1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; requiring the Metropolitan 
1.3 	Airports Commission to complete an environmental impact statement for the 
1.4 	Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport 2020 Improvements;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.614, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.614, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 2b.Environmental impact statement; 2020. Notwithstanding the provisions 
1.10 	of subdivision 2 and the Federal Aviation Administration Finding of No Significant 
1.11 	Impact-Record of Decision, for which the public review and comment period closed 
1.12 	February 8, 2013, the commission shall prepare an environmental impact statement, as 
1.13 	provided in section 116D.04, analyzing the environmental effects of projects included in 
1.14 	the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport 2020 Improvements, which are included 
1.15 	in the commission's long-term comprehensive plan. The environmental impact statement 
1.16 	must include an analysis of the performance-based navigation procedures approved by 
1.17 	the Federal Aviation Administration, including area navigation procedures known as 
1.18 	RNAV. The environmental impact statement must be completed and approved before 
1.19 	improvements identified in the plan may be implemented.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.