HF 1350

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to energy; authorizing a grant to the White Earth Band of Chippewa to
study the feasibility of a renewable energy facility.

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

Section 1. new text begin WHITE EARTH BAND OF CHIPPEWA RENEWABLE ENERGY
GRANT.
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new text begin From the appropriation in fiscal year 2008 for the ethanol development program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.09, the commissioner of agriculture shall make a
grant of $....... to the White Earth Band of Chippewa for a feasibility study of a renewable
energy biofuels research and production facility on the White Earth Reservation in
Mahnomen County.
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new text begin The grant must be used by the White Earth Band and the University of Minnesota to
conduct a detailed feasibility study of the economic and technical viability of developing a
multistream renewable energy biofuels demonstration facility on White Earth Reservation
land to utilize existing forest resources, woody biomass, and cellulosic waste to produce
ethanol or butanol, or both, for use as a liquid fuel source or a gasoline supplement and
oxygenation agent.
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