1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; prohibiting certain nonferrous mining activities in 
1.3 	Rainy River headwaters watershed;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 93.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [93.435] NONFERROUS MINING IN RAINY RIVER HEADWATERS 
1.7 	WATERSHED; PROHIBITIONS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "Rainy River headwaters 
1.9 	watershed" means that area of land and waters included in the​ Rainy River headwaters 
1.10 	watershed of the Lake of the Woods basin identified in Minnesota ​Rules, part 7050.0470, 
1.11 	subpart 2, item A, subitem (1), as hydrologic unit code 09030001 and designated on the 
1.12 	map of​ Minnesota's major watersheds under Minnesota Rules, part 7050.0469, as Rainy 
1.13 	Headwaters.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Prohibitions. Within the Rainy River headwaters watershed, a person may not:
1.15 	(1) dispose of or store waste tailings from nonferrous metallic mineral mining 
1.16 	aboveground;
1.17 	(2) store reactive waste rock from nonferrous metallic mineral mining aboveground;
1.18 	(3) use a heap leaching mining process when mining nonferrous metallic minerals; or
1.19 	(4) conduct nonferrous metallic mineral smelting.

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