1st Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to environment; requiring a risk evaluation 1.3 for certain water and air quality standards; amending 1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116.07, by adding a 1.5 subdivision. 1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116.07, is 1.8 amended by adding a subdivision to read: 1.9 Subd. 4l. [HEALTH STANDARDS.] When establishing or 1.10 revising water and air quality standards, the commissioner must, 1.11 to the extent the information is available, determine: 1.12 (1) whether the standards take into account any 1.13 peer-reviewed, research-documented health risks to infants, 1.14 children, and adults, to protect the health of each group with a 1.15 reasonable margin of safety; and 1.16 (2) whether the standards adequately protect health with a 1.17 reasonable margin of safety by taking into consideration each of 1.18 the following specific risks: 1.19 (i) adverse reproductive outcomes; 1.20 (ii) respiratory disease; 1.21 (iii) immunologic suppression; 1.22 (iv) cancer; 1.23 (v) neurological development; 1.24 (vi) endocrinal (hormonal) functioning; 1.25 (vii) general infant and child development; and 2.1 (viii) any other important health outcomes identified by 2.2 the commissioner.