1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying feedlot permit provisions to require certain 
1.3 	manure management plans;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116.0711, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116.0711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Conditions. (a) The agency shall not require feedlot permittees to maintain 
1.8 	records as to rainfall or snowfall as a condition of a general feedlot permit if the owner 
1.9 	directs the commissioner or agent of the commissioner to appropriate data on precipitation 
1.10 	maintained by a government agency or educational institution.
1.11 	(b) A feedlot permittee shall give notice to the agency when the permittee proposes to 
1.12 	transfer ownership or control of the feedlot to a new party. The commissioner shall not 
1.13 	unreasonably withhold or unreasonably delay approval of any transfer request. This request 
1.14 	shall be handled in accordance with sections 116.07 and 15.992.
1.15 	(c) An animal feedlot in shoreland that has been unused may resume operation after 
1.16 	obtaining a permit from the agency or county, regardless of the number of years that the 
1.17 	feedlot was unused.
1.18 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, chapter 7020, a person who applies manure in a 
1.19 	Level 2 or higher drinking water supply management area as designated under Minnesota 
1.20 	Rules, part 1573.0040, must follow a manure management plan approved by the 
1.21 	commissioner. A manure management plan for a Level 2 or higher drinking water supply 
1.22 	management area must include the Department of Agriculture's recommended best 
2.1 	management practices that are published on the department website for that drinking water 
2.2 	supply management area.