HF 3759

2nd Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/24/2018 12:27pm

A bill for an act
relating to energy; authorizing the construction and routing of certain pipelines.

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

Section 1. PIPELINE; CERTIFICATE OF NEED; ROUTE PERMIT.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 216B.243, subdivision 2, and 216G.02,
subdivision 2, and Minnesota Rules, chapters 7852 and 7853, the Public Utilities Commission
shall issue a certificate of need and a route permit to an applicant who filed applications
with the Public Utilities Commission in 2015 to construct a pipeline that crosses an
international border before entering Minnesota. The route permit issued by the commission
must be for the applicant's preferred route, as described in its route permit application, from
which the commission may deviate incrementally only if it determines that it is in the public
interest to do so in order to mitigate environmental and cultural impacts on specific local
resources as suggested by one or more of the parties to the route permit proceeding.
Commission proceedings related to the application for a certificate of need are terminated
as of the effective date of this act. The commission must issue a route permit consistent
with this section no later than December 31, 2018.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.