HF 91

2nd Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/01/2021 04:26pm

A bill for an act
relating to environment; prioritizing expenditures from dry cleaner environmental
response and reimbursement account; banning perchloroethylene; providing funding
for cost-share program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020,
section 115B.49, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 325E.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 115B.49, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Expenditures.

(a) Money in the account may be used:

(1) for environmental response costs incurred by the commissioner under section 115B.50,
subdivision 1;

(2) for reimbursement of amounts spent by the commissioner from the remediation fund
for expenses described in clause (1);

(3) for reimbursements under section 115B.50, subdivision 2; and

(4) for administrative costs of the commissioner of revenue.

(b) Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this
subdivision. The commissioner shall transfer funds to the commissioner of revenue sufficient
to cover administrative costs pursuant to paragraph (a), clause (4).

new text begin (c) In making reimbursements from the account, the commissioner must give priority
to the following cases, in descending order:
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new text begin (1) reimbursements for amounts spent on response actions by a person who meets the
conditions of section 115B.48, subdivision 10, clause (2); and
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new text begin (2) reimbursements for expenditures made by the commissioner under paragraph (a),
clause (1) or (2), on behalf of owners or operators when the owner or operator failed to
complete the requested response action and the commissioner undertook the response action
to remediate the property.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.

new text begin [325E.381] PERCHLOROETHYLENE PROHIBITION.
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new text begin After December 31, 2025, using perchloroethylene as a dry cleaning solvent is prohibited.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 3. new text begin CANCELLATION.
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new text begin The transfer of any unexpended funds under Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter
4, article 1, section 2, subdivision 10, paragraph (c), estimated to be $255,000, is canceled.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 4. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin (a) $355,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the remediation fund to the
commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for a cost-share program to reimburse owners
or operators of dry cleaning facilities for the costs of transitioning from perchloroethylene
to alternative solvents that are technically viable and environmentally preferred, as determined
by the commissioner. The commissioner must reimburse an owner's or operator's transition
expenses up to $20,000. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2024.
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new text begin (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 115.49, subdivision 3, paragraph (b),
$213,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the dry cleaner environmental response
and reimbursement account in the remediation fund to the commissioner of the Pollution
Control Agency for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.49. In reimbursing
persons with funds appropriated under this paragraph, the commissioner must give priority
to persons who meet the definition in Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.48, subdivision 10,
clause (2), and who have made a request to the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes,
section 115B.50, subdivision 2. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June
30, 2022.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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