HF 240

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 01/24/2019 03:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for cleanup of the WDE site
in Anoka County; repealing the appropriation of environment and natural resources
trust fund appropriation bonds for the same project; authorizing the sale and
issuance of state bonds; amending Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 6, section 4,
subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 6, section 4, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6. Pollution Control Agency

To the Pollution Control Agency for the
purposes specified in this section.

deleted text begin (1) Anoka County-Waste Disposal Engineering Closed Landfill deleted text end

deleted text begin 6,000,000 deleted text end

deleted text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
116P.08, subdivision 2, to design and
construct remedial systems, including cleanup
and removal of a leaking hazardous waste pit
and protection of groundwater, at the Waste
Disposal Engineering site in Anoka County
in accordance with the closed landfill program
under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115B.39
to 115B.42.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) deleted text end Lake Redwood Reclamation

7,300,000

For a grant to the Redwood-Cottonwood
Rivers Control Area, a joint powers entity, to
predesign, design, construct, and equip the
reservoir reclamation and enhancement of the
66-acre Lake Redwood Reservoir, to remove
approximately 650,000 cubic yards of
sediment and increase its depth from
approximately 2.8 feet to 20 feet in order to
secure renewable energy capacity of the
hydroelectric dam which is impeded by lack
of water capacity, reduce the flow of pollutants
to the Minnesota River, and increase fish
habitat and enhance recreational opportunities.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2. new text begin WDE LANDFILL CLEANUP.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $10,300,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Pollution Control Agency to design and construct remedial systems, including
cleanup and removal of a leaking hazardous waste pit and protection of groundwater at the
Waste Disposal Engineering site in Anoka County in accordance with the closed landfill
cleanup program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445. This appropriation
is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.642.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $10,300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end