in riparian areas.

9.15
9.16	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	55,088,000
	$
	55,088,000
	
9.17 	(a) $8,929,000 the first year and $8,929,000 
9.18 	the second year are for grants to local 
9.19 	government units organized for the 
9.20 	management of water in a watershed or 
9.21 	subwatershed that have multiyear plans 
9.22 	that will result in a significant reduction in 
9.23 	water pollution in a selected subwatershed. 
9.24 	The grants may be used for establishment 
9.25 	of riparian buffers; practices to store 
9.26 	water for natural treatment and infiltration, 
9.27 	including rain gardens; capturing storm 
9.28 	water for reuse; stream bank, shoreland, and 
9.29 	ravine stabilization; enforcement activities; 
9.30 	and implementation of best management 
9.31 	practices for feedlots within riparian areas 
9.32 	and other practices demonstrated to be 
9.33 	most effective in protecting, enhancing, and 
9.34 	restoring water quality in lakes, rivers, and 
9.35 	streams and protecting groundwater from 
10.1 	degradation. Grant recipients must identify 
10.2 	a nonstate match and may use other legacy 
10.3 	funds to supplement projects funded under 
10.4 	this paragraph. Grants awarded under this 
10.5 	paragraph are available for four years and 
10.6 	priority must be given to the best designed 
10.7 	plans each year.
10.8 	(b) $14,775,000 the first year and 
10.9 	$14,775,000 the second year are for grants 
10.10 	to protect and restore surface water and 
10.11 	drinking water; to keep water on the land; to 
10.12 	protect, enhance, and restore water quality 
10.13 	in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect 
10.14 	groundwater and drinking water, including 
10.15 	feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage 
10.16 	treatment system projects and stream bank, 
10.17 	stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
10.18 	and ravine stabilization projects. The 
10.19 	projects must use practices demonstrated 
10.20 	to be effective, be of long-lasting public 
10.21 	benefit, include a match, and be consistent 
10.22 	with total maximum daily load (TMDL) 
10.23 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
10.24 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
10.25 	water management plans or their equivalents.
10.26 	(c) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
10.27 	the second year are for targeted local 
10.28 	resource protection and enhancement grants 
10.29 	and statewide program enhancements for 
10.30 	technical assistance, citizen and community 
10.31 	outreach, and training and certification, as 
10.32 	well as projects, practices, and programs that 
10.33 	supplement or otherwise exceed current state 
10.34 	standards for protection, enhancement, and 
10.35 	restoration of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
11.1 	and streams or that protect groundwater from 
11.2 	degradation, including compliance.
11.3 	(d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 
11.4 	the second year are to provide state 
11.5 	oversight and accountability, evaluate 
11.6 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
11.7 	measure the value of conservation program 
11.8 	implementation by local governments, 
11.9 	including submission to the legislature by 
11.10 	March 1 each even-numbered year a biennial 
11.11 	report prepared by the board, in consultation 
11.12 	with the commissioners of natural resources, 
11.13 	health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control 
11.14 	Agency, detailing the recipients, the projects 
11.15 	funded under this section, and the amount of 
11.16 	pollution reduced.
11.17 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
11.18 	the second year are for grants to local units 
11.19 	of government to enhance compliance 
11.20 	with Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.401 
11.21 	to 103F.455, and Minnesota Rules, part 
11.22 	6120.3300, subpart 7, including enforcement 
11.23 	efforts.
11.24 	(f) $7,500,000 the first year and $7,500,000 
11.25 	the second year are to restore or preserve 
11.26 	permanent conservation on riparian buffers 
11.27 	adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and 
11.28 	tributaries, to keep water on the land in order 
11.29 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
11.30 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to 
11.31 	surface waters; and increase infiltration for 
11.32 	groundwater recharge. This appropriation 
11.33 	may be used for restoration of riparian 
11.34 	buffers permanently protected by easements 
11.35 	purchased with this appropriation or contracts 
12.1 	to achieve permanent protection for riparian 
12.2 	buffers or stream bank restorations when the 
12.3 	riparian buffers have been restored. Up to 
12.4 	$344,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
12.5 	enforcement account.
12.6 	(g) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
12.7 	the second year are for permanent 
12.8 	conservation easements on wellhead 
12.9 	protection areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.10 	section 103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph 
12.11 	(d), or for grants to local units of government 
12.12 	for fee title acquisition to permanently 
12.13 	protect groundwater supply sources on 
12.14 	wellhead protection areas or for otherwise 
12.15 	assuring long-term protection of groundwater 
12.16 	supply sources as described under alternative 
12.17 	management tools in the Department 
12.18 	of Agriculture's Nitrogen Fertilizer 
12.19 	Management Plan, including low nitrogen 
12.20 	cropping systems or implementing nitrogen 
12.21 	fertilizer best management practices. Priority 
12.22 	must be placed on land that is located where 
12.23 	the vulnerability of the drinking water supply 
12.24 	is designated as high or very high by the 
12.25 	commissioner of health and where drinking 
12.26 	water protection plans have identified 
12.27 	specific activities that will achieve long-term 
12.28 	protection. Up to $52,500 is for deposit in a 
12.29 	monitoring and enforcement account.
12.30 	(h) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
12.31 	the second year are for community partner 
12.32 	grants to local units of government for: 
12.33 	(1) structural or vegetative management 
12.34 	practices that reduce storm water runoff 
12.35 	from developed or disturbed lands to reduce 
12.36 	the movement of sediment, nutrients, and 
13.1 	pollutants for restoration, protection, or 
13.2 	enhancement of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
13.3 	and streams and to protect groundwater 
13.4 	and drinking water; and (2) installation 
13.5 	of proven and effective water retention 
13.6 	practices including, but not limited to, rain 
13.7 	gardens and other vegetated infiltration 
13.8 	basins and sediment control basins in order 
13.9 	to keep water on the land. The projects must 
13.10 	be of long-lasting public benefit, include a 
13.11 	local match, and be consistent with TMDL 
13.12 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
13.13 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
13.14 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
13.15 	Local government unit costs may be used as 
13.16 	a match.
13.17 	(i) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the 
13.18 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
13.19 	panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations 
13.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
13.21 	subdivision 6.
13.22 	(j) $2,100,000 the first year and $2,100,000 
13.23 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
13.24 	and grants to local governments to transition 
13.25 	local water management plans to a watershed 
13.26 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
13.27 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
13.28 	114D.
13.29 	(k) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
13.30 	the second year are for technical assistance 
13.31 	and grants for the conservation drainage 
13.32 	program in consultation with the Drainage 
13.33 	Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota 
13.34 	Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 
13.35 	13, that includes projects to improve 
14.1 	multipurpose water management under 
14.2 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.015.
14.3 	(l) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
14.4 	the second year are to purchase and restore 
14.5 	permanent conservation sites via easements 
14.6 	or contracts to treat and store water on the 
14.7 	land for water quality improvement purposes. 
14.8 	This work must be done in cooperation with 
14.9 	the United States Department of Agriculture 
14.10 	with a first priority use to accomplish 
14.11 	a conservation reserve enhancement 
14.12 	program, or equivalent, in the state. Up to 
14.13 	$1,285,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
14.14 	enforcement account.
14.15 	(m) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
14.16 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
14.17 	conservation easements to protect lands 
14.18 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
14.19 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
14.20 	to $190,000 is for deposit in a monitoring 
14.21 	and enforcement account.
14.22 	(n) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
14.23 	the second year are for a program to 
14.24 	systematically collect data and produce 
14.25 	county, watershed, and statewide estimates 
14.26 	of soil erosion caused by water and wind 
14.27 	along with tracking adoption of conservation 
14.28 	measures to address erosion.
14.29 	(o) The board shall contract for delivery 
14.30 	of services with Conservation Corps 
14.31 	Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and 
14.32 	other activities under this section for up to 
14.33 	$500,000 the first year and up to $500,000 
14.34 	the second year.
15.1 	(p) The board may shift grant or cost-share 
15.2 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
15.3 	technical and administrative assistance 
15.4 	portion of the funds to leverage federal or 
15.5 	other nonstate funds or to address oversight 
15.6 	responsibilities or high-priority needs 
15.7 	identified in local water management plans.
15.8 	(q) The board shall require grantees to 
15.9 	specify the outcomes that will be achieved 
15.10 	by the grants prior to any grant awards.
15.11 	(r) The appropriations in this section are 
15.12 	available until June 30, 2020. Returned grant 
15.13 	funds are available until expended and shall 
15.14 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
15.15 	this section.

15.16	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	4,013,000
	$
	3,812,000
	
15.17 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
15.18 	the second year are for addressing public 
15.19 	health concerns related to contaminants 
15.20 	found in Minnesota drinking water for which 
15.21 	no health-based drinking water standards 
15.22 	exist, including accelerating the development 
15.23 	of health risk limits and improving the 
15.24 	capacity of the department's laboratory to 
15.25 	analyze unregulated contaminants. The 
15.26 	commissioner shall contract with the Board 
15.27 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
15.28 	to provide an independent review of the 
15.29 	department's drinking water contaminants 
15.30 	of emerging concern program. The review 
15.31 	must include an assessment and ranking of 
15.32 	contaminants that are threats to drinking 
15.33 	water supplies and include benchmarking 
15.34 	that compares efforts at the department with 
15.35 	efforts by other states and the United States 
16.1 	Environmental Protection Agency. The 
16.2 	review must be submitted to the Clean Water 
16.3 	Council and the chairs and ranking minority 
16.4 	members of the house of representatives 
16.5 	and senate committees and divisions with 
16.6 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
16.7 	resources by June 1, 2016.
16.8 	(b) $1,900,000 the first year and $1,900,000 
16.9 	the second year are for protection of drinking 
16.10 	water sources.
16.11 	(c) $113,000 the first year and $112,000 the 
16.12 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
16.13 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
16.14 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
16.15 	(d) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
16.16 	the second year are to develop and deliver 
16.17 	groundwater restoration and protection 
16.18 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
16.19 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
16.20 	resources to local governments for drinking 
16.21 	water source protection activities.
16.22 	(e) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
16.23 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
16.24 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
16.25 	wells and developing guidance to ensure 
16.26 	that new well placement minimizes the 
16.27 	potential for risks, in cooperation with the 
16.28 	commissioner of agriculture.
16.29 	(f) $275,000 the first year and $75,000 
16.30 	the second year are for development 
16.31 	and implementation of a groundwater 
16.32 	virus monitoring plan, including an 
16.33 	epidemiological study to determine the 
16.34 	association between groundwater virus 
16.35 	concentration and community illness rates. 
17.1 	(g) $175,000 the first year and $175,000 the 
17.2 	second year are to prepare a comprehensive 
17.3 	study of and recommendations for regulatory 
17.4 	and nonregulatory approaches to water reuse 
17.5 	for use in the development of state policy for 
17.6 	water reuse in Minnesota.
17.7 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
17.8 	appropriations in this section are available 
17.9 	until June 30, 2019.

17.10	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	1,225,000
	$
	1,225,000
	
17.11 	(a) $975,000 the first year and $975,000 
17.12 	the second year are to implement projects 
17.13 	that address emerging drinking water supply 
17.14 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
17.15 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
17.16 	coordination, support local implementation 
17.17 	of water supply reliability projects, and 
17.18 	prevent degradation of groundwater 
17.19 	resources in the metropolitan area. These 
17.20 	projects will provide to communities:
17.21 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
17.22 	water use through utilization of surface water, 
17.23 	storm water, wastewater, and groundwater;
17.24 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
17.25 	for different alternatives;
17.26 	(3) development of planning level cost 
17.27 	estimates, including capital cost and 
17.28 	operation cost;
17.29 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms 
17.30 	and an equitable cost-sharing structure 
17.31 	for regionally beneficial water supply 
17.32 	development projects; and
17.33 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
17.34 	models.
18.1 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
18.2 	the second year are for the water demand 
18.3 	reduction grant program to encourage 
18.4 	implementation of water demand reduction 
18.5 	measures by municipalities in the 
18.6 	metropolitan area to ensure the reliability and 
18.7 	protection of drinking water supplies.

18.8 	Sec. 10. Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 6, is amended to read:

18.918.10
	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	12,635,000
	$
	9,450,000
	
18.11 	(a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
18.12 	the second year are for stream flow 
18.13 	monitoring, including the installation of 
18.14 	additional monitoring gauges, and monitoring 
18.15 	necessary to determine the relationship 
18.16 	between stream flow and groundwater.
18.17 	(b) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
18.18 	the second year are for lake Index of 
18.19 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
18.20 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 
18.21 	the second year are for assessing mercury 
18.22 	contamination and other contaminants of 
18.23 	fish, including monitoring to track the status 
18.24 	of waters impaired by mercury and mercury 
18.25 	reduction efforts over time.
18.26 	(d) $1,850,000 the first year and $1,850,000 
18.27 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
18.28 	science-based watershed restoration and 
18.29 	protection strategies, including regional 
18.30 	technical assistance for TMDL plans and 
18.31 	development of a watershed assessment tool, 
18.32 	in cooperation with the commissioner of the 
18.33 	Pollution Control Agency. By January 15, 
18.34 	2016, the commissioner shall submit a report 
19.1 	to the chairs and ranking minority members 
19.2 	of the senate and house of representatives 
19.3 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
19.4 	over environment and natural resources 
19.5 	policy and finance providing the outcomes 
19.6 	to lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater 
19.7 	achieved with this appropriation and 
19.8 	recommendations.
19.9 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
19.10 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
19.11 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
19.12 	(f) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
19.13 	the second year are for technical assistance 
19.14 	to support local implementation of nonpoint 
19.15 	source restoration and protection activities, 
19.16 	including water quality protection in forested 
19.17 	watersheds.
19.18 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 
19.19 	the second year are for applied research 
19.20 	and tools, including watershed hydrologic 
19.21 	modeling; maintaining and updating spatial 
19.22 	data for watershed boundaries, streams, and 
19.23 	water bodies and integrating high-resolution 
19.24 	digital elevation data; assessing effectiveness 
19.25 	of forestry best management practices for 
19.26 	water quality; and developing an ecological 
19.27 	monitoring database.
19.28 	(h) $615,000 the first year and $615,000 
19.29 	the second year are for developing county 
19.30 	geologic atlases.
19.31 	(i) $85,000 the first year is to develop design 
19.32 	standards and best management practices 
19.33 	for public water access sites to maintain and 
19.34 	improve water quality by avoiding shoreline 
19.35 	erosion and runoff.
20.1 	(j) $3,000,000 the first year is for beginning 
20.2 	to develop and designate groundwater 
20.3 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
20.4 	section 103G.287, subdivision 4. The 
20.5 	commissioner, in consultation with the 
20.6 	commissioners of the Pollution Control 
20.7 	Agency, health, and agriculture, shall 
20.8 	establish a uniform statewide hydrogeologic 
20.9 	mapping system that will include designated 
20.10 	groundwater management areas. The 
20.11 	mapping system must include wellhead 
20.12 	protection areas, special well construction 
20.13 	areas, groundwater provinces, groundwater 
20.14 	recharge areas, and other designated or 
20.15 	geographical areas related to groundwater. 
20.16 	This mapping system shall be used to 
20.17 	implement all groundwater-related laws 
20.18 	and for reporting and evaluations. This 
20.19 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2017.
20.20 	(k) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
20.21 	the second year are for grants a grant 
20.22 	program to help counties and other local 
20.23 	units of government to adopt and implement 
20.24 	advanced shoreland protection measures 
20.25 	standards. The grants awarded under this 
20.26 	paragraph shall be for up to $100,000 and 
20.27 	must be used to restore and enhance riparian 
20.28 	areas cover the costs of developing and 
20.29 	adopting ordinances with advanced shoreland 
20.30 	protection standards or implementing 
20.31 	advanced shoreland protection standards to 
20.32 	protect, enhance, and restore water quality in 
20.33 	public water lakes, public water wetlands, 
20.34 	and public water rivers, and streams. Grant 
20.35 	recipients must submit a report to the 
20.36 	commissioner on the outcomes achieved 
21.1 	with the grant. To be eligible for a grant 
21.2 	under this paragraph, a county or other local 
21.3 	unit of government must be adopting or have 
21.4 	adopted an ordinance for the subdivision, 
21.5 	use, redevelopment, and development of 
21.6 	shoreland that has been approved by the 
21.7 	commissioner of natural resources as having 
21.8 	advanced shoreland protection measures. An 
21.9 	ordinance Recipients will be reimbursed for 
21.10 	eligible costs upon adoption of ordinances 
21.11 	and completion of implementation activities 
21.12 	as provided in this paragraph and as 
21.13 	stipulated in the grant agreement. Ordinances 
21.14 	adopted under this grant program must be 
21.15 	approved by the commissioner and meet or 
21.16 	exceed the following standards:
21.17 	(1) requires new sewage treatment systems 
21.18 	to be set back at least 100 feet from the 
21.19 	ordinary high water level for recreational 
21.20 	development lake shorelands and 75 feet for 
21.21 	general development lake shorelands;
21.22 	(2) requires redevelopment and new 
21.23 	development on shoreland to have at least 
21.24 	a 50-foot vegetative buffer. An access path 
21.25 	and recreational use area may be allowed;
21.26 	(3) requires mitigation when any variance to 
21.27 	standards designed to protect public water 
21.28 	lakes, public water wetlands, and public 
21.29 	water rivers, and streams is granted;
21.30 	(4) requires best management practices to be 
21.31 	used to control storm water and sediment as 
21.32 	part of a land alteration;
21.33 	(5) includes other criteria standards 
21.34 	developed by the commissioner; and
21.35 	(6) has been adopted by July 1, 2015 2017.
22.1 	An ordinance that does not exceed all the 
22.2 	standards in clauses (1) to (5) is considered 
22.3 	to meet the requirement if the commissioner 
22.4 	determines that the ordinance provides 
22.5 	significantly greater protection for both 
22.6 	public waters and shoreland shorelands than 
22.7 	those standards. Implementation activities 
22.8 	funded under this grant program must meet 
22.9 	the advanced shoreland protection standards 
22.10 	and criteria described above. Grants awarded 
22.11 	under this program may not be used to 
22.12 	reimburse ordinance adoption or shoreland 
22.13 	protection implementation expenses incurred 
22.14 	prior to the date of a fully executed grant 
22.15 	agreement.
22.16 	The commissioner of natural resources may 
22.17 	develop additional criteria for the grants 
22.18 	awarded under this paragraph program. In 
22.19 	developing the criteria, the commissioner 
22.20 	shall consider the proposed changes to 
22.21 	the department's shoreland rules discussed 
22.22 	during the rulemaking process authorized 
22.23 	under Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, 
22.24 	section 4, subdivision 3. 
22.25 	This appropriation is available until spent.
22.26 	(l) $100,000 the first year is for the 
22.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
22.28 	rulemaking under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.29 	section 116G.15, subdivision 7.

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

22.31 	Sec. 11. CANCELLATION OF PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS.
 22.32 	(a) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for the 
22.33 	clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.34 	446A.074, in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 3, paragraph (b), is canceled.
23.1 	(b) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for 
23.2 	the clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.3 	section 446A.074, in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 2, section 4, 
23.4 	paragraph (b), is canceled.

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