Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 371-S.F.No. 636 
           An act relating to pollution control; requiring a 
          study of the feasibility of including the city of Red 
          Wing in the state financial assistance program for 
          combined sewer overflow; appropriating money for 
          grants for composting; proposing coding for new law in 
          Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115A. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW STUDY; CITY OF RED 
WING.] 
    The commissioner of the pollution control agency shall 
study the feasibility and cost of including the city of Red Wing 
in the combined sewer overflow program under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 116.162.  The commissioner shall report the findings of 
the study to the legislature by January 15, 1994. 
    Sec. 2.  [115A.542] [COMPOSTING PROJECTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [GRANTS.] The director of the office of 
waste management shall award grants to optimize operations at 
mixed municipal solid waste composting facilities owned by 
multi-county project boards.  Before awarding a grant under this 
section, the directors of the offices of waste management and 
the pollution control agency must approve a facility 
optimization plan submitted by the multi-county project board.  
The plan must include a financial and technical feasibility 
analysis. 
    Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] $1,500,000 in the first year of 
the biennium ending June 30, 1995, is appropriated from the 
general fund to the office of waste management for grants under 
section 1.  Any unencumbered balance remaining after the first 
year shall be available in the second year of the biennium. 
    Presented to the governor May 20, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 24, 1993, 12:06 p.m.