1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying implementation goals of the Clean Water 
1.3 	Legacy Act;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.20, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the 
1.7 	implementation of this chapter:
1.8 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements 
1.9 	within ten years after May 23, 2006 by 2020, and thereafter to ensure continuing 
1.10 	evaluation of surface waters for impairments;
1.11 	(2) to submit TMDL's to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
1.12 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
1.13 	(3) to set a reasonable time for implementing restoration of each identified impaired 
1.14 	water with the goal that all waters will have achieved the designated uses applicable 
1.15 	to those waters by 2050;
1.16 	(4) to provide assistance and incentives to prevent waters from becoming impaired 
1.17 	and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but do not have an 
1.18 	approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
1.19 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
1.20 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
1.21 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
1.22 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater 
1.23 	according to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
2.1 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater with the goal that 
2.2 	all groundwater sources used for drinking water supplies will meet all federal and state 
2.3 	drinking water standards and health risk limits by 2025.