| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to environment; requiring rulemaking to require environmental impact |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 statement for large animal projects. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. MANDATORY ENVIRONMENT AL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6LARGE LIVESTOCK PROJECTS. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) The Environmental Quality Board must amend Minnesota Rules, part 4410.4400, to |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8require that construction of an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of 10,000 or more |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9animal units or the expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility to a total cumulative |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10capacity of 10,000 or more animal units requires the preparation of an environmental impact |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11statement. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) The commissioner may use the good-cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.1514.388. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17applies to applications submitted on or after that date. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 19 | 19 | | REVISOR CKM/AD 25-0505403/19/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 22 | 22 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 23 | 23 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 24 | 24 | | H. F. No. 2852 |
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| 25 | 25 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | Authored by Pursell03/26/2025 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy |
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