1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; appropriating money for groundwater storage and recovery.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. GROUNDWATER STORAGE AND RECOVERY.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2022 from the general 
1.6 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to complete a centralized aquifer-property 
1.7 	database to provide needed data for site characterization.
1.8 		Subd. 2.Department of Health duties. The commissioner of health must:
1.9 	(1) develop a decision-support system and cost-benefit analysis tool for interested parties 
1.10 	to evaluate the potential to use aquifer storage and recovery;
1.11 	(2) apply to United States Environmental Protection Agency for primacy over class V 
1.12 	injection wells;
1.13 	(3) modify Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103I, to allow injection wells in aquifer storage 
1.14 	and recovery projects that meet specified design criteria; and
1.15 	(4) develop a process for well permitting with engineering and environmental details 
1.16 	including source water, aquifer, pre- and post-treatment, reporting, and monitoring 
1.17 	requirements.