HF 639

1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/15/2021 04:48pm

A bill for an act
relating to clean water; appropriating money from clean water fund; providing for
soil and water conservation district fee and county eligibility for certain funding;
requiring rulemaking; requiring studies and reports; amending Minnesota Statutes
2020, section 114D.50, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103C.

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

Section 1. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS. new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the clean water fund
and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this act mean
that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year ending June
30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second
year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2022 and 2023. These are onetime
appropriations.
new text end

			new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end
			new text begin Available for the Year new text end
			new text begin Ending June 30 new text end
				new text begin 2022 new text end		new text begin 2023 new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin CLEAN WATER FUND new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 126,711,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 130,081,000 new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the clean water
fund. The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following sections.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriation new text end

new text begin Money appropriated in this act may not be
spent on activities unless they are directly
related to and necessary for a specific
appropriation. Money appropriated in this act
must be spent in accordance with Minnesota
Management and Budget MMB Guidance to
Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditure.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this
act, fiscal year 2022 appropriations are
available until June 30, 2023, and fiscal year
2023 appropriations are available until June
30, 2024. If a project receives federal funds,
the period of the appropriation is extended to
equal the availability of federal funding.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Disability Access new text end

new text begin Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean
water funds, in consultation with the Council
on Disability and other appropriate
governor-appointed disability councils, boards,
committees, and commissions, should make
progress toward providing people with
disabilities greater access to programs, print
publications, and digital media related to the
programs the recipient funds using
appropriations made in this act.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 10,144,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 10,144,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the
second year are to increase monitoring for
pesticides, pesticide degradates, microplastics,
and nanoplastics in surface water and
groundwater and to use data collected to assess
pesticide use practices. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2025.
new text end

new text begin (b) $2,503,000 the first year and $2,503,000
the second year are for monitoring and
evaluating trends in the concentration of
nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to
groundwater degradation; promoting,
developing, and evaluating regional and
crop-specific nutrient best management
practices; assessing adoption of best
management practices; education and technical
support from University of Minnesota
Extension; grants to support agricultural
demonstration and implementation activities,
including research activities at the Rosholt
Research Farm; and other actions to protect
groundwater from degradation from nitrate.
This appropriation is available until June 30,
2026.
new text end

new text begin (c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the
second year are for administering clean water
funds managed through the agriculture best
management practices loan program. Any
unencumbered balance at the end of the second
year must be added to the corpus of the loan
fund.
new text end

new text begin (d) $1,452,000 the first year and $1,452,000
the second year are for technical assistance,
research, and demonstration projects on
properly implementing best management
practices and more-precise information on
nonpoint contributions to impaired waters and
for grants to support on-farm demonstration
of agricultural practices. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2026.
new text end

new text begin (e) $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the
second year are for maintenance of the
Minnesota Water Research Digital Library.
Costs for information technology development
or support for the digital library may be paid
to the Office of MN.IT Services. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
new text end

new text begin (f) $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000
the second year are to implement the
Minnesota agricultural water quality
certification program statewide. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
new text end

new text begin (g) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the
second year are for a regional irrigation water
quality specialist through University of
Minnesota Extension. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2025.
new text end

new text begin (h) $2,250,000 the first year and $2,250,000
the second year are for grants to fund the
Forever Green agriculture initiative and to
protect the state's natural resources by
incorporating perennial and winter-annual
crops into existing agricultural practices. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
new text end

new text begin (i) $339,000 the first year and $339,000 the
second year are for testing private wells for
pesticides, microplastics, and nanoplastics
where nitrate is detected as part of the
township testing program. This appropriation
is available until June 30, 2026.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 21,411,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 22,426,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $7,216,000 the first year and $7,216,000
the second year are for completing needed
statewide assessments of surface water quality
and trends, including assessments for
microplastics and nanoplastics, according to
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D.
new text end

new text begin (b) $6,604,000 the first year and $6,604,000
the second year are to develop watershed
restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS),
which include total maximum daily load
(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation
plans according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter
114D, for waters on the impaired waters list
approved by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency. The agency must complete
an average of ten percent of the TMDLs each
year over the biennium.
new text end

new text begin (c) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the
second year are for groundwater assessment,
including assessments for microplastics and
nanoplastics, enhancing the ambient
monitoring network, modeling, evaluating
trends, and reassessing groundwater that was
assessed ten to 15 years ago and found to be
contaminated.
new text end

new text begin (d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are for implementing the St. Louis
River System Area of Concern Remedial
Action Plan.
new text end

new text begin (e) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the
second year are for national pollutant
discharge elimination system wastewater and
stormwater TMDL implementation efforts.
new text end

new text begin (f) $2,662,000 the first year and $2,662,000
the second year are for enhancing the
county-level delivery systems for subsurface
sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities
necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes,
sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protecting
groundwater. This appropriation includes base
grants for all counties with SSTS programs
and competitive grants to counties with
specific plans to significantly reduce water
pollution by reducing the number of systems
that are an imminent threat to public health or
safety or are otherwise failing. Counties that
receive base grants must report the number of
properties with noncompliant systems
upgraded through an SSTS replacement,
connection to a centralized sewer system, or
other means, including property abandonment
or buyout. Counties also must report the
number of existing SSTS compliance
inspections conducted in areas under county
jurisdiction. The required reports must be part
of the established annual reporting for SSTS
programs. Of this amount, at least $900,000
each year is available to counties for grants to
low-income landowners to address systems
that pose an imminent threat to public health
or safety or fail to protect groundwater. A
grant awarded under this paragraph may not
exceed $40,000 annually. A county receiving
a grant under this paragraph must submit a
report to the agency listing the projects funded,
including an account of the expenditures. By
January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the
commissioner must submit a report to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees and divisions with
jurisdiction over environment and natural
resources and the clean water fund detailing
the outcomes achieved under this paragraph
for the previous two years.
new text end

new text begin (g) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the
second year are for accelerated implementation
of municipal separate storm sewer system
(MS4) permit requirements, including
additional technical assistance to
municipalities experiencing difficulties
understanding and implementing the basic
requirements of the municipal stormwater
program.
new text end

new text begin (h) $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the
second year are for a grant program for
sanitary sewer projects that are included in the
draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park
Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to
restore the water quality of waters in
Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be
awarded to local government units for projects
approved by the Voyageurs National Park
Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be
matched by at least 25 percent from sources
other than the clean water fund.
new text end

new text begin (i) $260,000 the first year and $260,000 the
second year are for activities, training, and
grants that reduce chloride pollution.
new text end

new text begin (j) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are to support activities of the
Clean Water Council according to Minnesota
Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1. The
council may use money appropriated in this
paragraph for consultants and other assistance
as needed to develop the reports required
under this act.
new text end

new text begin (k) $669,000 the first year and $1,684,000 the
second year are to develop protocols for
testing groundwater and surface water for
microplastics and nanoplastics to be used by
agencies and departments required to monitor
and test for plastics under this act and to begin
testing and implementation. For the purposes
of this act, "microplastics" are small pieces of
plastic debris in the environment resulting
from the disposal and breakdown of consumer
products and industrial waste that are less than
five millimeters in length and "nanoplastics"
are particles within a size ranging from one to
1000 nanometers that are unintentionally
produced from the manufacture or degradation
of plastic objects and that exhibit a colloidal
behavior.
new text end

new text begin (l) Any unencumbered grant balances in the
first year do not cancel but are available for
grants in the second year. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the
appropriations in this section are available
until June 30, 2026.
new text end

Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 9,030,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,671,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000
the second year are for streamflow monitoring.
new text end

new text begin (b) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for lake Index of
Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments,
including assessments for microplastics and
nanoplastics.
new text end

new text begin (c) $70,000 the first year and $66,000 the
second year are for assessing mercury,
microplastics, and nanoplastics, and other fish
contaminants, including monitoring to track
the status of impaired waters over time.
new text end

new text begin (d) $1,900,000 the first year and $1,900,000
the second year are for developing targeted,
science-based watershed restoration and
protection strategies.
new text end

new text begin (e) $1,850,000 the first year and $1,850,000
the second year are for water-supply planning,
aquifer protection, and monitoring activities
and analysis.
new text end

new text begin (f) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000
the second year are for technical assistance to
support local implementation of nonpoint
source restoration and protection activities.
new text end

new text begin (g) $535,000 the first year and $530,000 the
second year are for applied research and tools,
including watershed hydrologic modeling;
maintaining and updating spatial data for
watershed boundaries, streams, and water
bodies and integrating high-resolution digital
elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of
forestry best management practices for water
quality.
new text end

new text begin (h) $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the
second year are for maintaining and updating
buffer maps and for technical guidance on
interpreting buffer maps for local units of
government implementing buffer
requirements. Maps must be provided to local
units of government and made available to
landowners on the Department of Natural
Resources website.
new text end

new text begin (i) $350,000 the first year is to develop and
designate a groundwater management area
under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.287,
subdivision 4, in Dakota County.
new text end

Sec. 6. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 65,078,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 69,178,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $21,782,000 the first year and $21,782,000
the second year are for performance-based
grants with multiyear implementation plans
to local government units. The grants may be
used to implement projects that protect,
enhance, and restore surface water quality in
lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater
from degradation; and protect drinking water
sources. Projects must be identified in a
comprehensive watershed plan developed
under the One Watershed, One Plan and
seven-county metropolitan groundwater or
surface water management frameworks as
provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters
103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Grant recipients
must identify a nonstate match and may use
other legacy funds to supplement projects
funded under this paragraph. This
appropriation may be used for:
new text end

new text begin (1) implementation grants to watershed
planning areas with approved plans, including
but not limited to Buffalo-Red River, Cannon
River, Cedar River, Clearwater River, Des
Moines River, Hawk Creek, Lac qui Parle
Yellow Bank, Lake of the Woods, Lake
Superior North, Le Seuer River, Leech Lake
River, Long Prairie River, Lower Minnesota
River North, Lower Minnesota River West,
Lower Minnesota River South, Lower St.
Croix River, Marsh and Wild Rice, Middle
Snake Tamarack Rivers, Mississippi East,
Mississippi River Headwaters, Mississippi
West, Missouri River Basin, Mustinka/Bois
de Sioux, Nemadji River, North Fork Crow
River, Otter Tail, Pine River, Pomme de Terre
River, Red Lake River, Redeye River, Root
River, Rum River, Sauk River, Shell Rock
River/Winnebago Watershed, Snake River,
South Fork Crow River, St. Louis River, Thief
River, Two Rivers Plus, Vermillion,
Watonwan River, Winona La Crescent,
Yellow Medicine River, and Zumbro River;
new text end

new text begin (2) seven-county metropolitan groundwater
or surface water management frameworks;
and
new text end

new text begin (3) other comprehensive watershed
management plan planning areas that have a
board-approved and local-government-adopted
plan as authorized in Minnesota Statutes,
section 103B.801.
new text end

new text begin The board may determine whether a planning
area is not ready to proceed, does not have the
nonstate match committed, or has not
expended all money granted to it. Upon
making the determination, the board may
allocate a grant's proposed or unexpended
allocation to another planning area to
implement priority projects, programs, or
practices.
new text end

new text begin (b) $11,133,000 the first year and $11,133,000
the second year are for grants to local
government units to protect and restore surface
water and drinking water; to keep water on
the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water
quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to
protect groundwater and drinking water,
including feedlot water quality and subsurface
sewage treatment system projects and stream
bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration,
and ravine stabilization projects. The projects
must use practices demonstrated to be
effective, be of long-lasting public benefit,
include a match, and be consistent with total
maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation
plans, watershed restoration and protection
strategies (WRAPS), or local water
management plans or their equivalents. Up to
20 percent of this appropriation is available
for land-treatment projects and practices that
benefit drinking water.
new text end

new text begin (c) $4,841,000 the first year and $4,841,000
the second year are for accelerated
implementation, local resource protection,
enhancement grants, statewide analytical
targeting or technology tools that fill an
identified gap, program enhancements for
technical assistance, citizen and community
outreach, compliance, and training and
certification.
new text end

new text begin (d) $1,355,000 the first year and $1,355,000
the second year are:
new text end

new text begin (1) to provide state oversight and
accountability, evaluate and communicate
results, provide implementation tools, and
measure the value of conservation program
implementation by local governments; and
new text end

new text begin (2) to prepare, in consultation with the
commissioners of natural resources, health,
agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency,
and submit to the legislature by March 1 each
even-numbered year a biennial report detailing
the recipients and projects funded under this
section and the amount of pollution reduced.
new text end

new text begin (e) $1,936,000 the first year and $1,936,000
the second year are to provide assistance,
oversight, and grants for supporting local
governments in implementing and complying
with riparian protection and excessive soil loss
requirements.
new text end

new text begin (f) $1,936,000 the first year and $1,936,000
the second year are to develop a pilot working
lands floodplain program and to purchase,
restore, or preserve riparian land and
floodplains adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams,
and tributaries, by conservation easements or
contracts to keep water on the land, to decrease
sediment, pollutant, and nutrient transport;
reduce hydrologic impacts to surface waters;
and increase infiltration for groundwater
recharge. Up to $180,000 is for deposit in a
monitoring and enforcement account.
new text end

new text begin (g) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000
the second year are for permanent
conservation easements on wellhead protection
areas under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for
grants to local units of government for fee title
acquisition to permanently protect
groundwater supply sources on wellhead
protection areas or for otherwise ensuring
long-term protection of groundwater supply
sources as described under alternative
management tools in the Department of
Agriculture Minnesota Nitrogen Fertilizer
Management Plan, including using
low-nitrogen cropping systems or
implementing nitrogen fertilizer best
management practices. Priority must be placed
on land that is located where the vulnerability
of the drinking water supply is designated as
high or very high by the commissioner of
health, where drinking water protection plans
have identified specific activities that will
achieve long-term protection, and on lands
with expiring conservation reserve program
contracts. Up to $100,000 is for deposit in a
monitoring and enforcement account.
new text end

new text begin (h) $42,000 the first year and $42,000 the
second year are for a technical evaluation
panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations
under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50,
subdivision 6.
new text end

new text begin (i) $2,904,000 the first year and $2,904,000
the second year are for assistance, oversight,
and grants to local governments to transition
local water management plans to a watershed
approach as provided for in Minnesota
Statutes, section 103B.801.
new text end

new text begin (j) $2,000,000 the second year is to purchase
and restore permanent conservation sites via
easements or contracts to treat and store water
on the land for water quality improvement
purposes and related technical assistance. This
work may be done in cooperation with the
United States Department of Agriculture with
a first-priority use to accomplish a
conservation reserve enhancement program,
or equivalent, in the state. Up to $100,000 is
for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement
account.
new text end

new text begin (k) $1,234,000 the first year and $1,234,000
the second year are to purchase permanent
conservation easements to protect lands
adjacent to public waters that have good water
quality but that are threatened with
degradation. Up to $300,000 is for deposit in
a monitoring and enforcement account.
new text end

new text begin (l) $362,000 the first year and $362,000 the
second year are for grants or contracts for a
program to systematically collect data and
produce county, watershed, and statewide
estimates of soil erosion caused by water and
wind, along with tracking adoption of
conservation measures, including cover crops,
to address erosion. This appropriation may be
used for grants to or contracts with the
University of Minnesota to complete this
work.
new text end

new text begin (m) $100,000 the first year and $100,00 the
second year are for developing and
implementing a water legacy grant program
to expand partnerships for clean water.
new text end

new text begin (n) $2,420,000 the first year and $2,420,000
the second year are for permanent
conservation easements to protect and restore
wetlands and associated uplands. Up to
$200,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and
enforcement account.
new text end

new text begin (o) $2,033,000 the first year and $2,033,000
the second year are for grants to landowners
to enhance adoption of cover crops and other
soil health practices in areas where there are
direct benefits to public water supplies. Up to
$400,000 is for an agreement with the
University of Minnesota Minnesota Office for
Soil Health for applied research and education
on Minnesota's agroecosystems and soil health
management systems.
new text end

new text begin (p) $12,000,000 the first year is for grants to
soil and water conservation districts for the
purposes of Minnesota Statutes, sections
103C.321 and 103C.331. The board must
award grants based on the number of wells
and water bodies contaminated with nitrates
and pesticides, acreage contained within a
drinking water supply management area,
county allocations to soil and water
conservation districts, and the amount of
private land and public waters. The board and
other agencies may reduce the amount of
grants to a county by an amount equal to any
reduction in the county's allocation to a soil
and water conservation district from the
county's previous year allocation when the
board determines that the reduction was
disproportionate. The board may use up to one
percent for the administration of payments.
new text end

new text begin (q) $4,700,000 the second year is for technical
assistance and implementation grants to soil
and water conservation districts with karst
geography and shallow sand aquifers for soil
health practices that protect groundwater.
new text end

new text begin (r) $4,700,000 the second year is for technical
assistance and implementation grants to soil
and water conservation districts for soil health
practices to prevent wind and water erosion
to protect surface waters.
new text end

new text begin (s) $4,700,000 the second year is for technical
assistance and implementation grants to soil
and water conservation districts for sustainable
forestry and soil health practices to protect
surface water and groundwater.
new text end

new text begin (t) The board must contract for delivery of
services with Conservation Corps Minnesota
for restoration, maintenance, and other
activities under this section for up to $750,000
the first year and up to $750,000 the second
year.
new text end

new text begin (u) The board may shift grant, cost-share, or
easement funds in this section and may adjust
the technical and administrative assistance
portion of the funds to leverage federal or
other nonstate funds or to address oversight
responsibilities or high-priority needs
identified in local water management plans.
new text end

new text begin (v) The board must require grantees to specify
the outcomes that will be achieved by the
grants before making any grant awards.
new text end

new text begin (w) The appropriations in this section are
available until June 30, 2026, except grant
funds are available for five years after the date
a grant is executed. Returned grant funds must
be regranted consistent with the purposes of
this section.
new text end

Sec. 7. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 6,705,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 6,705,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000
the second year are for addressing public
health concerns related to contaminants found
or anticipated to be found in Minnesota
drinking water for which no health-based
drinking water standards exist and for the
department's laboratory to analyze for these
contaminants.
new text end

new text begin (b) $3,079,000 the first year and $3,079,000
the second year are for protecting sources of
drinking water, including planning,
implementation, and surveillance activities
and grants to local governments and public
water systems.
new text end

new text begin (c) $563,000 the first year and $563,000 the
second year are to develop and deliver
groundwater restoration and protection
strategies on a watershed scale for use in local
comprehensive water planning efforts, to
provide resources to local governments for
activities that protect sources of drinking
water, and to enhance approaches that improve
the capacity of local governmental units to
protect and restore groundwater resources.
new text end

new text begin (d) $863,000 the first year and $863,000 the
second year are for studying the occurrence
and magnitude of contaminants in private
wells, including microplastics and
nanoplastics, and developing guidance,
outreach, and interventions to reduce risks to
private-well users.
new text end

new text begin (e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the
second year are to develop public health
policies and an action plan to address threats
to safe drinking water, including development
of a statewide plan for protecting drinking
water based on recommendations from the
Future of Drinking Water report.
new text end

new text begin (f) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the
second year are to adopt and amend health
risk limits as required under this act.
new text end

new text begin (g) Unless otherwise specified, the
appropriations in this section are available
until June 30, 2025.
new text end

Sec. 8. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 3,669,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 3,669,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $919,000 the first year and $919,000 the
second year are to implement projects that
address emerging threats to the drinking water
supply, provide cost-effective regional
solutions, leverage interjurisdictional
coordination, support local implementation of
water supply reliability projects, and prevent
degradation of groundwater resources in the
metropolitan area. These projects must provide
communities with:
new text end

new text begin (1) potential solutions to leverage regional
water use by using surface water, stormwater,
wastewater, and groundwater;
new text end

new text begin (2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements
for different alternatives;
new text end

new text begin (3) development of planning-level cost
estimates, including capital costs and operating
costs;
new text end

new text begin (4) identification of funding mechanisms and
an equitable cost-sharing structure for
regionally beneficial water supply
development projects; and
new text end

new text begin (5) development of subregional groundwater
models.
new text end

new text begin (b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the
second year are for the water demand
reduction grant program to encourage
municipalities in the metropolitan area to
implement measures to reduce water demand
to ensure the reliability and protection of
drinking water supplies.
new text end

new text begin (c) $2,500,000 the first year is for grants or
loans for local inflow and infiltration reduction
programs addressing high-priority areas in the
metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota
Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
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new text begin (d) $2,500,000 the second year is for grants
to replace the privately owned portion of
drinking water lead service lines in
environmental justice areas determined by the
commissioner of the Pollution Control
Agency.
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Sec. 9. new text begin UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 2,598,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 1,220,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the
second year are for developing Part A of
county geologic atlases. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2028.
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new text begin (b) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the
second year are for a program to evaluate
performance and technology transfer for
stormwater best management practices, to
evaluate best management performance and
effectiveness to support meeting total
maximum daily loads, to develop standards
and incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using
minimal impact design standards as the model,
and to implement a system to transfer
knowledge and technology across local
government, industry, and regulatory sectors.
This appropriation is available until June 30,
2028.
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new text begin (c) $95,000 the first year and $95,000 the
second year are for a report that quantifies the
multiple benefits of clean water investments,
for a review of equity considerations in clean
water fund spending, and for proposing
climate considerations in comprehensive
watershed management plans.
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new text begin (d) $1,378,000 the first year is to study water's
role in transporting chronic wasting disease
prions, including:
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new text begin (1) identifying mechanisms for the
accumulation, persistence, and spread of
chronic wasting disease prions through
waterways;
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new text begin (2) characterizing chronic wasting disease
prion abundance in waterways immediately
downstream of regions known to be positive
for chronic wasting disease;
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new text begin (3) modeling and forecasting chronic wasting
disease contamination and spread based on
landscape ecology and hydrology; and
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new text begin (4) developing and evaluating remediation
strategies for prion-contaminated waterways.
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new text begin The Board of Regents must submit a report
with the results of the study to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the house of
representatives and senate committees and
divisions with jurisdiction over environment
and natural resources and the clean water fund
no later than January 15, 2023.
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Sec. 10. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin -0- new text end

new text begin $8,000 the first year is for the Legislative
Coordinating Commission for the website
required under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.303, subdivision 10.
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Sec. 11. new text begin PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,068,000 new text end

new text begin $ new text end

new text begin 8,068,000 new text end

new text begin (a) $7,968,000 the first year and $7,968,000
the second year are for the point source
implementation grants program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
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new text begin (b) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the
second year are for small community
wastewater treatment grants and loans under
Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.
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new text begin (c) If there is any uncommitted money at the
end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or
(b), the Public Facilities Authority may
transfer the remaining funds to eligible
projects under any of the programs listed in
this section according to a project's priority
rank on the Pollution Control Agency's project
priority list.
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Sec. 12.

new text begin [103C.237] SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT FEE.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Fee. new text end

new text begin A county that contains at least one soil and water conservation
district may impose an additional fee of $25 per transaction on the recording or registration
of a mortgage subject to the tax under section 287.05, and an additional fee of $25 on the
recording or registration of a deed subject to the tax under section 287.21.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Fee deposited; account. new text end

new text begin The fee described in subdivision 1 must be deposited
in a special soil and water conservation district account in the county general revenue fund.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Distribution to soil and water conservation districts. new text end

new text begin The county treasurer
must transfer money from the county soil and water conservation district account to existing
soil and water conservation districts within the county in May, October, and December of
each year. In the event that a county contains more than one soil and water conservation
district, money must be allocated equally among each district.
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Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 114D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin County eligibility. new text end

new text begin To be eligible for a grant funded with money from the clean
water fund, a county must:
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new text begin (1) impose a soil and water conservation fee under section 103C.237; or
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new text begin (2) have at least 75 percent of the county covered by a watershed district established
under chapter 103D, a watershed management organization as defined under section
103B.205, subdivision 13, or another joint powers entity organized for the purposes of water
management with levy authority.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2022, and applies to grants awarded
on or after that date.
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Sec. 14. new text begin HEALTH RISK LIMITS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE AND
NEONICOTINOIDS.
new text end

new text begin (a) By July 1, 2023, the commissioner of health must amend the health risk limit for
perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in Minnesota Rules, part 4717.7860, subpart 15, so that
the health risk limit does not exceed 0.015 parts per billion.
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new text begin (b) By January 15, 2024, the commissioner must adopt health risk limits for clothianidin
and imidacloprid.
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new text begin (c) In amending and adopting the health risk limits required under this section, the
commissioner must comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 144.0751, requiring a reasonable
margin of safety to adequately protect the health of infants, children, and adults.
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Sec. 15. new text begin CLEAN WATER COUNCIL; REPORT REQUIRED.
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new text begin (a) By January 15, 2022, the Clean Water Council must submit a report or reports to the
chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees
and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources and legacy that
includes:
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new text begin (1) an assessment of the implementation of the high-resolution digital elevation data
developed with the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 5, paragraph
(d), and Laws 2011, First Special Session, chapter 6, article 2, section 6, paragraph (h);
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new text begin (2) an assessment of the potential impacts of the February 10, 2021, decision of the
Minnesota Supreme Court in the consolidated litigation styled as In the Matter of Reissuance
of an NPDES/SDS Permit to United States Steel Corporation, parent case number A18-2094;
and
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new text begin (3) an evaluation of state agency personnel funded with money from the clean water
fund, including demographic characteristics, the number of classified and unclassified
positions, and other equity considerations.
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Sec. 16. new text begin CLEAN WATER COUNCIL; REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
new text end

new text begin The Clean Water Council must develop and issue a request for proposal for a study of
the impacts of 6PPD-quinone, a toxic chemical compound derived from a common rubber
tire additive, on the state's waters and fish populations. The research must assess the
prevalence of 6PPD-quinone in stormwater and surface water and impacts to the state's fish
populations with priority given to areas around Lake Superior and it's salmon populations.
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