Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1651

2E Appropriating money for natural resource purposes from the clean water
fund

ARTICLE 1 - CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money from
the clean water fund to department of natural resources for nonpoint source
restoration and protection activities; for targeted nonpoint source pollution
reduction projects including appropriations to the board of water and soil
resources and the Anoka conservation district for water quality and restoration
projects; to the board of water and soil resources for nonpoint restoration
technical assistance and engineering, subsurface sewage treatment system program
implementation, failing subsurface sewage treatment systems, feedlot water
quality grants, local nonpoint source activity support and certain shorleline
protection and restoration grants, for a grant to Hennepin county for stream
bank stabilization and water quality restoration, to the pollution control
agency for a restoration project in the lower St. Louis river and Duluth harbor,
to department of natural resources to develop and adopt rules for the
Mississippi river corridor critical area; to the board of water and soil
resources for state oversight, support and accountability of water quality
projects, to department of agriculture for the agriculture best management
practices loan program, specifying administration of certain appropriations;
appropriating money for point source protection to the public facilities
authority for total maximum daily load (TMDL) grants, for phosphorus reduction
grants, for small community wastewater treatment grants and loans, for
wastewater reuse pilot projects and grants to certain ethanol plants, specifying
certain appropriation conditions; appropriating money to the pollution control
agency for assessments and monitoring of surface water quality and trends, for
grants to the Red River Watershed Management board for certain river watch
activities, for coordination with the state of Wisconsin and the National Park
Service for certain comprehensive water monitoring and phosphorus reduction
activities, to the pollution control agency for endocrine disruptor monitoring
and analysis, to department of natural resources for identifying impaired waters
through water quality assessments, to commissioner of agriculture for certain
pesticide monitoring and assessment, to pollution control agency and the
department of natural resources for TMDL development and implementation plans
for certain waters, to department of agriculture for technical assistance in
developing TMDL plans, specifying certain appropriation conditions;
appropriating money to the groundwater and drinking water protection services
including to the pollution control agency and department of natural resources
groundwater assessment and drinking water protection, to department of health
for drinking water contaminant assessment and source water protection and
preservation, to metropolitan council for the master water supply plan
implementation, to department of agriculture for groundwater assessment and
drinking water protection activities, specifying certain appropriation
conditions; appropriating money for education and public engagement purposes
including appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources for
grants for civic engagement and education in water restoration and protection
activities for nonpoint sources, providing grants to the Star lake board for
increased citizen involvement in water quality enhancement, appropriating money
to the pollution control agency for civic engagement in TDML development,
specifying certain appropriation conditions; appropriating money for research
and tool development purposes including to the department of agriculture for
certain agricultural practice research, evaluations and effectiveness of
monitoring of agricultural practices involved in the restoration of public
waters, to the South Central service cooperative to develop a water ecology
pilot program, to the livestock environmental quality assurance program for
water quality assessment purposes, to the board of regents of the University of
Minnesota for a geological survey to continue and to initiate the production of
county geologic atlases, to commissioner of natural resources to acquire and
distribute high-resolution elevation data to aid impaired waters, to the
University of Minnesota for the development of a statewide sustainable water
resources framework, specifying certain conditions of appropriation;
establishing the Mississippi river corridor critical area and defining its
purpose, specifying administration and duties, authorizing commissioner of
natural resources to establish districts within the area, directing the
commissioner to establish minimum guidelines and standards for the districts,
specifying certain application of standards, requiring local unit of governments
or state agencies to notify the commissioner within a certain amount of time
before taking action on an application, specifying late fees for late
notification, directing commissioner to adopt rules for compliance

ARTICLE 2
- GENERAL PROVISIONS

Authorizing the legislative coordinating commission to
establish and maintain a web site to provide information on all projects
receiving appropriations in the Legacy Act, appropriating money; directing the
legislative coordinating commission to sponsor a contest to design a logo to use
on signage for projects receiving money from the outdoor heritage fund, the
clean water fund and the parks and trails fund; requiring legislative
committees, divisions and councils responsible for recommending expenditures to
the full legislature from the outdoor heritage fund, the clean water fund and
the parks and trails fund to develop a 25-year strategic plan for the
expenditures that will be recommended from the funds
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