| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to environment; appropriating money for a pilot program for wastewater |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 treatment facility heat capture. |
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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. APPROPRIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTE HEAT |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6RECOVERY PILOT PROGRAM. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8of the Pollution Control Agency for a pilot program to capture waste heat from wastewater |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9treatment facilities to provide heat through integration with a new or existing district energy |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10system or other means. The commissioner must use this appropriation to: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) identify wastewater facilities throughout the state where waste heat from wastewater |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12treatment could feasibly be captured and integrated; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) quantify the total amount of energy available for heating purposes; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (3) fund engineering review and design for one project located in the seven-county |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15metropolitan area and one project located outside the metropolitan area; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (4) produce the report required by paragraph (b). |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) By December 1, 2027, the commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over environment |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19policy and finance on the pilot project funded under this section. The report must include: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (1) the sites identified under paragraph (a), clause (1); |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-04114 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/CH |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 2106NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MCEWEN) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading03/03/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (2) an explanation of the potential challenges to implementing waste heat capture systems |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2at wastewater treatment plants and the benefits of doing so; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3 (3) identification of potential funding sources to implement such projects in the future. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 25-04114 as introduced02/19/25 REVISOR CKM/CH |
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