1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment; removing obsolete provisions related to Environmental
1.3 Quality Board; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.04, subdivision
1.4 11; 116C.991.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. REPEALER.
1.7 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 116C.04, subdivision 11; and 116C.991, are repealed.
1Section 1.
REVISOR EB/LN 25-0035911/19/24
State of Minnesota
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H. F. No. 1382
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 116C.04 POWERS AND DUTIES.
Subd. 11.Coordination.The Environmental Quality Board shall coordinate the implementation
of an interagency compliance with existing state and federal lead regulations and report to the
legislature by January 31, 1992, on the changes in programs needed to comply.
116C.991 ENVIRONMENT AL REVIEW; SILICA SAND PROJECTS.
(a) Until a final rule is adopted pursuant to Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105,
paragraph (d), an environmental assessment worksheet must be prepared for any silica sand project
that meets or exceeds the following thresholds, unless the project meets or exceeds the thresholds
for an environmental impact statement under rules of the Environmental Quality Board and an
environmental impact statement must be prepared:
(1) excavates 20 or more acres of land to a mean depth of ten feet or more during its existence.
The local government is the responsible governmental unit; or
(2) is designed to store or is capable of storing more than 7,500 tons of silica sand or has an
annual throughput of more than 200,000 tons of silica sand and is not required to receive a permit
from the Pollution Control Agency. The Pollution Control Agency is the responsible governmental
unit.
(b) In addition to the contents required under statute and rule, an environmental assessment
worksheet completed according to this section must include:
(1) a hydrogeologic investigation assessing potential groundwater and surface water effects and
geologic conditions that could create an increased risk of potentially significant effects on
groundwater and surface water;
(2) for a project with the potential to require a groundwater appropriation permit from the
commissioner of natural resources, an assessment of the water resources available for appropriation;
(3) an air quality impact assessment that includes an assessment of the potential effects from
airborne particulates and dust;
(4) a traffic impact analysis, including documentation of existing transportation systems, analysis
of the potential effects of the project on transportation, and mitigation measures to eliminate or
minimize adverse impacts;
(5) an assessment of compatibility of the project with other existing uses; and
(6) mitigation measures that could eliminate or minimize any adverse environmental effects for
the project.
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Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 25-00359