HF 1362

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/12/2025 12:31pm

A bill for an act
relating to environment; modifying reporting requirements for certain environmental
review; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b.

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

Section 1. new text begin REPEALER.
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new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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APPENDIX

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00358

116D.04 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS.

Subd. 5b.

Review of environmental assessment worksheets and environmental impact statements.

By December 1, 2018, and every three years thereafter, the Environmental Quality Board, Pollution Control Agency, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of Transportation, after consultation with political subdivisions, shall submit to the governor and the chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources a list of mandatory environmental assessment worksheet and mandatory environmental impact statement categories for which the agency or a political subdivision is designated as the responsible government unit, and for each worksheet or statement category, a document including:

(1) intended historical purposes of the category;

(2) whether projects that fall within the category are also subject to local, state, or federal permits; and

(3) an analysis of and recommendations for whether the mandatory category should be modified, eliminated, or unchanged based on its intended outcomes and relationship to existing permits or other federal, state, or local laws or ordinances.