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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to public health; establishing a work group to design a plan to monitor air <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>and groundwater emissions from the Prairie Island nuclear plant; contracting for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>design of a monitoring network to measure thermal discharges from the Prairie <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>Island nuclear plant; requiring reports; appropriating money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT MONITORING NETWORK </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>WORK GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; membership.</b> (a) The commissioner of health <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>shall, by July 1, 2010, convene a work group to make recommendations to the legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>regarding the establishment of a monitoring network to measure the levels of radioactive <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>emissions to air, surface water, and groundwater originating from the operation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Prairie Island nuclear generating plant and the adjacent independent spent-fuel storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>installation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(b) The commissioner of health shall appoint the members of the work group, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>which consists of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(1) the commissioners of health and natural resources, or their designees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(2) a representative of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>for the department's Prairie Island Radioactivity Survey;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(3) a hydrogeologist from the Minnesota Geological Survey;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(4) an independent health physicist;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>(5) a person from the Pollution Control Agency with experience designing air <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>monitoring networks;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>(6) a person from the Pollution Control Agency with experience designing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>groundwater monitoring networks;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(7) ... representatives from the Prairie Island Indian Community;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>(8) ... representatives from the city of Red Wing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(9) one representative of the Xcel Energy Prairie Island nuclear generating plant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(10) one representative each from Goodhue County, Minnesota, and Pierce County, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Wisconsin;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(11) one representative representing Lake City and one representative representing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>each of the townships of Florence, Wacouta, and Hay Creek; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(12) one representative from an environmental organization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(c) The Department of Health shall provide logistical and administrative support <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>to the work group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(d) A professional facilitator with experience in facilitating technical stakeholder <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>processes shall be engaged to assist the work group in carrying out its duties under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Charge.</b> The work group is charged with designing a comprehensive, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>continuous monitoring network to accurately measure the levels of radioactive emissions <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>to air, surface water, and groundwater originating from the operation of the Prairie Island <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>nuclear generating plant and the adjacent independent spent-fuel storage installation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(1) selecting appropriate monitoring technologies to be installed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(2) determining the proper number and location of monitors, taking site <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>characteristics and the location of vulnerable populations into account;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(3) selecting public and private wells to test for groundwater contamination;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(4) selecting parameters to be measured at each monitoring site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(5) establishing protocols for testing monitor precision and accuracy; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(6) providing for regular reporting of emissions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> By February 1, 2011, the work group shall submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>members of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>over energy policy and public health containing the work group's recommendations for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>monitoring network that meets the requirements of subdivision 2. The report shall also <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>contain estimates of the cost of the recommended monitoring network, for both capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>acquisitions and operations, including the costs of laboratory analysis of samples.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING NETWORK FOR THERMAL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><b>DISCHARGES FROM PRAIRIE ISLAND NUCLEAR PLANT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(a) The commissioner of health shall contract with the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>St. Anthony Falls Laboratory or other comparable independent experts to develop a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>comprehensive plan to monitor the thermal discharge from the Prairie Island nuclear <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>generating plant to the Mississippi River to enable accurate analysis of the impacts of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>the discharge on aquatic ecosystems, dissolved oxygen levels, ice conditions, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>ecology of the Mississippi River and Lake Pepin. The plan must contain, at a minimum, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>recommendations on the number, type, and location of monitors to be installed, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>capital and operating costs of the recommended network.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(b) The plan described in paragraph (a) must be contained in a report submitted no <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>later than November 15, 2010, to members of the senate and house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>committees with primary jurisdiction over environmental policy and energy policy. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>The report must also contain a discussion of potential measures that can be taken to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>mitigate the thermal discharge from the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>estimated cost of each measure. Potential thermal discharge mitigation measures must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>provided to the Pollution Control Agency for consideration as potential conditions to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>incorporated in a permit modification requested by the Prairie Island nuclear generating <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>plant as a result of its proposed power uprate.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>TRANSFER; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>(a) The public utility that owns the Prairie Island nuclear generating plant shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>transfer $....... from the revenues transferred to the renewable development account under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, to the commissioner of health for deposit in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(b) From the money transferred to and deposited in the special revenue fund under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>paragraph (a), an amount sufficient to cover the costs associated with the work group <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>established in section 1 and the contract required in section 2 is appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>commissioner of health for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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