SF 2102

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 11:35pm

A bill for an act
relating to waters; appropriating money for a biological assessment of the lower
Minnesota River.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER BIOLOGICAL
ASSESSMENT.
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new text begin $348,000 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the commissioner of the
Pollution Control Agency to retest the comprehensive assessment of the biological
conditions of the lower Minnesota River and its tributaries within the Lower Minnesota
River Major Watershed, as previously assessed from 1976 to 1992 under the Minnesota
River Assessment Project (MRAP). The assessment must include fish sampling at the
same 116 locations and macroinvertebrate sampling at the same 41 locations as the MRAP
assessment. The assessment must:
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new text begin (1) include an analysis of the findings; and
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new text begin (2) identify factors that limit aquatic life uses in the Minnesota River.
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