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HF 4189

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/26/2018 05:49pm

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A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; appropriating money to monitor and model water
levels in certain open-pit mines.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; WATER LEVELS IN OPEN-PIT MINES.
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new text begin $200,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
of natural resources to expand monitoring and modeling of water levels in the Canisteo and
Arcturus to Hill Annex open-pit mine groups, with priority on the latter. The monitoring
and modeling results must be used by the commissioner to develop plans to control and
reduce the water levels in each pit group and ameliorate, mitigate, or eliminate the public
safety hazards and groundwater contamination concerns resulting from rising water in both
open-pit groups. This is a onetime appropriation.
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