1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; requiring rulemaking for certain environmental review 
1.3 	and solid waste land disposal facility permits.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RULEMAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SOLID WASTE 
1.6 	LAND DISPOSAL FACILITY PERMITS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Environmental Quality Board. The Environmental Quality Board 
1.8 	shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 4410.0200, subpart 65, to state that if the proposed 
1.9 	action concerns a solid waste land disposal facility:
1.10 	(1) the project for review shall be defined by the proposer based on the requirements 
1.11 	of the category; and
1.12 	(2) the responsible governmental unit shall review the project proposed, in 
1.13 	conjunction with any existing facility impacts, and shall not modify or change the project 
1.14 	without approval of the proposer.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Pollution Control Agency. The Pollution Control Agency shall amend 
1.16 	Minnesota Rules, part 7001.3500, subpart 1, to extend permit terms to coincide with site 
1.17 	capacity, design capacity, ultimate capacity, or design life as determined by the proposer, 
1.18 	if the permit is for a solid waste land disposal facility.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Exempt rulemaking. The Environmental Quality Board and the 
1.20 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may use the good cause exemption under 
1.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this 
1.22 	section, and Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided in 
1.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.