1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; appropriating money for generic environmental impact 
1.3 	statement for Pineland Sands area.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PINELAND SANDS GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT 
1.6 	STATEMENT.
 1.7 	$1,854,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the Environmental 
1.8 	Quality Board to prepare, in cooperation with other agencies, a generic environmental impact 
1.9 	statement or similar environmental study that quantifies the effects of land use conversion 
1.10 	in the Pineland Sands area and predicts the cumulative effects of large-scale conversion to 
1.11 	irrigated agriculture, including the potential impacts on groundwater and potential impacts 
1.12 	of pesticides. This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2024.