1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; modifying requirements for remote sugar beet storage;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.6 	to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5e.Sugar beet storage. The commissioner must not require a sugar beet company 
1.8 	that has a current national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal 
1.9 	system permit to install an engineered liner for a storm water runoff pond at a remote storage 
1.10 	site for sugar beets unless a risk assessment confirms that there is significant impact on 
1.11 	groundwater and that an engineered liner is necessary to prevent, control, or abate water 
1.12 	pollution. For purposes of this subdivision, "remote storage site for sugar beets" means an 
1.13 	area where sugar beets are temporarily stored before delivery to a sugar beet processing 
1.14 	facility and that is not located on land adjacent to the processing facility.