1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; modifying Clean Water Legacy Act; appropriating money from 
1.3 	clean water fund;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 103B.3369, 
1.4 	subdivisions 5, 9; 103B.801, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 13, 
1.5 	by adding subdivisions; 114D.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 
1.6 	114D.26; 114D.30, by adding a subdivision; 114D.35, subdivisions 1, 3; proposing 
1.7 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	ARTICLE 1
1.10 	CLEAN WATER FUND

1.11	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.12 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.13 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
1.14 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
1.15 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this 
1.16 	article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
1.17 	June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The 
1.18 	second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The 
1.19 	appropriations in this article are onetime.

1.20				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.21				Available for the Year
	
1.22				Ending June 30
	
1.23					2020
		2021

1.24	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

2.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	126,959,000
	$
	134,302,000
	
2.2 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.3 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

2.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
2.5 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
2.6 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
2.7 	related to and necessary for a specific 
2.8 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
2.9 	article must be spent in accordance with 
2.10 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
2.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
2.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
2.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
2.14 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2020 
2.15 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
2.16 	2021, and fiscal year 2021 appropriations are 
2.17 	available until June 30, 2022. If a project 
2.18 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
2.19 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
2.20 	availability of federal funding.

2.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
2.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
2.23 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
2.24 	on Disability and other appropriate 
2.25 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
2.26 	committees, and commissions, should make 
2.27 	progress toward providing people with 
2.28 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
2.29 	publications, and digital media related to the 
2.30 	programs the recipient funds using 
2.31 	appropriations made in this article.

2.32	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	12,445,000
	$
	12,445,000
	
2.33 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
2.34 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
3.1 	pesticides, pesticide degradates, microplastics, 
3.2 	and nanoplastics in surface water and 
3.3 	groundwater and to use data collected to assess 
3.4 	pesticide use practices. By January 15, 2021, 
3.5 	the commissioner must submit a report to the 
3.6 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
3.7 	house of representatives and senate 
3.8 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
3.9 	over agriculture, environment and natural 
3.10 	resources, and the clean water fund detailing 
3.11 	the results of the monitoring and assessment 
3.12 	conducted under this paragraph and 
3.13 	information on the pesticide monitoring 
3.14 	conducted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.15 	18B.064.
3.16 	(b) $2,585,000 the first year and $2,585,000 
3.17 	the second year are for monitoring and 
3.18 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
3.19 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to 
3.20 	groundwater degradation; promoting, 
3.21 	developing, and evaluating regional and 
3.22 	crop-specific nutrient best management 
3.23 	practices; assessing best management practice 
3.24 	adoption; education and technical support from 
3.25 	University of Minnesota Extension; grants to 
3.26 	support agricultural demonstration and 
3.27 	implementation activities; Rosholt Farm; and 
3.28 	other actions to protect groundwater from 
3.29 	degradation from nitrate. This appropriation 
3.30 	is available until June 30, 2024.
3.31 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
3.32 	second year are for administering clean water 
3.33 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
3.34 	management practices loan program. Any 
3.35 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
4.1 	year must be added to the corpus of the loan 
4.2 	fund.
4.3 	(d) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
4.4 	second year are for a research inventory 
4.5 	database containing water-related research 
4.6 	activities. Costs for information technology 
4.7 	development or support for this research 
4.8 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
4.9 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
4.10 	available until June 30, 2024.
4.11 	(e) $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 
4.12 	the second year are to implement the 
4.13 	Minnesota agricultural water quality 
4.14 	certification program statewide. By January 
4.15 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
4.16 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
4.17 	members of the house of representatives and 
4.18 	senate committees and divisions with 
4.19 	jurisdiction over agriculture, environment and 
4.20 	natural resources, and the clean water fund 
4.21 	detailing the outcomes achieved by the 
4.22 	program, including a comparison of state water 
4.23 	quality goals and the impact the program has 
4.24 	on meeting the goals. Funds appropriated in 
4.25 	this paragraph are available until June 30, 
4.26 	2024.
4.27 	(f) $385,000 the first year and $385,000 the 
4.28 	second year are for a regional irrigation water 
4.29 	quality specialist through University of 
4.30 	Minnesota Extension, development and 
4.31 	statewide expansion of the irrigation 
4.32 	management assistant tool, irrigation education 
4.33 	and outreach, and the Agricultural Weather 
4.34 	Station Network.
5.1 	(g) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 
5.2 	the second year are for grants for the Forever 
5.3 	Green Agriculture Initiative to protect the 
5.4 	state's natural resources while increasing the 
5.5 	efficiency, profitability, and productivity of 
5.6 	Minnesota farmers by reducing agricultural 
5.7 	contributions to impaired waters through the 
5.8 	incorporation of perennial and winter-annual 
5.9 	crops into existing agricultural practices to 
5.10 	protect and restore drinking water resources. 
5.11 	Of this amount, $2,500,000 each year is to the 
5.12 	Board of Regents of the University of 
5.13 	Minnesota for grants for research and 
5.14 	establishing the Agricultural Diversification 
5.15 	Steering Council and Network and $2,500,000 
5.16 	each year is for grants to implement Forever 
5.17 	Green crops or cropping systems. This 
5.18 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2024.
5.19 	(h) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
5.20 	the second year are for testing private wells 
5.21 	for pesticides, microplastics, and nanoplastics 
5.22 	where nitrate is detected as part of the 
5.23 	township testing program. This appropriation 
5.24 	is available until June 30, 2024.

5.25	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	9,125,000
	$
	9,125,000
	
5.26 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
5.27 	the second year are for the point source 
5.28 	implementation grants program under 
5.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
5.30 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2024.
5.31 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
5.32 	second year are for small community 
5.33 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
5.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
5.35 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2024.
6.1 	(c) If there is any uncommitted money at the 
6.2 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
6.3 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
6.4 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
6.5 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
6.6 	this section according to a project's priority 
6.7 	rank on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
6.8 	priority list.

6.9	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	24,823,000
	$
	22,623,000
	
6.10 	(a) $8,500,000 the first year and $6,300,000 
6.11 	the second year are for completing needed 
6.12 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
6.13 	and trends, including assessments for 
6.14 	microplastics and nanoplastics, according to 
6.15 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. By January 
6.16 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
6.17 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
6.18 	members of the house of representatives and 
6.19 	senate committees and divisions with 
6.20 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
6.21 	resources and the clean water fund detailing 
6.22 	the outcomes achieved under this paragraph.
6.23 	(b) $8,050,000 the first year and $8,050,000 
6.24 	the second year are to develop watershed 
6.25 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
6.26 	which include total maximum daily load 
6.27 	(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation 
6.28 	plans according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
6.29 	114D, for waters on the impaired waters list 
6.30 	approved by the United States Environmental 
6.31 	Protection Agency. The agency must complete 
6.32 	an average of ten percent of the TMDLs each 
6.33 	year over the biennium.
6.34 	(c) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
6.35 	the second year are for groundwater 
7.1 	assessment, including assessments for 
7.2 	microplastics and nanoplastics, enhancing the 
7.3 	ambient monitoring network, modeling, 
7.4 	evaluating trends, and reassessing groundwater 
7.5 	that was assessed ten to 15 years ago and 
7.6 	found to be contaminated.
7.7 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
7.8 	second year are for implementing the St. Louis 
7.9 	River System Area of Concern Remedial 
7.10 	Action Plan.
7.11 	(e) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
7.12 	second year are for national pollutant 
7.13 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
7.14 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
7.15 	(f) $3,938,000 the first year and $3,938,000 
7.16 	the second year are for enhancing the 
7.17 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
7.18 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
7.19 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
7.20 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protecting 
7.21 	groundwater, including base grants for all 
7.22 	counties with SSTS programs and competitive 
7.23 	grants to counties with specific plans to 
7.24 	significantly reduce water pollution by 
7.25 	reducing the number of systems that are an 
7.26 	imminent threat to public health or safety or 
7.27 	are otherwise failing. Counties that receive 
7.28 	base grants must report the number of sewage 
7.29 	noncompliant properties upgraded through 
7.30 	SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized 
7.31 	sewer system, or other means, including 
7.32 	property abandonment or buy-out. Counties 
7.33 	also must report the number of existing SSTS 
7.34 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
7.35 	under county jurisdiction. These required 
8.1 	reports are to be part of established annual 
8.2 	reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that 
8.3 	conduct SSTS inventories or those with an 
8.4 	ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to 
8.5 	be inspected as a condition of transferring 
8.6 	property or as a condition of obtaining a local 
8.7 	permit must be given priority for competitive 
8.8 	grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, 
8.9 	$1,500,000 each year is available to counties 
8.10 	for grants to low-income landowners to 
8.11 	address systems that pose an imminent threat 
8.12 	to public health or safety or fail to protect 
8.13 	groundwater. A grant awarded under this 
8.14 	paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the 
8.15 	biennium. A county receiving a grant under 
8.16 	this paragraph must submit a report to the 
8.17 	agency listing the projects funded, including 
8.18 	an account of the expenditures. By January 
8.19 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
8.20 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
8.21 	members of the house of representatives and 
8.22 	senate committees and divisions with 
8.23 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
8.24 	resources and the clean water fund detailing 
8.25 	the outcomes achieved under this paragraph 
8.26 	and past appropriations from the clean water 
8.27 	fund for this purpose.
8.28 	(g) $775,000 the first year and $775,000 the 
8.29 	second year are for a grant program for 
8.30 	sanitary sewer projects that are included in the 
8.31 	draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park 
8.32 	Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to 
8.33 	restore the water quality of waters in 
8.34 	Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be 
8.35 	awarded to local government units for projects 
8.36 	approved by the Voyageurs National Park 
9.1 	Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be 
9.2 	matched by at least 25 percent from sources 
9.3 	other than the clean water fund.
9.4 	(h) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
9.5 	second year are for activities, training, and 
9.6 	grants that reduce chloride pollution. Of this 
9.7 	amount, $100,000 each year is for grants for 
9.8 	upgrading or removing water-softening units 
9.9 	at public facilities. This appropriation is 
9.10 	available until June 30, 2023. Any 
9.11 	unencumbered grant balances in the first year 
9.12 	do not cancel but are available for grants in 
9.13 	the second year.
9.14 	(i) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
9.15 	second year are to support activities of the 
9.16 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
9.17 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
9.18 	(j) The commissioner must develop protocols 
9.19 	for testing groundwater and surface water for 
9.20 	microplastics and nanoplastics to be used by 
9.21 	agencies and departments required to monitor 
9.22 	and test for plastics under this article. For the 
9.23 	purposes of this article, "microplastics" are 
9.24 	small pieces of plastic debris in the 
9.25 	environment resulting from the disposal and 
9.26 	breakdown of consumer products and 
9.27 	industrial waste that are less than five 
9.28 	millimeters in length and "nanoplastics" are 
9.29 	particles within a size ranging from 1 to 1000 
9.30 	nanometers that are unintentionally produced 
9.31 	from the manufacture or degradation of plastic 
9.32 	objects and that exhibit a colloidal behavior.
9.33 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
9.34 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
9.35 	section are available until June 30, 2024.

10.1
10.2	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	11,076,000
	$
	11,076,000
	
10.3 	(a) $2,200,000 the first year and $2,200,000 
10.4 	the second year are for stream flow 
10.5 	monitoring.
10.6 	(b) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
10.7 	the second year are for lake Index of 
10.8 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments, 
10.9 	including assessments for microplastics and 
10.10 	nanoplastics. At least 50 percent of the 
10.11 	assessments must be conducted in the 
10.12 	seven-county metropolitan area and the cities 
10.13 	of Rochester and Duluth.
10.14 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
10.15 	second year are for assessing mercury, 
10.16 	microplastics and nanoplastics, and other fish 
10.17 	contaminants, including monitoring to track 
10.18 	the status of impaired waters over time.
10.19 	(d) $2,016,000 the first year and $2,016,000 
10.20 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
10.21 	science-based watershed restoration and 
10.22 	protection strategies.
10.23 	(e) $2,325,000 the first year and $2,325,000 
10.24 	the second year are for water-supply planning, 
10.25 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
10.26 	(f) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 
10.27 	the second year are for technical assistance to 
10.28 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
10.29 	source restoration and protection activities.
10.30 	(g) $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the 
10.31 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
10.32 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
10.33 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
10.34 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
11.1 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
11.2 	elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of 
11.3 	forestry best management practices for water 
11.4 	quality.
11.5 	(h) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
11.6 	second year are for developing county 
11.7 	geologic atlases.
11.8 	(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
11.9 	second year are for maintenance and updates 
11.10 	to buffer maps and for technical guidance on 
11.11 	interpreting buffer maps for local units of 
11.12 	government implementing buffer 
11.13 	requirements. Maps must be provided to local 
11.14 	units of government and made available to 
11.15 	landowners on the Department of Natural 
11.16 	Resources' website.
11.17 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
11.18 	the second year are to acquire permanent 
11.19 	interests in lands in the Mississippi 
11.20 	Headwaters Watershed to protect, enhance, 
11.21 	and restore water quality, while preparing for 
11.22 	climate change through the Minnesota forests 
11.23 	for the future program under Minnesota 
11.24 	Statutes, section 84.66.

11.25
11.26	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	56,269,000
	$
	63,269,000
	
11.27 	(a) $14,711,000 the first year and $14,711,000 
11.28 	the second year are for performance-based 
11.29 	grants with multiyear implementation plans 
11.30 	to local government units. The grants may be 
11.31 	used to implement projects that protect, 
11.32 	enhance, and restore surface water quality in 
11.33 	lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater 
11.34 	from degradation; and protect drinking water 
11.35 	sources. Projects must be identified in a 
12.1 	comprehensive watershed plan developed 
12.2 	under the One Watershed, One Plan or 
12.3 	metropolitan surface water management 
12.4 	frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant 
12.5 	recipients must identify a nonstate match and 
12.6 	may use other legacy funds to supplement 
12.7 	projects funded under this paragraph.
12.8 	(b) $16,300,000 the first year and $16,300,000 
12.9 	the second year are for grants to local 
12.10 	government units to protect and restore surface 
12.11 	water and drinking water; to keep water on 
12.12 	the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water 
12.13 	quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to 
12.14 	protect groundwater and drinking water, 
12.15 	including feedlot water quality and subsurface 
12.16 	sewage treatment system projects and stream 
12.17 	bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
12.18 	and ravine stabilization projects. The projects 
12.19 	must use practices demonstrated to be 
12.20 	effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, 
12.21 	include a match, and be consistent with total 
12.22 	maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation 
12.23 	plans, watershed restoration and protection 
12.24 	strategies (WRAPS), or local water 
12.25 	management plans or their equivalents. A 
12.26 	portion of this money may be used to seek 
12.27 	administrative efficiencies through shared 
12.28 	resources by multiple local governmental 
12.29 	units. Of this appropriation, at least 20 percent 
12.30 	is for land-conservation projects and practices 
12.31 	that benefit drinking water.
12.32 	(c) $6,050,000 the first year and $6,050,000 
12.33 	the second year are for accelerated 
12.34 	implementation, including local resource 
12.35 	protection, enhancement grants, and statewide 
13.1 	analytical targeting tools that fill an identified 
13.2 	gap, program enhancements for technical 
13.3 	assistance, citizen and community outreach, 
13.4 	compliance, and training and certification. By 
13.5 	January 15, 2021, the commissioner must 
13.6 	submit a report to the Clean Water Council 
13.7 	and the chairs and ranking minority members 
13.8 	of the house of representatives and senate 
13.9 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
13.10 	over environment and natural resources and 
13.11 	the clean water fund detailing the outcomes 
13.12 	achieved with this appropriation.
13.13 	(d) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
13.14 	the second year are to provide state oversight 
13.15 	and accountability, evaluate and communicate 
13.16 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
13.17 	measure the value of conservation program 
13.18 	implementation by local governments, 
13.19 	including submitting to the legislature by 
13.20 	March 1 each even-numbered year a biennial 
13.21 	report prepared by the board, in consultation 
13.22 	with the commissioners of natural resources, 
13.23 	health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control 
13.24 	Agency, detailing the recipients, the projects 
13.25 	funded under this section, and the amount of 
13.26 	pollution reduced.
13.27 	(e) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
13.28 	the second year are to provide assistance, 
13.29 	oversight, and grants for supporting local 
13.30 	governments in implementing and complying 
13.31 	with riparian protection and excessive soil loss 
13.32 	requirements.
13.33 	(f) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 
13.34 	the second year are to purchase, restore, or 
13.35 	preserve riparian land adjacent to lakes, rivers, 
14.1 	streams, and tributaries, by easements or 
14.2 	contracts, to keep water on the land to decrease 
14.3 	sediment, pollutant, and nutrient transport; 
14.4 	reduce hydrologic impacts to surface waters; 
14.5 	and increase infiltration for groundwater 
14.6 	recharge. Up to $507,000 is for deposit in a 
14.7 	monitoring and enforcement account.
14.8 	(g) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 
14.9 	the second year are for permanent 
14.10 	conservation easements on wellhead protection 
14.11 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.12 	103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for 
14.13 	grants to local units of government for fee title 
14.14 	acquisition to permanently protect 
14.15 	groundwater supply sources on wellhead 
14.16 	protection areas. Priority must be placed on 
14.17 	land that is located where the vulnerability of 
14.18 	the drinking water supply is designated as high 
14.19 	or very high by the commissioner of health, 
14.20 	where drinking water protection plans have 
14.21 	identified specific activities that will achieve 
14.22 	long-term protection, and on lands with 
14.23 	expiring Conservation Reserve Program 
14.24 	contracts. Up to $182,000 is for deposit in a 
14.25 	monitoring and enforcement account.
14.26 	(h) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
14.27 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
14.28 	panel to conduct at least ten restoration 
14.29 	evaluations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.30 	114D.50, subdivision 6.
14.31 	(i) $2,270,000 the first year and $2,270,000 
14.32 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
14.33 	and grants to local governments to transition 
14.34 	local water management plans to a watershed 
14.35 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
15.1 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
15.2 	114D.
15.3 	(j) $7,500,000 the second year is to purchase 
15.4 	and restore permanent conservation sites via 
15.5 	easements or contracts to treat and store water 
15.6 	on the land for water quality improvement 
15.7 	purposes and related technical assistance. This 
15.8 	work may be done in cooperation with the 
15.9 	United States Department of Agriculture with 
15.10 	a first-priority use to accomplish a 
15.11 	conservation reserve enhancement program, 
15.12 	or equivalent, in the state. Up to $397,000 is 
15.13 	for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement 
15.14 	account.
15.15 	(k) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
15.16 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
15.17 	conservation easements to protect lands 
15.18 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
15.19 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
15.20 	to $338,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
15.21 	enforcement account.
15.22 	(l) $213,000 the first year and $213,000 the 
15.23 	second year are for a program including grants 
15.24 	and contracts to systematically collect data 
15.25 	and produce county, watershed, and statewide 
15.26 	estimates of soil erosion caused by water and 
15.27 	wind along with tracking adoption of 
15.28 	conservation measures, including cover crops, 
15.29 	to address erosion. Up to $175,000 each year 
15.30 	is available for grants to or contracts with the 
15.31 	University of Minnesota to complete this 
15.32 	work.
15.33 	(m) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
15.34 	the second year are for grants or contracts to 
15.35 	local, regional, or tribal government and 
16.1 	nongovernmental organizations to increase 
16.2 	citizen participation in implementing water 
16.3 	quality projects and programs to increase 
16.4 	long-term sustainability of water resources.
16.5 	(n) $500,000 the first year is for grants to 
16.6 	enhance landowner adoption of cover crops 
16.7 	in areas with direct benefits to public water 
16.8 	supplies.
16.9 	(o) The board must contract for delivery of 
16.10 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
16.11 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
16.12 	activities under this section for up to $500,000 
16.13 	the first year and up to $500,000 the second 
16.14 	year.
16.15 	(p) The board may shift grant, cost-share, or 
16.16 	easement funds in this section and may adjust 
16.17 	the technical and administrative assistance 
16.18 	portion of the funds to leverage federal or 
16.19 	other nonstate funds or to address oversight 
16.20 	responsibilities or high-priority drinking water 
16.21 	needs.
16.22 	(q) The board must require grantees to specify 
16.23 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
16.24 	grants before any grant awards.
16.25 	(r) The appropriations in this section are 
16.26 	available until June 30, 2024, except grant 
16.27 	funds are available for five years after the date 
16.28 	a grant is executed. Returned grant funds must 
16.29 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
16.30 	this section.

16.31	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	8,822,000
	$
	12,764,000
	
16.32 	(a) $3,300,000 the first year and $7,242,000 
16.33 	the second year are for addressing public 
16.34 	health concerns related to contaminants found 
17.1 	in Minnesota drinking water for which no 
17.2 	health-based drinking water standards exist; 
17.3 	for developing and adopting at least eight 
17.4 	health risk limits consistent with Minnesota 
17.5 	Statutes, section 144.0751; for improving the 
17.6 	department's capacity to monitor the water 
17.7 	quality of drinking water sources, including 
17.8 	establishing and implementing water quality 
17.9 	monitoring protocols for surface waters used 
17.10 	as a drinking water source; to develop 
17.11 	interventions to improve water quality; and 
17.12 	for the department's laboratory to analyze 
17.13 	unregulated contaminants. By January 15, 
17.14 	2020, the commissioner of health must submit 
17.15 	a preliminary report to the chairs and ranking 
17.16 	minority members of the house of 
17.17 	representatives and senate committees and 
17.18 	divisions with jurisdiction over health policy 
17.19 	and environment and natural resources finance 
17.20 	and policy that identifies the health risk limits 
17.21 	to be developed, the water quality monitoring 
17.22 	protocols to be implemented, the surface 
17.23 	waters to be tested, and the list of 
17.24 	contaminants to be tested for. A final report 
17.25 	detailing the outcomes of this appropriation 
17.26 	and recommendations must be submitted by 
17.27 	the commissioner to the chairs and ranking 
17.28 	minority members by January 15, 2022.
17.29 	(b) $2,747,000 the first year and $2,747,000 
17.30 	the second year are for protecting drinking 
17.31 	water sources.
17.32 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
17.33 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
17.34 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
17.35 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
18.1 	(d) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 the 
18.2 	second year are to develop and deliver 
18.3 	groundwater restoration and protection 
18.4 	strategies on a watershed scale for use in local 
18.5 	comprehensive water planning efforts, to 
18.6 	provide resources to local governments for 
18.7 	activities that protect sources of drinking 
18.8 	water, and to enhance approaches that improve 
18.9 	the capacity of local governmental units to 
18.10 	protect and restore groundwater resources.
18.11 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
18.12 	the second year are for studying the occurrence 
18.13 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
18.14 	wells, including microplastics and 
18.15 	nanoplastics, and developing guidance, 
18.16 	outreach, and interventions to reduce risks to 
18.17 	private-well owners.
18.18 	(f) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
18.19 	second year are for evaluating and addressing 
18.20 	the risks from viruses, bacteria, and protozoa 
18.21 	in groundwater supplies and for evaluating 
18.22 	land uses that may contribute to contamination 
18.23 	of public water systems with these pathogens.
18.24 	(g) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
18.25 	second year are to develop public health 
18.26 	policies and an action plan to address threats 
18.27 	to safe drinking water, including development 
18.28 	of a statewide plan for protecting drinking 
18.29 	water.
18.30 	(h) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
18.31 	second year are to create a road map for water 
18.32 	reuse implementation in Minnesota and to 
18.33 	address research gaps by studying Minnesota 
18.34 	water reuse systems.
19.1 	(i) Unless otherwise specified, the 
19.2 	appropriations in this section are available 
19.3 	until June 30, 2023.

19.4	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	2,890,000
	$
	1,500,000
	
19.5 	(a) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
19.6 	the second year are to implement projects that 
19.7 	address emerging threats to the drinking water 
19.8 	supply, provide cost-effective regional 
19.9 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
19.10 	coordination, support local implementation of 
19.11 	water supply reliability projects, and prevent 
19.12 	degradation of groundwater resources in the 
19.13 	metropolitan area. These projects will provide 
19.14 	communities with:
19.15 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
19.16 	water use by using surface water, storm water, 
19.17 	wastewater, and groundwater;
19.18 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
19.19 	for different alternatives;
19.20 	(3) development of planning-level cost 
19.21 	estimates, including capital costs and operating 
19.22 	costs;
19.23 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms and 
19.24 	an equitable cost-sharing structure for 
19.25 	regionally beneficial water supply 
19.26 	development projects; and
19.27 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
19.28 	models.
19.29 	(b) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
19.30 	second year are for the water demand 
19.31 	reduction grant program to encourage 
19.32 	municipalities in the metropolitan area to 
19.33 	implement measures to reduce water demand 
20.1 	to ensure the reliability and protection of 
20.2 	drinking water supplies.
20.3 	(c) $1,390,000 the first year is for grants or 
20.4 	loans for local inflow and infiltration reduction 
20.5 	programs addressing high-priority areas in the 
20.6 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
20.7 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.

20.8	Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	1,500,000
	$
	1,500,000
	
20.9 	(a) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
20.10 	second year are for developing county 
20.11 	geologic atlases. This appropriation is 
20.12 	available until June 30, 2026.
20.13 	(b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
20.14 	second year are for a program to evaluate 
20.15 	performance and technology transfer for 
20.16 	municipal storm water best management 
20.17 	practices, to evaluate best management 
20.18 	performance and effectiveness to support 
20.19 	meeting total maximum daily loads, to develop 
20.20 	standards and incorporate state-of-the-art 
20.21 	guidance using minimal impact design 
20.22 	standards as the model, and to implement a 
20.23 	system to transfer knowledge and technology 
20.24 	across local government, industry, and 
20.25 	regulatory sectors. This appropriation is 
20.26 	available until June 30, 2026.
20.27 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
20.28 	second year are to increase the efficacy and 
20.29 	cost-effectiveness of nutrient reduction 
20.30 	strategies by developing comprehensive carp 
20.31 	management programs and documenting their 
20.32 	effectiveness.

20.33	Sec. 11. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	9,000
	$
	-0-
	
21.1 	$9,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
21.2 	Coordinating Commission for the website 
21.3 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.4 	3.303, subdivision 10.

21.5 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 
21.6 	to read:
21.7 		Subd. 8.Legislative oversight. The chairs of the house of representatives and senate 
21.8 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources 
21.9 	finance and the clean water fund must convene a joint hearing to review the activities and 
21.10 	evaluate the effectiveness of the Clean Water Council and to receive reports on the council 
21.11 	from the legislative auditor no later than June 30, 2020, and every four years thereafter.

21.12 	ARTICLE 2
21.13 	CLEAN WATER LEGACY ACT MODIFICATIONS

21.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
21.15 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that provides 
21.16 	a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water implementation 
21.17 	tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied at a rate sufficient 
21.18 	to generate a minimum amount determined by the board. The board may award 
21.19 	performance-based, watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance 
21.20 	to local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable 
21.21 	portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management 
21.22 	plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted and 
21.23 	approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government 
21.24 	unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of government to 
21.25 	carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL 
21.26 	implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan according 
21.27 	to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local 
21.28 	water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 
21.29 	103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review 
21.30 	process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based, 
21.31 	watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance on an advanced 
21.32 	basis and may prescribe the amount of local match required. The fee authorized in section 
21.33 	40A.152 may be used as a local match or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish 
22.1 	implementation of comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water 
22.2 	management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under this chapter and 
22.3 	chapter 103C or 103D Performance measures must be included in grant work plans. The 
22.4 	board may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide funding for water management 
22.5 	to local governments.

22.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
22.7 		Subd. 9.Performance-based Criteria. (a) The board shallmust develop and utilize use
22.8 	performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and management 
22.9 	programs and projects. The criteria may include but are not limited to science-based 
22.10 	assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community outreach and 
22.11 	support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program and project 
22.12 	delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
22.13 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board may develop and use eligibility criteria 
22.14 	for state grants or other financial assistance provided to local governments.

22.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.16 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management 
22.17 	plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
22.18 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under this chapter and chapters 
22.19 	103C and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, 
22.20 	science-based approach to watershed management;
22.21 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, 
22.22 	and local capacity;
22.23 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration 
22.24 	and protection strategies under section 114D.26, which may serve to fulfill all or some of 
22.25 	the requirements under chapter 114D;
22.26 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
22.27 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
22.28 	measurable progress; and
22.29 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
22.30 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to 
22.31 	this chapter or chapter 103C or 103D.; and
23.1 	(7) protect sensitive groundwater areas as defined in section 103F.511, subdivision 9, 
23.2 	and be considered and acknowledged by the commissioner of health as providing wellhead 
23.3 	protection measures and supporting wellhead protection planning where relevant.

23.4 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
23.5 		Subd. 4.Plan content. The board shall develop policies for required comprehensive 
23.6 	watershed management plan content consistent with comprehensive local water management 
23.7 	planning. To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 
23.8 	2, plan content must include, at a minimum:
23.9 	(1) an analysis and prioritization of issues and resource concerns;
23.10 	(2) measurable goals to address the issues and concerns, including but not limited to:
23.11 	(i) restoration, protection, and preservation of drinking water sources and natural surface 
23.12 	water and groundwater storage and retention systems;
23.13 	(ii) minimization of public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water 
23.14 	quality problems;
23.15 	(iii) restoration, protection, and improvement of surface water and groundwater quality;
23.16 	(iv) establishment of more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water 
23.17 	and groundwater management;
23.18 	(v) identification of priority areas for wetland enhancement, restoration, and 
23.19 	establishment;
23.20 	(vi) identification of priority areas for riparian zone management and buffers;
23.21 	(vii) prevention of erosion and soil transport into surface water systems;
23.22 	(viii) promotion of groundwater recharge;
23.23 	(ix) protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational 
23.24 	facilities; and
23.25 	(x) securing other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and 
23.26 	groundwater;
23.27 	(3) a targeted implementation schedule describing at a minimum the actions, locations, 
23.28 	timeline, estimated costs, method of measurement, and identification of roles and responsible 
23.29 	government units;
24.1 	(4) a description of implementation programs, including how the implementation schedule 
24.2 	will be achieved and how the plan will be administered and coordinated between local water 
24.3 	management responsibilities; and
24.4 	(5) a land and water resource inventory.

24.5 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
24.6 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 
24.7 	30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans 
24.8 	consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of completing 
24.9 	statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. The 
24.10 	metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan. The board may 
24.11 	amend the transition plan no more than once every two years.
24.12 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support 
24.13 	development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this 
24.14 	section.

24.15 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.16 	read:
24.17 		Subd. 3a.Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water 
24.18 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.

24.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.20 	read:
24.21 		Subd. 3b.Comprehensive watershed management plan. "Comprehensive watershed 
24.22 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a.

24.23 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
24.24 		Subd. 7.Restoration. "Restoration" means actions, including effectiveness monitoring, 
24.25 	that are taken to pursue, achieve, and maintain water quality standards for impaired waters 
24.26 	in accordance with a TMDL that has been approved by the United States Environmental 
24.27 	Protection Agency under federal TMDL requirements.

24.28 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
24.29 		Subd. 11.TMDL implementation plan. "TMDL implementation plan" means a 
24.30 	document detailing restoration strategies or activities needed to meet the approved TMDL's
25.1 	TMDL pollutant load allocations for point and nonpoint sources. This could include a 
25.2 	WRAPS, a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water 
25.3 	management plan, or another document or strategy that the commissioner of the Pollution 
25.4 	Control Agency determines to be, in whole or in part, sufficient to provide reasonable 
25.5 	assurance of achieving applicable water quality standards.

25.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
25.7 		Subd. 13.Watershed restoration and protection strategy or WRAPS. "Watershed 
25.8 	restoration and protection strategy" or "WRAPS" means a document summarizing scientific 
25.9 	studies of a major watershed no larger than at approximately a hydrologic unit code 8 
25.10 	including the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality of the 
25.11 	watershed; identification of impairments and water bodies in need of protection; identification 
25.12 	of biotic stressors and sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint; TMDLs for the 
25.13 	impairments; and an implementation table containingscale with strategies and actions
25.14 	designed to achieve and maintain water quality standards and goals.

25.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
25.16 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the implementation 
25.17 	of this chapter:
25.18 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements within 
25.19 	ten years after May 23, 2006, and thereafter to ensure continuing evaluation of surface 
25.20 	waters for impairments;
25.21 	(2) to submit TMDLs to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
25.22 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
25.23 	(3) to set a reasonable time inform and support strategies for implementing restoration 
25.24 	of each identified impaired water and protection activities in a reasonable time period;
25.25 	(4) to systematically evaluate waters, to provide assistance and incentives to prevent 
25.26 	waters from becoming impaired, and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as 
25.27 	impaired but do not have an approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
25.28 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
25.29 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
25.30 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
26.1 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater according 
26.2 	to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
26.3 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater.

26.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
26.5 		Subd. 3.Implementation policies. The following policies must guide the implementation 
26.6 	of this chapter:
26.7 	(1) develop regional and, multiple pollutant, or watershed TMDLs and TMDL 
26.8 	implementation plans, and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans for multiple pollutants
26.9 	or WRAPSs, where reasonable and feasible;
26.10 	(2) maximize use of available organizational, technical, and financial resources to perform 
26.11 	sampling, monitoring, and other activities to identify degraded groundwater and impaired 
26.12 	waters, including use of citizen monitoring and citizen monitoring data used by the Pollution 
26.13 	Control Agency in assessing water quality that meets the requirements in Appendix D of 
26.14 	the Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring Guide, Minnesotaestablished by the commissioner 
26.15 	of the Pollution Control Agency (2003);
26.16 	(3) maximize opportunities for restoration of degraded groundwater and impaired waters, 
26.17 	by prioritizing and targeting of available programmatic, financial, and technical resources 
26.18 	and by providing additional state resources to complement and leverage available resources;
26.19 	(4) use existing regulatory authorities to achieve restoration for point and nonpoint 
26.20 	sources of pollution where applicable, and promote the development and use of effective 
26.21 	nonregulatory measures to address pollution sources for which regulations are not applicable;
26.22 	(5) use restoration methods that have a demonstrated effectiveness in reducing 
26.23 	impairments and provide the greatest long-term positive impact on water quality protection 
26.24 	and improvement and related conservation benefits while incorporating innovative approaches 
26.25 	on a case-by-case basis;
26.26 	(6) identify for the legislature any innovative approaches that may strengthen or 
26.27 	complement existing programs;
26.28 	(7) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent surface waters from 
26.29 	becoming impaired and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but have 
26.30 	no approved TMDL addressing the impairment using the best available data and technology, 
26.31 	and establish and report outcome-based performance measures that monitor the progress 
26.32 	and effectiveness of protection and restoration measures;
27.1 	(8) monitor and enforce cost-sharing contracts and impose monetary damages in an 
27.2 	amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received for failure to comply; and
27.3 	(9) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent groundwater from 
27.4 	becoming degraded and measures that restore groundwater resources.

27.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
27.6 		Subd. 5.Priorities for scheduling and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs. The 
27.7 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must seek recommendations from the Clean 
27.8 	Water Council shall recommend, the commissioners of natural resources, health, and 
27.9 	agriculture, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources regarding priorities for scheduling 
27.10 	and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans, taking into account 
27.11 	the severity. Recommendations must consider the causes of the impairment impairments, 
27.12 	the designated uses of those the waters, and other applicable federal TMDL requirements. 
27.13 	In recommending priorities, the council shall also give consideration to, surface water and 
27.14 	groundwater interactions, protection of high-quality waters, waters and watersheds with 
27.15 	declining water quality trends, and waters used as drinking water sources. Furthermore, 
27.16 	consideration must be given to waters and watersheds:
27.17 	(1) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to human health;
27.18 	(2) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to threatened or endangered 
27.19 	species;
27.20 	(3) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to aquatic health;
27.21 	(4) where other public agencies and participating organizations and individuals, especially 
27.22 	local, basinwide basin-wide, watershed, or regional agencies or organizations, have 
27.23 	demonstrated readiness to assist in carrying out the responsibilities, including availability 
27.24 	and organization of human, technical, and financial resources necessary to undertake the 
27.25 	work; and
27.26 	(5) where there is demonstrated coordination and cooperation among cities, counties, 
27.27 	watershed districts, and soil and water conservation districts in planning and implementation 
27.28 	of activities that will assist in carrying out the responsibilities.

27.29 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
27.30 		Subd. 7.Priorities for funding prevention actions. The Clean Water Council shall 
27.31 	apply the priorities applicable under subdivision 6, as far as practicable, when recommending 
27.32 	priorities for funding actions to prevent groundwater and surface waters from becoming 
28.1 	degraded or impaired and to improve the quality of surface waters that are listed as impaired 
28.2 	but do not have an approved TMDL.

28.3 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.4 	to read:
28.5 		Subd. 8.Alternatives; TMDL, TMDL implementation plan, or WRAPS. (a) If the 
28.6 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines that a comprehensive watershed 
28.7 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan contains information that 
28.8 	is sufficient and consistent with guidance from the United States Environmental Protection 
28.9 	Agency under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the commissioner may submit 
28.10 	the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency according to federal TMDL requirements 
28.11 	as an alternative to developing a TMDL after consultation with affected national pollutant 
28.12 	discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit holders.
28.13 	(b) A TMDL implementation plan or a WRAPS, or portions thereof, are not needed for 
28.14 	waters or watersheds when the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines 
28.15 	that a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water management 
28.16 	plan, or a statewide or regional strategy published by the Pollution Control Agency meets 
28.17 	the definition in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13.
28.18 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request that the Board of 
28.19 	Water and Soil Resources conduct an evaluation of the implementation efforts under a 
28.20 	comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management 
28.21 	plan when the commissioner makes a determination under paragraph (b). The board must 
28.22 	conduct the evaluation in accordance with section 103B.102.
28.23 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may amend or revoke a 
28.24 	determination made under paragraph (a) or (b) after considering the evaluation conducted 
28.25 	under paragraph (c).

28.26 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.27 	to read:
28.28 		Subd. 9.Coordinating municipal and local water quality activities. A project, practice, 
28.29 	or program for water quality improvement or protection that is conducted by a watershed 
28.30 	management organization or a local government unit with a comprehensive watershed 
28.31 	management plan or other water management plan approved according to chapter 103B, 
28.32 	103C, or 103D may be considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
28.33 	as contributing to the requirements of a storm water pollution prevention program (SWPPP) 
29.1 	for a municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit unless the project, practice, or 
29.2 	program was previously documented as contributing to a different SWPPP for an MS4 
29.3 	permit. The commissioner of health may determine that a comprehensive watershed 
29.4 	management plan or a comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, is 
29.5 	sufficient to fulfill the requirements of wellhead protection plans.

29.6 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.26, is amended to read:
29.7 	114D.26 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES.
29.8 		Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
29.9 	develop watershed restoration and protection strategies. To ensure effectiveness and 
29.10 	accountability in meeting the goals of this chapter, for the purposes of:
29.11 	(1) summarizing the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality 
29.12 	of the watershed;
29.13 	(2) quantifying impairments and risks to water quality;
29.14 	(3) describing the causes of impairments and pollution sources;
29.15 	(4) consolidating TMDLs in a major watershed; and
29.16 	(5) informing comprehensive local water management plans and comprehensive 
29.17 	watershed management plans.
29.18 	(b) Each WRAPS shall must:
29.19 	(1) identify impaired waters and waters in need of protection;
29.20 	(2) identify biotic stressors causing impairments or threats to water quality;
29.21 	(3) summarize TMDLs, watershed modeling outputs, and resulting pollution load 
29.22 	allocations, wasteload allocations, and priority areas for targeting actions to improve water 
29.23 	quality identify areas with high pollutant-loading rates;
29.24 	(4) identify point sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge elimination 
29.25 	system permit is required under section 115.03;
29.26 	(5) identify nonpoint sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge 
29.27 	elimination system permit is not required under section 115.03, with sufficient specificity 
29.28 	to prioritize and geographically locate watershed restoration and protection actions;
29.29 	(6) describe the current pollution loading and load reduction needed for each source or 
29.30 	source category to meet water quality standards and goals, including wasteload and load 
29.31 	allocations from TMDLs;
30.1 	(7) contain a plan for ongoing (4) in consultation with local governments and other state 
30.2 	agencies, identify water quality monitoring needed to fill data gaps, determine changing 
30.3 	conditions, and or gauge implementation effectiveness; and
30.4 	(8) (5) contain an implementation table of strategies and actions that are capable of 
30.5 	cumulatively achieving needed pollution load reductions for point and nonpoint sources, 
30.6 	including identifying:
30.7 	(i) water quality parameters of concern;
30.8 	(ii) current water quality conditions;
30.9 	(iii) water quality goals, strategies, and targets by parameter of concern; and
30.10 	(iv) strategies and actions by parameter of concern and an example of the scale of 
30.11 	adoptions needed for each; with a timeline to meet the water quality restoration or protection 
30.12 	goals of this chapter.
30.13 	(v) a timeline for achievement of water quality targets;
30.14 	(vi) the governmental units with primary responsibility for implementing each watershed 
30.15 	restoration or protection strategy; and
30.16 	(vii) a timeline and interim milestones for achievement of watershed restoration or 
30.17 	protection implementation actions within ten years of strategy adoption.
30.18 		Subd. 1a.Coordination. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in 
30.19 	meeting the goals of this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in 
30.20 	consultation with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and local government units, must 
30.21 	coordinate the schedule, budget, scope, and use of a WRAPS and related documents and 
30.22 	processes.
30.23 		Subd. 2.Reporting. Beginning July 1, 2016, and every other year thereafter, the 
30.24 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report on its the agency's website the 
30.25 	progress toward implementation milestones and water quality goals for all adopted TMDLs 
30.26 	and, where available, WRAPSs.
30.27 		Subd. 3.Timelines; administration. Each year, (a) The commissioner of the Pollution 
30.28 	Control Agency must complete WRAPSs for at least ten percent of watershed restoration 
30.29 	and protection strategies for the state's major watersheds. WRAPS shall be by June 30, 
30.30 	2023, unless the commissioner determines that a comprehensive watershed management 
30.31 	plan or comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, meets the definition 
30.32 	in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13. As needed, the commissioner must update the 
31.1 	strategies, in whole or in part, after consulting with the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
31.2 	and local government units.
31.3 	(b) Watershed restoration and protection strategies are governed by the procedures for 
31.4 	approval and notice in section 114D.25, subdivisions 2 and 4, except that WRAPS the 
31.5 	strategies need not be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

31.6 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.7 		Subdivision 1.Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private 
31.8 	entities involved in the implementation of implementing this chapter shall must encourage 
31.9 	participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners and, land
31.10 	managers, and public and private organizations, in identifying impaired waters, in developing 
31.11 	TMDLs, in planning, priority setting, and implementing restoration of impaired waters, in 
31.12 	identifying degraded groundwater, and in protecting and restoring groundwater resources.
31.13 	(b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall must make 
31.14 	reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about 
31.15 	impaired waters that have been identified by the agency. The agency shall seek broad and 
31.16 	early public and stakeholder participation in scoping the activities necessary to develop a 
31.17 	TMDL, including the scientific models, methods, and approaches to be used in TMDL 
31.18 	development, and to implement restoration pursuant to section 114D.15, subdivision 7 and 
31.19 	to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL.
31.20 	(c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in 
31.21 	implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed 
31.22 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to 
31.23 	inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders.
31.24 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil 
31.25 	Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local 
31.26 	government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be 
31.27 	accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and 
31.28 	private-sector organizations.

31.29 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
31.30 		Subd. 3.Education. The Clean Water Council shall must develop strategies for 
31.31 	informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others 
31.32 	regarding the identification of impaired waters, development of TMDLs, development of 
32.1 	TMDL implementation plans, implementation of restoration for impaired waters, 
32.2 	identification of degraded groundwater, and protection and restoration of groundwater 
32.3 	resources this chapter. Public agencies shall be are responsible for implementing the 
32.4 	strategies.

32.5 	Sec. 20. [114D.47] NONPOINT FUNDING ALTERNATIVE.
32.6 	Notwithstanding section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
32.7 	may, by board order, establish alternative timelines or content for the priority funding plan 
32.8 	for nonpoint sources under section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, and may use information from 
32.9 	comprehensive watershed management plans or comprehensive local water management 
32.10 	plans to estimate or summarize costs.