1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment; modifying reporting requirements for certain environmental
1.3 review; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. REPEALER.
1.6 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 116D.04, subdivision 5b, is repealed.
1Section 1.
REVISOR EB/HL 25-0035811/20/24
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1362
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 116D.04 ENVIRONMENT AL IMPACT STATEMENTS.
Subd. 5b.Review of environmental assessment worksheets and environmental impact
statements.By December 1, 2018, and every three years thereafter, the Environmental Quality
Board, Pollution Control Agency, Department of Natural Resources, and Department of
Transportation, after consultation with political subdivisions, shall submit to the governor and the
chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment
and natural resources a list of mandatory environmental assessment worksheet and mandatory
environmental impact statement categories for which the agency or a political subdivision is
designated as the responsible government unit, and for each worksheet or statement category, a
document including:
(1) intended historical purposes of the category;
(2) whether projects that fall within the category are also subject to local, state, or federal permits;
and
(3) an analysis of and recommendations for whether the mandatory category should be modified,
eliminated, or unchanged based on its intended outcomes and relationship to existing permits or
other federal, state, or local laws or ordinances.
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APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00358