| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to natural resources; establishing alternative wetland mitigation options |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 in greater than 80 percent areas; authorizing rulemaking; amending Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes 2024, section 103G.222, by adding a subdivision. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 103G.222, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7to read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subd. 4.Alternative wetland mitigation; greater than 80 percent areas.(a) For |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9wetland replacement in greater than 80 percent areas, the minimum wetland replacement |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10ratio may be reduced to ... for replacement outside the service bank area or major watershed |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11if the public value of the wetlands is replaced with alternative wetland mitigation strategies |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12completed within the service bank area or major watershed that create at least ... of the |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13public value of the wetlands impacted. For the purposes of this subdivision, alternative |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14wetland mitigation includes: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) restoration or protection of riparian corridors or streams; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (2) hydrologic stabilization of altered waterways; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (3) peatland hydrology restoration; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (4) completion of a water quality or other environmental improvement project contained |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19in a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or watershed management plan |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20approved and adopted according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D, or a comprehensive |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21watershed management plan as defined under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-00921 as introduced12/04/24 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 26NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: GREEN) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/16/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Environment, Climate, and Legacy 2.1 (b) The board, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture and local government |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2units, must adopt rules to implement this subdivision, including establishing methods for |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3determining the public value of alternative wetland mitigation. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 25-00921 as introduced12/04/24 REVISOR CKM/NS |
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