1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring enhanced occupational safety standards for 
1.3 	closed landfill cleanup; requiring reports;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [115B.413] SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS FOR PROJECTS.
1.7 	Entities administering closed landfill program projects under sections 115B.39 to 
1.8 	115B.42 undertaken with funds from state bond proceeds must:
1.9 	(1) conform to occupational safety and health standards under federal law and 
1.10 	chapter 182;
1.11 	(2) as an additional occupational safety and health standard, develop a comprehensive 
1.12 	human health and safety plan for each project location and provide personal protective 
1.13 	equipment to all workers performing labor at each project location that protects against all 
1.14 	contaminants of concern and contaminants of potential concern identified at the project 
1.15 	location. For the purposes of this section, "contaminants of concern" and "contaminants 
1.16 	of potential concern" must be identified by methods substantially the same as the United 
1.17 	States Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund remedial investigation processes;
1.18 	(3) before commencing work on a project undertaken with funds from state bond 
1.19 	proceeds, submit a report to the chairs of the committees of the house of representatives 
1.20 	and the senate having jurisdiction over labor and the environment on how they are 
1.21 	complying with the occupational safety and health standards required by this section; and
1.22 	(4) provide on-site monitoring of compliance with the occupational safety and 
1.23 	health standards required by this section at all times that workers are performing labor at 
1.24 	a project location.