1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; directing the Environmental Quality Board to amend 
1.3 	rules relating to alternative urban areawide review.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE URBAN AREAWIDE REVIEW.
 1.6 	The Environmental Quality Board shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 4410.3610, 
1.7 	subpart 7, to change the amount of time elapsed requiring an update to the review from 
1.8 	five years to ten years. The Environmental Quality Board may use the good cause 
1.9 	exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, to adopt rules under this section, and 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota 
1.11 	Statutes, section 14.388.